leather isn't vegan... its just not.
i'm on this community in LJ land, people often ask for advice and others give a lot of advice. it really leaves me dumbfounded that so many "vegans" still wear leather, and encourage others to do so as well.
to be clear, they aren't suggesting that anyone go out and buy new leather items, but thats really beside the point. vegans don't wear leather. period. just like they don't eat dairy products. period. it doesn't matter if it is second-hand, if their favorite great aunt gave it to them, or if it pre-exists their adoption of the vegan lifestyle (or should i say "semi-adoption"). vegans don't use animal products, its simple.
using them is a sign that they really don't take the ethic that seriously. that its ok for humans to benefit from the torture and killing of non-human animals as long as it is convenient for us.
its not about us, its about both the practice and the IDEA that animals are not here for us to profit from their lives and then the harvested remains of their bodies.
"You certainly aren't the victim shocked as you may seem,
the man stands up for chivalry when it's fuck you on the street
I can't say how many times it needs to be told:
no I don't wear them no I don't eat them
that hypocrite shit won't go
you certainly aren't the beauty that makes the steel jaws bleed
and there's no gate at the front of these camps saying work will set you free
I'm tired on being the threat in a world of murderers
shit on just for giving a shit about a bunch of rats
wearing a lampshade 40 times over 40 times the man gives what she needs
mister beautifier, mister defender just won't listen when he's told
the lampshades in the fatherland are only 50 years old. "
to be clear, they aren't suggesting that anyone go out and buy new leather items, but thats really beside the point. vegans don't wear leather. period. just like they don't eat dairy products. period. it doesn't matter if it is second-hand, if their favorite great aunt gave it to them, or if it pre-exists their adoption of the vegan lifestyle (or should i say "semi-adoption"). vegans don't use animal products, its simple.
using them is a sign that they really don't take the ethic that seriously. that its ok for humans to benefit from the torture and killing of non-human animals as long as it is convenient for us.
its not about us, its about both the practice and the IDEA that animals are not here for us to profit from their lives and then the harvested remains of their bodies.
"You certainly aren't the victim shocked as you may seem,
the man stands up for chivalry when it's fuck you on the street
I can't say how many times it needs to be told:
no I don't wear them no I don't eat them
that hypocrite shit won't go
you certainly aren't the beauty that makes the steel jaws bleed
and there's no gate at the front of these camps saying work will set you free
I'm tired on being the threat in a world of murderers
shit on just for giving a shit about a bunch of rats
wearing a lampshade 40 times over 40 times the man gives what she needs
mister beautifier, mister defender just won't listen when he's told
the lampshades in the fatherland are only 50 years old. "