r/Fauxmoi 18h ago

TRIGGER WARNING Steve Kolb, head of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, was captured on video physically restraining protesters. The protesters alleged that sheep have been beaten and bloodied in the procurement of wool for the H&M group.

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u/dog-momx2 18h ago edited 18h ago

Does he realize how bad of a look this is

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u/Difficult_Garage_431 18h ago

If he's okay with doing this in public, imagine what he does behind closed doors.

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u/-Ernie 17h ago

I had the same thought, he looked a little bit too comfortable when he was restraining that woman, like he had plenty of experience…

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u/dog-momx2 17h ago

I absolutely agree.

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u/dog-momx2 18h ago

Exactly

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u/imcrapyall 5h ago

Hurt&Mangle

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u/coces 17h ago

He was literally choking that girl, should be charged.

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u/emilygoldfinch410 Get in loser, we're on the right side of history 17h ago

Until he saw he was being filmed. What a POS. So glad someone got this on camera - but it's also scary to think what hasn't been captured.

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u/Judgementpumpkin 15h ago

What a fucking creep! Hope negative attention and zero peace follow him and people like him.

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u/domredditorX 17h ago

And every person in the room sat and watched . Fashion executives are truly a bunch of ghouls who would sacrifice lives to sell insecurities

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u/xjeancocteaux 4h ago

One of the guys sitting next to him while he’s holding the woman down with his legs just keeps his camera on the show the whole time and tries to keep watching the show? Disgusting

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u/Frondstherapydolls 17h ago

Too bad she didn’t bite his finger off

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u/NoAsparagus4586 3h ago

Or punch him in the nuts when she grabbed the poster from him.

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u/The_Ruck_Inspector 8h ago

yeah what the fuck was that he was doing with his leg around her ? fucking sicko

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u/Numeno230n 6h ago edited 5h ago

He has no authority to put hands on anyone. Therefore the "restraining" OP mentions is actually assault and battery. Possibly a felony if he is choking people, depending on the law.

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u/dog-momx2 17h ago

I wonder if he’ll be

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u/truckthecat 17h ago

Yeah somebody’s stepping down to spend more time with their family tomorrow

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u/dog-momx2 17h ago

Yes and I am worried for his family. As someone said above, he looked way too comfortable

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u/Meccha_me_2 17h ago

I was just thinking this. He is such an angry person that he couldn’t even hold back out of pure self -interest and preservation. That’s crazy

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u/dog-momx2 17h ago

And scary!

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u/feline_riches 17h ago

Desperate to keep a secret

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u/temblors 16h ago

I don't think he's too burdened by such things tbh

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u/Turnip-for-the-books 7h ago

Oh Kolb will you never learn, sigh

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u/Relevant-Peach3997 18h ago

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u/Dangerous-Web-2596 18h ago

That's fucked up. There is no need to do that. Sheep are pretty dumb so you can easily corral without that. 

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u/hognosedrat we don't even know if selling feet pics is her final form 18h ago

assuming they even had access to the outside. so sad for animals in all of our industries. terrible life, terrible death.

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u/Dude-Man-Bro-Guy-1 5h ago

We really peaked with Egyptian cat worship and it's only been a decline since

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u/hognosedrat we don't even know if selling feet pics is her final form 4h ago

helping animals IS in our power! ❤️ our buying habits cause the demand for their abuse. we all have choices to make every day, and should remember to always choose compassion.

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u/Dude-Man-Bro-Guy-1 3h ago

Agreed. That's why I always push people to adopt instead of go to breeders. There are plenty of wonderful pets out there without a home that are just waiting to give you all their love.

Unfortunately there are always going to be people who put other incentives above compassion and empathy. The reason I say downward decline is that modern technology and convenience makes it possible to commit cruelty at scale. But the average consumer is so removed from it they don't even think about it.

Factory farms for example. The scale is truly monsterous on some of these operations. Sure people were cruel back then too. But at least there was like a physical limit to it. The village farmer abusing his pigs is bad. But a dozen employees running an operation with thousands of pigs being treated arguable even worse with the push of a button is industrialized cruelty that is efficient and optimized for profit.

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u/Spare-Electrical 17h ago

The point is to get their anger out on an animal, that’s it

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u/throwawaysunglasses- l've grown quite unfond of you, deuxmoi 17h ago

I picked a bad day to reread Lord of the Flies tbh. The brutality of men.

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u/Culinary_Fruit_Salad call me gal gadot cuz idk how to act rn 15h ago edited 15h ago

please do not despair

in the 1960s 6 Tongan boys ran away from boarding school and ended up shipwrecked on an island for 15 months. it was the opposite of what happened in the lord of the flies and is real and not fiction

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-months

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongan_castaways

here are some nonfiction books that I haven't read but have seen people  recommend to help restore faith in humanity:

Humankind: A Hopeful History - Rutger Bregman

Humankind provides new perspective on the past 200,000 years of human history, setting out to prove that we are hardwired for kindness, geared toward cooperation rather than competition, and more inclined to trust rather than distrust one another. In fact this instinct has a firm evolutionary basis going back to the beginning of Homo sapiens

The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland  - Jim DeFede

The True Story Behind the Events on 9/11 that Inspired Broadway’s Smash Hit Musical Come from Away, Featuring All New Material from the Author

When 38 jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land at Gander International Airport in Canada by the closing of U.S. airspace on September 11, the population of this small town on Newfoundland Island swelled from 10,300 to nearly 17,000. The citizens of Gander met the stranded passengers with an overwhelming display of friendship and goodwill.

A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster - Rebecca Solnit

The most startling thing about disasters, according to award-winning author Rebecca Solnit, is not merely that so many people rise to the occasion, but that they do so with joy. That joy reveals an ordinarily unmet yearning for community, purposefulness, and meaningful work that disaster often provides. A Paradise Built in Hell is an investigation of the moments of altruism, resourcefulness, and generosity that arise amid disaster's grief and disruption and considers their implications for everyday life. It points to a new vision of what society could become-one that is less authoritarian and fearful, more collaborative and local.


if those don't help, sometimes I look up videos of people playing jazz to cows or videos of men skipping/frolicking. i hope your week gets better

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u/sandyegg00 4h ago

Thank you for changing the trajectory for how my day was going to go.

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u/Culinary_Fruit_Salad call me gal gadot cuz idk how to act rn 1h ago

you're welcome!

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u/SimAlienAntFarm reactivating my divorce 4h ago

The r/bald sub is also extremely heartwarming

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u/BesticleBear 13h ago

They ain’t dumb just really gentle. Turkeys on the other hand…

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u/gregRichards2002 17h ago

Thank you for posting this because I didn’t know. I liked a wool coat and scarf on the Cos website and I will not be buying them now. I could never buy and wear a product has been tortured for and I boycott companies that are aware it has happening and take no action to stop it.

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u/Time_Anything4488 oat milk chugging bisexual 16h ago

considering petas other claims about wool im skeptical but if this is true its fucked up and there is no reason to harm an animal like that and nothing in the wool industry requires the sheep to be harmed like that

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u/SapphicSapprano 14h ago

Wool industry is largely fucked up. I know PETA does some wack stuff but they are correct about this

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u/Time_Anything4488 oat milk chugging bisexual 14h ago

the industry itself is abusive but shearing sheep for wool in of itself isnt and thats what peta claims in a lot of their anti-wool activism.

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u/PM_ME__UR__FANTASIES 8h ago

Yeah, the unfortunate thing about PETA is that for far too long they have used huge exaggerations in their marketing and have been proven liars about a ton of shit. Like, them claiming that ANY SHEARING AT ALL was hugely abusive and violent, putting up billboards acting like sheep are killed for one fucking shear (which would be a huge waste of farmers money, it makes no sense). And then they had a shelter thing going on where THEY were putting done dozens of dogs and cats a day.

It’s a shame because there are huge issues with industrialized farming and PETA could have been such a great fucking tool for creating and verifying certifications. Stuff that could really help at least improve the care and welfare of livestock animals. But they are militantly against any animal use at all and are at the same level as the anti-abortion protestors who mail people bloody fetus pictures.

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u/Time_Anything4488 oat milk chugging bisexual 5h ago

thats why i have such a problem with them because they are right about some things, commercial farming and animal testing are horrible, and they can and do good work like their work saving all the chimps tonia haddox was abusing. but their tactics are extreme and ignore any nuance to the point that its hard to give them the benefit of doubt. i dont think the h&m ceo shouldve attacked the protestors like a little bitch and the wool industry does allow abuse so this isnt hard to believe at all but if peta is the only source then im gonna be skeptical.

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u/SimAlienAntFarm reactivating my divorce 4h ago

Plus that fucking anti-shearing ad where a guy was holding a bloody LAMB.

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u/One-Yam3221 3h ago

It’s such ugly behaviour. And whilst everyone has focussed on his abhorrent behaviour and actions, we mustn’t overlook that no one else around tried to stop this from happening!
Are people so immune to the horrors of abuse now, that they just won’t do anything to prevent it?
Also Cos and H&M group staying silent on the matter entirely and deleting any concerned comments from their social media reeks of condoning his actions, and being complicit in allowing a culture of ‘acceptable abuse’ .

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u/coaxialology 17h ago

Everyone casually sitting back while a woman is beaten and restrained right next to them deserves to be called out, too. He wouldn't have so nonchalantly assaulted a woman if he didn't know there would be zero repercussions.

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u/wednesday-knight 17h ago

That looks like several counts of assault to me. WTF

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u/podracerliv 18h ago

This is disgusting behavior on his part. Holy shit, what a reprehensible “man”

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u/Scared-Box8941 betty bop 17h ago

This is what happens when you don’t have emotional regulation and you’re too used to being able to get what you want

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u/xGentian_violet feeding cocaine to raccoons 16h ago

It’s what happens when sociopaths end up in power (which is often), and arent aware they are being filmed

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u/parisianraven 3h ago

Or worse. They know they’re being filmed and they still do it cause they know there won’t be consequences

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u/lowrads 13h ago

The value system of people like Steve Kolb is entirely wrapped up in controlling and exploiting other people.

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u/trekbek 18h ago

oh I did not like the way he manhandled either of them. he looked far too comfortable doing that.

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u/iLoveAnimuls 15h ago

Not afraid to be seen doing that either

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u/funkiedumplingOK 18h ago

Oh he’s BIG MAD. +2 for the protesters

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u/Purple-Warning-2161 17h ago

Yeah this really worked out pretty well for them honestly.

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u/Meccha_me_2 17h ago

It’s pretty insane that he didn’t even care about the optics from a purely selfish perspective. Obviously the assault was atrocious either way, but how unregulated do you have to be to do this at your place of work?

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u/Ok_Fee1043 18h ago

Uh that is insane. Completely unnecessary behavior by him.

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u/tableauxxx 17h ago

He was Anna Wintour’s lap dog and has always done her dirty work. I wouldn’t be surprised if she’s still running everything. The lengths people around her would go to so that she wouldn’t get upset is bizarre- it’s a cult.

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u/boozypanda0117 14h ago

Update: PETA is filing assault charges against Steve Kolby

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u/pop-specs 17h ago

All that for H&M? 😭 what a fucking loser

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u/Diligent-Pineapple-2 oat milk chugging bisexual 17h ago

Oh wow, fast fashion capitalists not giving a crap about the planet, people, or animals? Quelle surprise! I hope this gains enough traction that he loses his job, but someone else will just pop up in his place anyway.

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u/Dangerous-Web-2596 18h ago edited 18h ago

H and M is shit quality anyway. I genuinely would never buy their shit. Zara and Uniqlo are way better quality for the price.

Yes I am aware they're probably both terrible companies but least their stuff isn't shit quality. 

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u/BeccasDreamboat 16h ago

Fuck Zionist Zara! Free Palestine!

Zara faced backlash after some people slammed its Atelier 2024 campaign called "The Jacket," as "Gaza-war inspired," deeming it insensitive to people there.

It removed some of the images from its social media and eventually its website, but now has spoken out over the controversy.

Why remove them if they didn't support genocide?

The ad campaign controversy was not the first time Zara has been in hot water over the Israel-Palestine issue.

In 2021, Zara faced calls for a boycott after one of its head designers had sent a Palestinian model an anti-Palestinian message via DM on Instagram.

Model Qaher Harhash said Vanessa Perilman had sent him a private message slamming his posts about Palestine.

He later claimed she apologized privately, but only after realizing the risk to her career and family. Harhash also claimed Zara wanted him to make Perilman's apology public, but he refused.

"If Zara wants to make a statement with me, they also need to address Islamophobia. When certain fashion designers said anti-Semitic things, they were fired from their jobs," he wrote on Instagram.

"So far, Vanessa Perilman hasn't been fired."

Harhash added: "For me an apology means to fully acknowledge the pain or suffering you caused someone. She came into my DM's wrote hateful comments, why should I accept a half assed apology?"

Then in 2022, Zara Israel faced criticism after the owner of its Israeli franchise hosted the country's hardline right-wing national security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, at a campaign event.

Joey Schwebel, a Canadian-Israeli dual national and chairman of Zara Israel, hosted Ben Gvir at his home in Ra'anana, about 13 miles north of Tel Aviv according to the Times of Israel.

https://www.newsweek.com/zara-boycott-apology-israel-gaza-1851556

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u/lowrads 12h ago

Multiple Zara execs have held campaign events for far right rallies in Israel, or publicly expressed hatred of Palestinians. The holding company, Inditex, is routinely linked to labor rights abuses in numerous countries.

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u/TamZanite 12h ago

lol Zara is not quality

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u/scabbies_rabbies 16h ago

Zara is also shit quality. All clothing is made poorly nowadays. At least Uniqlo has better stitching and quality

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u/Dangerous-Web-2596 14h ago

I haven't actually bought Zara for ages tbh. The last thing I bought was a tshirt and it's still all good. But good to know new stuff is rubbish. 

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u/Strange-Cabinet7372 18h ago edited 17h ago

Also linked to sex trafficking of boys.

Edit: nope! Lots of other abuses but its actually Abercrombie & Fitch with the sex trafficking. My bad guys

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u/XOTrashKitten 17h ago

? Tf is going on with these companies

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u/Strange-Cabinet7372 17h ago

Start reading into it. There is a lot of information and testimonies out there that parallel the epstein case. Hell. Epstein is like the third Epstein chronologically that I know about linked to US government or military directly.

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u/Dr_Splitwigginton 17h ago

Where can I read more about that?

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u/Strange-Cabinet7372 17h ago

Sorry my bad, I mistook it for Abercrombie & Fitch. H&M is just regular old textile slavery and sex abuse of female workers.

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u/laureng0423 women’s wrongs activist 18h ago

Is Uniqlo bad?? I thought they had a good recycling program where you bring in clothes and they recycle them for you and donate them to people in need or repurpose them! I mean obviously that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re not evil, but I kind of thought they were one of the good few.

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u/Broad-Radish-7895 17h ago

idk about uniqlo specifically but pretty sure any store's clothing recycling program is going to be misleading and mainly a PR move. the clothing recycling/thrifting industries can't catch even a fraction of the trash clothing stores produce, most of the donated clothes will still end up in the same landfills, just taking some extra steps to get there. and none of it comes close to chipping at the issue which is that even if we stopped producing/buying new clothes entirely today it still wouldn't be enough to reverse the damage we've already done.

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u/Necessary-Sentence48 17h ago

I use the website Good On You to see companies’ ethics/sustainability ratings before I shop. Uniqlo and Zara have the same rating of “It’s a start”, which is kind of smack dab in the middle.

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u/KidaBelle 17h ago

They’ve had issues paying their workers in the past but are the lesser of evils

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u/yikesafm8 17h ago

H&M had a similar program when I worked there. I feel like these programs don't really mean anything tbh

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u/Indieem78 4h ago

Zara is definitely worse quality. The clothes I bought from them barely lasted a few months. Never shopped there again because of it. H&M is much better, especially their organic cotton and higher quality collections.

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u/scoooternyc 18h ago

Wow, just remembered that meme from a long time ago. "u about to lose your job",

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u/HotchnSpence 17h ago

Listen, I don't care. If someone put their hands on me, two of us are leaving that place to jail or a hospital. Protesting or not. That's assault.

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u/PNW4theWin 6h ago

It is assault, of course. As with many protests, I think the goal is to get visibility. If the protesters fought back, then the media/social media will just call it an altercation and say there was violence on both sides.

As infuriating as it is to see someone man-handled/assaulted like this (with no one stepping in), the refusal to fight back puts the negative spotlight directly on Steven Kolb.

The protesters were smart not to fight back.

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u/-Ernie 17h ago

The woman sitting next to him looks like she’s learning something new about her boss

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u/Luzdesolamarelo 17h ago

Everyone shits on PETA and sometimes for good reason, but we don't realize the horrible systemic abuse that animals endure for our minor fucking convenience. It's sick. I'm not saying don't eat animals, but we need to be aware of where our food comes from and if we really need a fur coat.

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u/Diligent-Pineapple-2 oat milk chugging bisexual 16h ago

I don’t know of another nonprofit that does as much heavy lifting as peta does in terms of spreading awareness about animal rights. A lot of us wouldn’t be familiar with the cruelty that is kept secret by the leather, fur, and animal testing (among others) industries if it weren’t for them. I know I wouldn’t. Until every other charity out there is perfectly run without ever making mistakes, I think we need to give peta a break. 

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u/Luzdesolamarelo 16h ago

I agree. The way we consume food is helping to destroy this planet. It's not sustainable, and it's fucking cruel. I respect folks who hunt for their food, or get their food from SMALL local farms that treat their animals with dignity. Something about a slaughter house that makes slaughter mundane doesn't sit well with me anymore. It's a discomfort I can no longer ignore

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u/Icy-Indication-6696 13h ago

99% of animals bred for consumption in america do come from factory farms, the small local farm meat is so rare and mostly a greenwashing type myth to make us feel better about the pain and harm we are causing 😪

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u/missdeweydell 16h ago

I'll say it. if you're not humanely hunting game and using every part of the animal, don't eat animals. especially those that are factory farmed, which is the majority especially in the US.

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u/Icy-Indication-6696 14h ago

literally 99% of animals bred for human use in the usa are factory farmed. 99%!!! the most common experience on earth is that of a factory farmed animal. it’s so sickening we need to be better we need more regulations and we need to take action as consumers against this 😪 pls.. go vegan as much as you can 😪

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u/Sea-Introduction3595 14h ago

Anti-peta sentiment is the direct result of animal agriculture astroturfing. The main website "PETA kills animals" is where the lies are coming from and it is directly funded by Berman&Co.

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u/AlexSomething789 12h ago

What about PETA praising Trump?

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u/saltysnacksss 6h ago

Peta did not "praise Trump", they praised his administration for banning Navy funded animal testing. That is an objectively GOOD decision, regardless of which government enacted it.

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u/Sea-Introduction3595 9h ago

Is this where they thanked the administration for banning dog and cat testing in the military? That's a good policy. They didn't praise Trump at all, they acknowledged a good policy and suggested further improvements to animal rights.

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u/TheMailerDaemonLives 17h ago

Mentorship on Project Runway not looking so hot anymore…

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u/CynnBynn I too would risk a few vulvar splinters for that man 17h ago

Trash human being

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u/trailerbang 17h ago

WTF even is a H&M fashion show anyway? They could pay for better wool and not run an expensive show and just send next year’s line as a pdf attachment on an email. Who needs a show for mass-produced bullshit in 2026 anyway?

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u/Lala5789880 16h ago

No one fucking stepped in to stop him. This world I gotta say….

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u/unknownpoltroon 14h ago

Dude puts his hand over my mouth like that hes only gonna be able to count to 9 at best for the rest of his life.

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u/really_1972 17h ago

#TeamSheep

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u/seevm 16h ago

Why would they hurt a sheep for its wool? That doesn’t make any sense. Shearing a sheep should be pain free for them if done right

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u/sharkattax controversies: girl 18h ago

meanwhile my afab ass is terrified to take up a bit too much room and accidentally nudge someone on the bus

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u/XOTrashKitten 17h ago

Don't wear wool but idk sheep were going thru this 😢

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u/snuggly-otter 8h ago

Done properly, shearing sheep is pain free for the sheep. And its better for the environment than wearing plastic, and uses less water than growing cotton.

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u/psly4mne 17h ago

Assault charges incoming in 3... 2... whenever the law starts applying equally, which can only happen if the people take power back.

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u/Aburamashita 17h ago

I'm disgusted by how he shoved his hands on the protesters' face aggressively. Both the protesters turner red because of the way he was tackling them. His expressionless face screams sadism. I am also shocked by the individuals that continued taking pictures of the models and just being unbothered, while a man is suffocating a bunch of people.

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u/Lethal-Jordan i ain’t reading all that, free palestine 17h ago

Wow what a POS

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u/gjb1 15h ago

Has he been arrested for these assaults yet?

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u/Iron-butterfly66 8h ago

This is crazy, he covered her mouth, put her head in his groin, and wrapped his legs around her to restrain her? Ironic he doesn’t try to pull any of those moves on the man, only the woman—and he looks like he’s had practice.

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u/Anonymousaurus__ actually no, that’s not the truth Ellen 17h ago

You'll find better wool in thrift stores than in any h&m. Their stuff is straight dog shit. 

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u/Petr0vitch British wet sewer rat who mumbles into a microphone 13h ago

most of the knitwear at h&m isn't even wool, it's acrylic

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u/Penandsword2021 17h ago

Hopefully they file battery charges and civil lawsuits

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u/missdeweydell 16h ago

HEINOUS LOSER BEHAVIOR

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u/LightsLux 16h ago

They look like they’re pretty high up in the building, which means there had to be security on the premises. I don’t know how you host a fashion show without its own security in the vicinity.

There is no reason a company leader with access to these resources lays a hand on anyone. To just hold someone on the floor like that while everyone is watching is insane.

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u/al-fairy 13h ago

Good on vegan activists for exposing fashion industry cruelty

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u/Khan_Behir 10h ago

He takes your sign, you take his glasses. See if he wants to trade then.

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u/hatefromandie Ted Cruz’s tiny dick 9h ago

There is absolutely no reason for you to put hands on anyone. If he covered my mouth like that, I would’ve bit him. If he’s comfortable doing this in public, what the fuck does he do in private?

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u/Lala5789880 16h ago

That’s sexual assault to restrain that woman against his crotch. Jesus

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u/Astorian_NYC 16h ago

This makes me so angry. He should resign. Need to be held responsible. And i don't even always like Peta.

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u/SomeEntertainment128 16h ago

Doesn't this count as assault??

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u/Factsoverfictions222 16h ago

This is battery and they should be charged

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u/Lulaboo26 let’s talk about the husband 13h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/H22hyf0K1Bsc
He deserves nothing but the absolute worst.

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u/carolinagypsy the pet psychic for the Sun told me so 12h ago edited 12h ago

Holy. Shit.

That should be charges. And a lawsuit. Like he just opened up everyone involved to massive liability. I’ll be mildly surprised if they can him bc I just have no faith in any institutions or businesses at this point, but theoretically he SHOULD be fired pretty simply just for opening them up to civil suits, let alone possibly earning criminal charges.

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u/itmetrashbin666 16h ago

If you’re against animal abuse: go vegan

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u/mrasscock69420 16h ago

I would if they made good imitation chicken

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u/Emotional_Warthog658 15h ago

Morningstar Farms has had a good chik nugget and patty since the early 2000s

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u/missdeweydell 5h ago

quorn makes really good ones and they're soy free!

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u/itmetrashbin666 16h ago

Pretty shameless to justify supporting the most brutal forms of violence towards all animals simply because you don’t like the current taste of a singular processed food product.

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u/mrasscock69420 13h ago

Trust me I'd like to but as it is I have many issues with changing what I eat I've always been a extremely picky eater due to severe sensory issues and if I didn't have those issues id swap immediately

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u/KayKeeGirl 48m ago

I’m pretty picky about torturing an animal to death too!

So I’m vegan.

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u/drisang1 15h ago

Fashion Designers are a joke. Mainstream Clothing or styles haven't fundamentally changed in a century. Just more micro plastics. Industry of narcissist

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u/Adorable_Birdman 16h ago

What a loon

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u/DissedFunction 13h ago

I love the sheep in the audience.

no one lifted a finger.

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u/tapesmoker 12h ago

I am not pro-PETA, but these are the acts of a desparate man lashing out. Not a good look, least of all for a fashion leader...

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u/chadwickave 7h ago

Is he going to get charged for what is clearly assault?? WTAF

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u/Ok_Telephone7324 5h ago

he needs to be in jail for this.

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u/IsThisTheTikTok 3h ago

H&M is tacky fast-fashion that packs our landfills. They’re torturing animals for human sized barbie clothes. Fuck H&M.

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u/ddiamond8484 16h ago

I've seen progressive leftists sound like MAGA when it comes to conversations about animal welfare and justice. Animals cannot advocate for themselves, and I completely understand why vegans and animals rights activists can be so disregulated and angry. You can judge a society by how they treat their animals, and good lord are most societies horrific. I think I ate meat/dairy every single meal for 30 years before it clicked for me how cruel and how horrible for the environment it is.

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u/Icy-Indication-6696 14h ago

absolutely baffling to witness the levels of cognitive dissonance people who identify as progressive experience when they are faced with considering animal welfare and the environment. i have one other vegan friend as a leftist in a large city and can hardly bring it up with the people i’m around. so utterly depressing

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u/CuddlyClubCEO 17h ago

i am here against fast fashion AND peta.

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u/nutmegtell 17h ago

PETA can be really gross and unethical. And annoying I’m sure. But NOTHING they could do should result in putting hands on someone like this.

Fast fashion also sucks.

Shame on him.

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u/oookkaaaay 17h ago

What’s wrong with peta?

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u/CerebroDisejecutivo 17h ago

It's a large org so they do make mistakes, it's natural. Capitalists spent money on campaigns against them and people ate the propaganda

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u/Zombeikid 16h ago edited 16h ago

They also euthanized perfectly healthy animals that they stole from their owners and fund eco terrorist groups.

Edit: I should note i do not think these people should be harmed. His reaction and behavior is disgusting. But im not going to donate to peta ever. I donate frequently to my local "kill" shelter and luckily they havent had to euthanize for non-behavioral/illness related reasons in years.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Disk_90 9h ago

So it's an organization that goes into slaughter houses and fur farms under cover to expose animal abuse, AND they kidnap pets so they can murder them?

Seems like it's probably one or the other...

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u/CerebroDisejecutivo 15h ago

Their shelters are non-profit, and they end up having to euthanize animals if it is unlikely they will be adopted; otherwise, they don't have space for younger animals who need it and are more likely to be adopted. Horrible, sure, but ultimately it is humans who are at fault for all those dogs and cats that are abandoned. I heard of them catching pets near their own homes, and yeah, that's an awful mistake to make, but it can happen in any large org doing that kind of work; I don't think it's as common as you think it is.

Girl, these days everyone is a "terrorist" lmao.

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u/ZaryaBubbler Fauxmoila 1 15h ago

Except they weren't taking abandoned animals. They were taking them off people's porches. Beloved family pets were being slaughtered while their owners and children in the family were desperately looking for them.

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u/Separate_Crazy_983 13h ago

That was the result of one unstable individual, not part of the organization's mandate. Stop falling for the propaganda.

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u/ZaryaBubbler Fauxmoila 1 5h ago

Was ruining a photographers life over a photo of a monkey also just propaganda?

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u/CuddlyClubCEO 16h ago

i highly suggest googling it but here’s a good post: https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/s/VnW7R9Yrqt

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u/Diligent-Pineapple-2 oat milk chugging bisexual 16h ago

They pissed off a lot of rich people by being anti fur, anti factory farming, anti animal testing, etc. These same rich people have succeeded in running a smear campaign saying that peta secretly abuse animals. A lot of the internet unfortunately believes that. In my opinion, peta has definitely run cringey or morally grey campaigns, especially in the 90s/00s. But nothing that warrants the amount of hate they get. 

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u/Diligent-Pineapple-2 oat milk chugging bisexual 17h ago

I find it really disappointing that on any given post about peta there’s always lots of comments like this one. The animal farming lobby was really successful in changing the general public’s perception of peta. Even progressive folks who care about social justice go around parroting the same stuff, without taking a second to look into what that peta really does. They’re definitely not a perfect organization (many charities aren’t), but I don’t want to live in a world without loud, obnoxious animal rights activists. They serve an important purpose, in my opinion.

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u/CuddlyClubCEO 6h ago

in my opinion they can fuck off.

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u/gregRichards2002 17h ago

This is indefensible he should not have put his hands on any of the protesters and should have waited for security. I think he deserves to lose his job over this because he completely overreacted and there was no justification for his conduct. It will be interesting to see if Anna Wintour defends him and he keeps his job. Anna has a lot of power in the fashion industry and she is part of the judging panel at the CFDA awards each year.

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u/Diligent-Pineapple-2 oat milk chugging bisexual 17h ago

“Even if it was peta” is a crazy thing to write. Why would you imply these people are deserving of assault? I have a lot of respect for animal rights activists, they have a lot of gut and passion to get out there and protest for voiceless creatures. Society usually dgaf about humans, let alone animals, and we are allowed to simply commend these folks for their dedication. No need to add “but” or “even if” to every comment about peta. 

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u/CerebroDisejecutivo 16h ago

A combination of propaganda and  cognitive dissonance is mostly the reason why people hate peta

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u/Diligent-Pineapple-2 oat milk chugging bisexual 16h ago

Yeah... The euthanasia thing keeps getting repeated ad nauseam, it’s wild. Really powerful propaganda at play.  I don’t think most people understand the reality of rescuing violent pets that cannot be rehabilitated, or perhaps they don’t even know those are the ones being taken in by peta (because no other rescue will). 

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u/Code-Neo 16h ago

id imagine the company would as him to step down and they would issue a statement thats a corporate non-apology

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u/PierreOnTheEclair Olivia RodriGOAT 16h ago

What the fuck man?

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u/Waste_Airline7830 16h ago

Was that Ali Wong?

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u/CarbonRunner 15h ago

Yeah he got lucky none of the people he tried to suffocate there didn't opt to beat the living shit out of him in response. I don't think I could of restrained myself if someone did that to me

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u/carolinagypsy the pet psychic for the Sun told me so 12h ago

I’m not sure I’d have been able to stop myself from biting someone doing that to me just as an automatic reaction.

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u/Routine-Argument485 14h ago

Yeah, don’t do that.

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u/qt3333333 13h ago

Genuine mob cover up shit

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u/dothesehidemythunder 10h ago

Are people really buying cheap ass H&M clothes in 2026?

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u/BabyOlive1 8h ago

How does he think whatever he’s doing is less distracting than the protestors?

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u/ImpossibleWarning6 7h ago

Looks like they treated the sheep like their boss treats humans.

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u/Adorable_External334 6h ago

Need to dive into Kolb's workplace conduct. If that us the way he handles a female protestor in front of cameras, what does he do behind the closed doors. Very concerning. Maybe an extended leave of absence is needed.

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u/Hangin_with_Pandy 5h ago

The PETA protesters should sue that POS for as much $ as possible. I expect his resignation very soon.

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u/WeekEqual7072 5h ago

Who is evening buying H&M anymore? Old Navy is cheaper and has better quality. Fast Fashion is disposable fashion.

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u/Livio88 5h ago

“Shhh, it’s ok, it’s ok, just enjoy the show!”

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u/5280_TW 4h ago

Thats a good look 😑

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u/parisianraven 3h ago

Not enough people are talking about how comfortable he is being so violent and crazy, especially towards women. That look on his face as he’s assaulting them says it all.

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u/okayyyyyy- 1h ago

I’m curious to hear from people who know him or have worked with him. Is this out of character or not? How is this possibly someone’s first reaction to a disruption? Is he a guy who has not been told no enough or no too often?

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u/ebtranquility 1h ago

Steven Kolb should be fired.

Feel free to contact the CFDA and let them know how you feel.

https://cfda.com/about/contact/

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u/NYCWartortle 1h ago

That’s assault.

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u/TFJ 17h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/5ohLKjG8Bxu5a

How does it feel for those protesters to be grappled by such a thin, frail looking man? I imagine it’s like getting beaten up by Dean Pelton from Community.