Furries are misunderstood.

[DarkAmbient]

Furries and bronies seem to me like socially maladjusted loners who found kinship via their fetishes.

[Lochton]

I wonder too if it might be a moral panic.

I was reading how a group of people are portrayed in media or folklore as deviant and outsiders that are called folk devils.

I recently saw on tv about a bunch of Karens/republicans recently getting up in arms over there being furries in schools.

Like,i remember when i was growing up, that heavy metal was blamed for a lot of stuff and when metal bands trashed hotels, it made the news.

Think it is just all roots in that announcing being a furry is tagged to the other groups, and thus people believe you are like that, even when you might just be of innocent experience of enjoying the work put into it, the craftsmanship, the forming of a fursona. Being the average furry is just like LARP'ing, nothing else.

[Palapop]

What is "furries"? o.O

[Golden Yak]

No way. I can't imagine associating myself or representing myself with some kind of animal.

It's weird.

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[Axelthefox]

No way. I can't imagine associating myself or representing myself with some kind of animal.

It's weird.

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Well technically according to Darwin, aren't humans animals?

I mean according to him, man are descended from apes?

[Molvonos]

There's a fundamental flaw with associating furries with any other sort of sexuality/gender/etc.

Being homosexual is not a choice, feeling the gender dysphoria that trans people feel is not a choice. These are a matter of chemical makeup, genetics, and the like, it's no different than being able to (not) choose the color of your skin. And most people don't want to hide who they are without judgment.

There is no 'genetic disposition' to feeling like you're an animal. You're human, choosing to dress up in a fursuit and hiding who you are for one reason or another under the facade of 'this is who I really am'. This is made even less believable when you decide to mix animal species, choose outlandish colors/body modifications, or other 'weird' stuff that isn't found in nature, but is ultimately someone's bestiality-induced fever dream.

It is equally easy to hide more predatory practices behind a fursuit, which makes people less inclined to trust Furries... despite the fact some (like yourself) exclaim 'you cant judge a group by a few bad apples', you really can when almost the entire premise of the 'movement' is hiding who you are so you're not judged (or worse, in examples. Bronies, for example, leading into pedophiliac tendencies or Sonichu (God I wish I'd never found out about this through my newsfeeds).

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Well technically according to Darwin, aren't humans animals?

I mean according to him, man are descended from apes?

Dont do this, it will never help your cause. This is a horrible strawman that does absolutely nothing but piss people off because it's a null arguement.

[Lochton]

What is "furries"? o.O

A social group of people indulging in the activity of creating and/or roleplaying that of having a character of anthropomorphic (Human-like animals) nature.

[TheRevenantHero]

Furries make up around 75% to 80% of all sexual assault/harrassment complaints at every convention I've ever done security for in the last 15 years. Hell, I am a victim of one such examples of sexual assault from a furry. So I'm gonna say that the majority of furries are creepy and don't deserve any kind of sympathy.

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Think it is just all roots in that announcing being a furry is tagged to the other groups, and thus people believe you are like that, even when you might just be of innocent experience of enjoying the work put into it, the craftsmanship, the forming of a fursona. Being the average furry is just like LARP'ing, nothing else.

As a LARPer, no it absolutely fucking is not.

[Daronokk]

I found a lot of studies about furry fandom. And they're all saying the same exact thing:furry is just a innocent hobby, listen to what the studies say.

My brother in law is a furry and a brony. And my wife found child porn on his laptop. Kind of reinforcing the stereotype. If you ask me the stereotype exists for a reason. And he denies it being a sexual thing as well, even though all the evidence points towards the opposite.

I'm sure there are some innocent furries. But I'm also sure a good portion are sick f*cks.

[Hellobolis]

if you have to pull up a study to tell people it's not a sex thing, just stop and accept that you aren't going to change their minds.

if it's your familly or w/e judging you just make it a live and let live situation.

[Axelthefox]

My brother in law is a furry and a brony. And my wife found child porn on his laptop. Kind of reinforcing the stereotype. If you ask me the stereotype exists for a reason. And he denies it being a sexual thing as well, even though all the evidence points towards the opposite.

I'm sure there are some innocent furries. But I'm also sure a good portion are sick f*cks.

I think the same could be said for any other group really.

Like i read about some anime fan who blamed anime/manga for him assaulting a child.

I read once about a segment of anime that is obsessed with little girls that is called lolicon, i personally feel that stuff should be illegal everywhere.

I read in Germany, that stuff is blocked by ISP's there, I wonder why ISP's can't do that stuff in the America's.

[Phob]

Furries are not misunderstood. Too much evidence of them being shitty people. Most conventions that deal with them fail tremendously because they literally act like animals.

[TheRevenantHero]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmUL...ernetHistorian

But furries aren't degenerates right?

[Hellobolis]

I think the same could be said for any other group really.

Like i read about some anime fan who blamed anime/manga for him assaulting a child.

I read once about a segment of anime that is obsessed with little girls that is called lolicon, i personally feel that stuff should be illegal everywhere.

I read in Germany, that stuff is blocked by ISP's there, I wonder why ISP's can't do that stuff in the America's.

careful what you wish for. they aren't gonna distinguish between one fetish and another, it's just gonna be a blanket ban for anything unchristian.

man this reminds me about that UN resolution that wanted to ban lolicon stuff and japan just laughed at them saying it's a billion dollar industry.

[George Lucas]

No, they are degenerates and belong on a cross.

Infracted

[Alanar]

Well technically according to Darwin, aren't humans animals?

I mean according to him, man are descended from apes?

Please stop linking it to studies or any historybook info, its not the same.

It boils down to a fetish, which is what it is. Lets not make it more then it is.

[Pakheth]

Furries and bronies seem to me like socially maladjusted loners who found kinship via their fetishes.

The furries I know are some of the most social people I know of, but they also have friends who aren't furries as well and only suit around the friends who don't mind it. It's not unusual they rent cabins for a weekend to just hang out and play board games and then suit up for a photo op for a bit.

I've also been to Nordic Fusscon and it was a very positive experience. Since everyone are adults and screenings are done before you can even buy a ticket you avoid those folks who decides to trash hotel rooms after drinking too much who sadly plague a lot of the regular cons I've been to.

Also personally I feel what has given furries the worst rep has been that infamous CSI episode who got the culture so wrong I don't even know how they managed to do so. Like how???

Honestly I find furries who fursuit to be very similar to cosplayers as both shares the joy of becoming someone or something they are not. Also animals and anthros are cool and who doesn't love werewolves or minotaurs or whatever. Humans have been interested in humanoid animals since we started making art, it's nothing new. Also I am not going to ignore the fact that drawing animals is often easier than drawing humans well enough not to look weird so it's no wonder many find it more giving than drawing humans.

Also fun fact. It's often joked that if a plane full of furries crashed, most of the IT world would be severely fucked.

[Palapop]

A social group of people indulging in the activity of creating and/or roleplaying that of having a character of anthropomorphic (Human-like animals) nature.

lol


like children used to play in kindergarten?

[Goatfish]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmUL...ernetHistorian

But furries aren't degenerates right?

I was wondering how long it would take for someone to just mention RainFurrest.

I was an observer of the furry fandom for many years, and even went to a few conventions because my ex was a furry. They are without a doubt some of the worst people I have ever been around, and a significant portion of them seem to have very real mental issues. Sex is undoubtedly one of the driving factors of the fandom, easily provable by a short walk around the dealer's den of any furry convention or any short visit to FurAffinity or E621. Everyone in the furry fandom knows that if you want to make any real profit you need to make X rated material, probably including some sort of incredibly deviant sexual fetish such as vore, diapers, age play, castration, or other nightmare fuel.

Fursuiters are by far the worst of the bunch, because the reason for suiting is to be able to hide behind a character to act how you want to act. Not only is this really unhealthy socially and mentally, but it very often leads to entitlement and bad behavior.

[TheRevenantHero]

I was wondering how long it would take for someone to just mention RainFurrest.

I was an observer of the furry fandom for many years, and even went to a few conventions because my ex was a furry. They are without a doubt some of the worst people I have ever been around, and a significant portion of them seem to have very real mental issues. Sex is undoubtedly one of the driving factors of the fandom, easily provable by a short walk around the dealer's den of any furry convention or any short visit to FurAffinity or E621. Everyone in the furry fandom knows that if you want to make any real profit you need to make X rated material, probably including some sort of incredibly deviant sexual fetish such as vore, diapers, age play, castration, or other nightmare fuel.

Fursuiters are by far the worst of the bunch, because the reason for suiting is to be able to hide behind a character to act how you want to act. Not only is this really unhealthy socially and mentally, but it very often leads to entitlement and bad behavior.

It's times like these that I wish there was a "like" feature for posts. There's a reason the majority of furry conventions end up crashing and burning. It's because furries are degenerates that cause property destruction and sexually harass/assault anyone that isn't fast enough to move away from their grasping little hands.

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The furries I know are some of the most social people I know of, but they also have friends who aren't furries as well and only suit around the friends who don't mind it. It's not unusual they rent cabins for a weekend to just hang out and play board games and then suit up for a photo op for a bit.

I've also been to Nordic Fusscon and it was a very positive experience. Since everyone are adults and screenings are done before you can even buy a ticket you avoid those folks who decides to trash hotel rooms after drinking too much who sadly plague a lot of the regular cons I've been to.

Also personally I feel what has given furries the worst rep has been that infamous CSI episode who got the culture so wrong I don't even know how they managed to do so. Like how???

Honestly I find furries who fursuit to be very similar to cosplayers as both shares the joy of becoming someone or something they are not. Also animals and anthros are cool and who doesn't love werewolves or minotaurs or whatever. Humans have been interested in humanoid animals since we started making art, it's nothing new. Also I am not going to ignore the fact that drawing animals is often easier than drawing humans well enough not to look weird so it's no wonder many find it more giving than drawing humans.

Also fun fact. It's often joked that if a plane full of furries crashed, most of the IT world would be severely fucked.

It's not akin to cosplaying. Because cosplayers are doing it to show off their favorite character in costume form. Furries do it because it's a fetish.