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is it? it looks tacky IMO. like ostentatious, conspicuous consumption all up in your face.

So, pretty much like the rest of Gaga's endless fashion schtick, then?

wearing fur is just rude Why? Is wearing leather/sheepskin shoes or coats or carrying a leather bag or wallet when you could sport a lovely plastic one rude too? How about feathers in hats, which comes from various bird species who don't exactly drop them naturally? How about the ravaging of the ecosystem in order to monoculture various non-animal products (palm oils, soy, cotton, forestry) which actually help drive multiple species to the brink of extinction? I don't quite get why fur gets all the brickbats when it's just one in an array of wearable animal products and probably actually the least used and destructive on a grand scale of all simply because of the cost. Or is it the cost which aggravates?

there are better, more attractive products for warmth+fashion in much of the world. Much of the world does't give a flying shit though. Really, it doesn't. Basic animal welfare is a rude notion in many places. Animal [i]rights[i] is pure fantasy land.

i certainly think factory farms and beating the shit out of elephants for entertainment is bullshit, i think there are better ways to "raise awareness" and solve problems. I agree. I also think fur is the least of the problems with animal exploitation in terms of numbers. I'd rather see the tens of millions caged, multilated battery hens living lives of complete suffering to produce cheaper than cheap eggs outlawed than a few fur farms at this juncture. Puppy farms that feed the pet trade too. Thing is, nobody can tell whether the egg you're eating is caged, faux-free range or actually free range, or that you bought that cute puppy from a greedy moron where as fur announces itself to a room as fur and thus earns all the flour and disdain.