This thread is now about Furries, for some reason. Formerly: "So. Anonymous."

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

I think the difference lies in hating the individual or the actions of the individual.

For example, the misguided Christian may 'hate' the act of sodomy, but may still treat a homosexual as any other human being. I don't consider this bigotry.
OR
The misguided Christian may 'hate' fags. I do consider this bigotry.

RWHN may hate the acts of bigotry perpetrated by individuals associated with white supremacist groups.
OR
RWHN may hate all people associated with white supremacist groups.

etc.

[BADGE OF HONOR]

I still reserve the right to hate furries, though.  Fuck em.

[hooplala]

I find Furries hilarious, personally.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

I still reserve the right to hate furries, though.  Fuck em.

So at Pennsic this year, I ran into a 15 year old furry... self identified. Yet, he seemed to consider the whole costume, yiffing etc to be disgusting and dumb. Apparently, in his view a furry is simply someone that really likes sexy anthropomorphic pictures. The other stuff is what the crazy furries do...

I had never considered this viewpoint before.


Further, I had to think moar... why do I dislike furries anyway. I mean as far as I can tell there are three major points to being a furry:

1. Enjoy Sexy Anthropomorphic Art
2. Enjoy orgies/group sex/some sort of non monogamy sex.
3. Likes to wear costumes while involved with No. 2

Number 1 doesn't bother me, because sexy art can be sexy if the artist is good... no matter what might be in the picture. I don't get off on it... but I don't see a problem there.

Number 2, I don't have a problem with... mostly cause its not all that different from my own choice in that area.

Number 3 is weird, but surely no more weird than what BDSM people wear, or sexy nurse outfits or sexy cheerleader outfits or any of the other outfits you can buy at Lion's Den.

So then, I have asked myself the question, why dislike furries... and I haven't come up with any reason other than prejudice.

Any ideas here? Am I missing something?

[Elder Iptuous]

Any ideas here? Am I missing something?

to fit in around here.

hey.... is 'Bondage Fairies' comic considered 'Furries'?
cause that comic is awesome.

[East Coast Hustle]

wrong.
hating someone for something they have chosen to do is not bigotry.
Otherwise, I'd be a bigot for hating white supremacists.

you're not?

Mr. Webster says:
: a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices  ; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance

so, although it is especially associated racial or ethnic groups, it is not limited to that.
oooor, i could stick my foot in shit and say that hating gay people is hating someone for something they have 'chosen' to do..... 

OK, then I'm a bigot for hating white supremacists.

ECH,
OK with that.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

Any ideas here? Am I missing something?

to fit in around here.

hey.... is 'Bondage Fairies' comic considered 'Furries'?
cause that comic is awesome.

I hope not, cause one of my beautiful female friends is into bondage faeries and the other makes fairy wings for a Ren Faire business.... I have high hopes for a collision of concepts.

[Shibboleet The Annihilator]

The minute Anonymous started to take itself seriously was the moment it became an ego-crutch for basement dwelling social misfits.  It was an interesting example of emergence and web-based organization, but there are other examples of that now.

PING!

In the hacker universe, there are lots of groups like anonymous, but they actually remain, well, anonymous.

YOU WIN THE THREAD! CONGRATULATIONS!

[BADGE OF HONOR]

Furries are into sexy animals because they don't have the social skills to make it with normal humans.  Again, fuck em.

[OPTIMUS PINECONE]

Any ideas here? Am I missing something?

to fit in around here.

hey.... is 'Bondage Fairies' comic considered 'Furries'?
cause that comic is awesome.

     SERIOUSLY AWESOME!!

[Vene]

Furries are into sexy animals because they don't have the social skills to make it with normal humans.  Again, fuck em.

How literally should I take this?

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

Furries are into sexy animals because they don't have the social skills to make it with normal humans.  Again, fuck em.

I thought that too... but some people that I know who label themselves as 'furry' seem to be no worse off than anyone else socially... some even apparently have relationshiops outside their furry fetish.

I guess that's the question... why is this fetish 'worse' than the others?

[the last yatto]

yiffy isnt actually sex, dont they just   in their costumes while humping each other?

didnt someone important once say hate the sin not the sinner?

[Cainad (dec.)]

yiffy isnt actually sex, dont they just   in their costumes while humping each other?

didnt someone important once say hate the sin not the sinner?

Yeah, but do you have any idea what they did to that guy? Srsly.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

yiffy isnt actually sex, dont they just  in their costumes while humping each other?

didnt someone important once say hate the sin not the sinner?

I dunno... I don't ask those questions... but since I have seen furry outfits (not being worn) which appear to have... access panels... I'd guess that sombunal yiffing goes further than the fap.

But again... what is the unacceptable bit... the 'sin'... It's weird, until recently I'd hadn't even consider it....