Designer Karl Lagerfeld recently attempted to defend his use of fur in his clothing lines. What was his brilliant argument, you might be wondering? “In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish” and that hunters are only “killing those beasts who would kill us if they could.” Um….because bunnies and minks are violent human killers! VIOLENT, I tell you! I mean, look at these things:
I, for one, am terrified just looking at this picture. Those eyes are saying “I’m gonna eat you, human!”
Oh wait a minute, they’re not?? Weird. Because if Karl Lagerfeld, an animal behavior expert idiot, says they would, then surely they would, right??
This argument is one of the most irritating I hear from people who try to justify eating, wearing or hunting animals. The animals we use for our own purposes are generally the most docile animals there are – not to mention the fact that the majority of them don’t even eat meat themselves (rabbits, deer, cows, for example). Those who do only do so for survival, whereas humans (in general) can easily survive without using animals for food or clothing.
And newsflash to Mr. Lagerfeld: most fur these days isn’t hunted – it’s raised in factory fur farms where the animals (often dogs and cats) are skinned alive. Maybe he should watch this video so he can see where the fur he’s using actually comes from (note: the video is very disturbing).
I read that quote on either Ecorazzi or vegan.com the other day and practically spit at my monitor. He’s stupid. How he became famous and rich is because of other stupid people.
Ugh. I’d dope-slap him if he ever came near me.
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This is what irritates me most about societies “use” of animals – the “If we don’t kill them, they’s kill us” rhetoric. Certainly, the most innocent of animals are the bunnies, cows, sheep, pigs and chickens – yet they are the preferred animal of exploitation in a “civilized” world –
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What a clueless, ignorant turd. Same goes for people who buy his crud. I’d love to put this idiot in the shoes of any of these animals for one minute. It seems love of money brings out the devil in many people.
Yep, he’s a moron. I read that quote not long ago, too, and was SO irritated. I doubt that even HE doesn’t believe what he said… I mean, how stupid could he be?!
Another stupid thing that Lagerfield has said was in that pretentious new book by the “Olsen Twins” called ‘Influence.’ (I didn’t buy it, but paged through it at Barnes & Noble out of perverse curiosity.) In the section where they interview good ol’ Karl, he talked about a bunch of boring, pretentious stuff (SURPRISE!), then started talking about his diet… He said that his doctor supposedly makes him eat meat a few times a week, which he doesn’t like, but has to do for health because “meat is really good for you.” Then he told the Twins to never go on a macrobiotic diet because it will more or less ruin their faces & make them ugly… I mean, I don’t follow macrobiotics, but it seems a hell of a lot healthier than the way most people eat. So, he’s a fashion “icon”, an animal behavior expert, AND a nutritionist! Wow, amazing!
This is unrelated to fur, I know, but I think it just further illustrates how fudging stupid this man is.
Um… I meant to say, “I doubt that even he believes what he said.” Ignore the “doesn’t.” Stupid double negatives.
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