I think I see where you’re coming from! It’s actually a common misconception that you can easily transform vegetarian meals into vegan ones. Every vegan has different needs, and a prison menu has unique challenges. They often serve packaged items or things like stew, which you can’t remove ingredients from.
And I think you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who is a vegan for “political” reasons. No one is asking for a platform here, they’re asking for food.
Do I like this person? No.
Are they a person? Yes.
That’s the key point that I think is getting lost in many of the comments here. I would never fault someone for being massively angry about what FTX did.