If there is something more amusing than a group of prosters using placards of skinned bloody animals to guilt people out of wearing fur while tramping around in the snow in leather shoes, I can’t currently think of it.
Under the name of furisdead.com (one of PETA’s many lovely websites), outside of Hudson’s Bay in downtown Toronto they wore their sheepskin Uggs without any apparent shame or any notice to their gross negligence to their own protest.
I say this as someone who would never wear fur in the first place and doesn’t have one item of leather either. Damn PETA, you and your protesters are tackier than Zsa Zsa Gabor and you make me want to dress like the cross between a 70’s pimp and a butch leather dyke.
I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised however. I mean come on these are cute…
This is not…
In fact it could be considered a little ugly. Maybe that’s why they are used to make Uggs. Great marketing ploy I swear.
It reminds me of a family friend who has a gigantic luxurious fur coat. Trust me there have been plenty of people who make snide remarks. Along the lines of, “Oh, you wear fur?” And as they are furiously calculating wear the nearest Home Hardware is so they can pick up some red paint she will remark that it is made out of Raccoon pelt. “Really?” War mode disengaged, “That’s fantastic, wish I saw more of them in coat form instead of tipping over my garbage cans.”
Die Fucker!!!
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Boy oh boy, I’m with you! I have loved raccoon coats since being a little guy. There is nothing warmer and cozier in blustery weather than being wrapped in a big hunkin’ raccoon coat. I love mine, though my wife thinks me nuts. Bless the little beasts for trying to eek (?) out an existence raiding our garbage cans, but there are plenty to go around.
The friend cited in the article was actually a little worried about wearing fur around until she actually tried it on, loved it for the exact same reasons. She swears it’s the warmest thing she’s ever worn and she loves how light it is compared to other coats.