The next step from that would be to suggest to forgetting about the term vegan, because 'labels/definitions don't matter'. The thing is: they do. If we would have different interpretations of words like 'label', 'define', 'suffer' or 'vegan', this post would be interpreted in hundreds of different ways. We wouldn't understand each other.
If we shall communicate with words, they should be as accurate as possible (unless, of course, we're talking about art/poetry, where many artists encourage individual/different interpretations of their work).
The definition of vegan isn't vague. When the word was invented, and the first meetings in The Vegan Society were held, they had long discussions about what 'vegan' should cover and what it should not. Using honey, for example, was defined as not vegan.
They weren't leaving it up to each and everyone to make their own version of vegan, which does or does not include that honey, and they didn't declare that the term 'vegan' could be used about people who were eating meat from some (eg. wild, hunted) animals, but not about people who are meat from 'factory animals'.
So there IS an original definition/meaning of vegan - it's also the most commonly used definition, and that's the one we stick to.
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