I did not throw out my leather and wool when I came to understand how abusive (I feel like labeling it "evil" was an attempt to make this position seem hyperbolic) these products were. I cannot afford to replace everything I own, and doing so would not prevent the harm I have already committed. But I certainly stopped buying more leather and wool.
Regardless of what the point of this post was, it incidentally promotes cruelty, violence, and atrocity. Like it ain't even a big thing. Doesn't even impinge upon your thought process, right? Yeah, I get it. I get that you would like me to just not call that out. I get that you would like to just pretend that you aren't cruel and violent, and that it gives you bad feelings when it is brought to your attention. But, see, I WANT you to feel badly about being cruel and violent, about participating in atrocity, because I want you to STOP.
It's got nothing to do with my approval. Do you strive against child abuse because you are seeking approval, or because you don't want children to be fucking abused? Would you say, "If you are against child abuse, then don't beat your children, but don't try to tell me how to raise mine?" Because that's what you're doing right now.
The animals we create are morally entitled to the exact same unconditional love and protection as our own children. Creating life comes with a debt. You do not own these individuals.
They fuck us harder than the Americans, and now we're lining up for the privilege.
Bots that three months ago were raging against Trudeau like he personally shat on their keyboards are today extolling saccharine praises for everything Canadian. Because perversely that is currently a better angle for creating conflict and disharmony among Western democracies. And boy are we there for it. Everybody loves us again, it's like the 90s all over. Except Canada is still the same colonialist country, nothing but a bank, a communication company and an oil company stacked in a trenchcoat. Don't believe the bullshit.