One Among the Fence.

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Wait, what the actual fuck.

slutmuffins:

Casually surfing the #knitting tag, as you do, and I came across a post that said ‘finally finished my vegan scarf! 100% acrylic!’

Whoa

Hold up there

Vegan scarf

Because it’s acrylic

Now I understand that the concept of being vegan means not using animal products

But did you know that if a farmer doesn’t shear its sheep, the farmer can be prosecuted for animal cruelty? Sheep need to be sheared, or in the summer they can overheat and actually die. Do you want to wool to go to waste? Sheep are not killed for their wool.

Add to that the fact that the production of synthetic materials (like, say, acrylics) is bad for the environment, often producing toxic chemicals which can kill wildlife.

I don’t even know what is going on in the world anymore

I mean, would you rather live in a world where there are no sheep, just so they don’t ‘live in slavery to humans’ or some shit? You are aware that the breeds bred for wool are completely different to those bred for meat, right? Sheep that are shorn for their wool live long, happy, outdoor lives, and aren’t killed for meat or anything. They literally live happy lives in fields, being shorn every year (as they bloody ought to be for a happy life) and we use that wool to make things to keep us warm so we don’t have to use synthetic fibres which damage our environment.

Jesus. I can understand vegans not wearing leather. But wool? Seriously?

When your own personal dogma about animal cruelty etc etc is actually counter-productive…

Great post.

  1. oshizemi reblogged this from grey-eyedathena
  2. pinkdiamond8 reblogged this from ibtk and added:
    “would you rather live in a world where there are no sheep, just so they don’t ‘live in slavery to humans’ or some shit?...
  3. ibtk reblogged this from veganfemme
  4. fewblanksheetsofpaper reblogged this from slutmuffins
  5. no1shere4art reblogged this from slutmuffins and added:
    love this person
  6. kittasaurusrex reblogged this from lovenmonsters and added:
    Veganism has lots of different schools of thought. Some people are dietary vegans, some are lifestyle vegans. Some, like...
  7. grey-eyedathena reblogged this from slutmuffins and added:
    Most sheep aren’t kept in such happy conditions though, they don’t get to see...sunshine,...
  8. lookinyoungandpreservedforever reblogged this from theresnorevolution and added:
    reading Becca’s response as mad?
  9. lilneenz reblogged this from tofujesus and added:
    no research = embarrassment.
  10. siobhanface said: I am making a 100% vegan scarf out of MY OWN HAIR …despite the enormous cruelty to myself obvs.
  11. theresnorevolution reblogged this from lettucebevegan and added:
    see, i just hate how she said this in a “i’m right and i’m right” kind of way, and then she gets all mad and defensive...
  12. chunkynutz reblogged this from missvegangoddess and added:
    ~adding my two cents~ She probably thinks that cows NEED to be milked too or they’ll get infection and die. The only...
  13. lettucebevegan reblogged this from missvegangoddess and added:
    I heard that the sheep are free-range and get to live in an awesome meadow with their friends after having their tails...
  14. veganfemme reblogged this from ozzylot and added:
    Just disseminating facts. You know, in that Awful Militant Vegan way that I do.
  15. missvegangoddess reblogged this from tofujesus and added:
    can’t even comprehend how stupid she is. She’s probably one of these people who think that the milk and egg industry...
  16. tofujesus reblogged this from vincentxanthony and added:
    not even surprised.
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  22. tofujesus reblogged this from thebourgeoisiehobo and added:
    i’d place a high wager on “slutmuffin” coming back all defensive and pissed even though you were nice and informative.
  23. thebourgeoisiehobo reblogged this from slutmuffins and added:
    Are sheep really these weird creatures who grow so much wool in...they need help by...