I don’t really understand all the hate/cynicism towards vegan leather. Like yeah obviously plastic is bad for the environment, but raising cows and dumping thousands of tons of chromium into rural waterways for the tanning process aren’t good either. Leather is actually far worse for the environment by some metrics.

Plus there’s the fact that most leather is sealed with plastic/acrylic to increase its longevity anyway, unless you’re buying something wicked expensive.

For real I don’t really understand all the hate PETA gets. I think the most you can accuse them of is not being strategic in their messaging, and doing some pretty dumb stunts over the years. Everyone I’ve ever met who’s involved with PETA has seemed like genuinely a good person who’s trying to help animals.

Of course there’s also the “PETA kills pets” stuff, but if you do one google search you’ll see this is astroturfed lies/exaggerations from the meat industry, so I don’t pay that any mind.

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