Why are Furries hated?

[RedXIII]

Because i'm a furry and i'm constantly given crap about being a furry and i don't undestand why people have to hate on me for being a furry.

For those who don't know what a furry is these describe it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_fandom

http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Furry_fandom

[jobycom]

1. They give me brain freeze.

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[cbdo2007]

3. We're going to need to see you in your furry costume to decide if we'll hate on you or not....

[RedXIII]

7. Well here is my fox costume

Both which were commissioned for me.

[Deep13]

22. Fox?! We tend to watch MSNBC and John Stewart around here.

:evilgrin:

[cbdo2007]

45. Nice!! I won't hate on you for that.

Kinda....foxy ;)

[BurtWorm]

83. What's so furry about that?

:wtf:

Two ears and a tail? Where's the rest of the fur?

D'Oh!

[Swede]

4. They won't leave Orestes alone?

:shrug:

[Rosie1223]

5. Ya, know, not my thing but

if it's consenting adults and you're not hurting anything, I don't have a problem with it.

:hi:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

50. this one reply is FTW

:hi:

[rug]

6. Shedding.

[cwydro]

71. No idea whether to take all this seriously

But your reply just cracked me up!

[Archae]

8. Heck, I'm a furry!

I love the good pin-up art, mostly.

Here's my "persona/fursona/feathersona," an archaeopteryx.



At AnthroCon this year a guy showed up in a archaeopteryx suit.



It's just fun, and a little diversion from reality.
Like Trekkies, Whovians, Star Wars fans, anime fans, etc.

"Furry" characters with sex appeal show up in a lot of places too.

Minerva Mink, Krystal in Starfox, Lola Bunny in Space jam, etc.

[Taverner]

12. Um, wouldn't that make you a 'Feathery'?

Being birds don't have fur?

[Archae]

19. There are "scaleys" as well.

Those who enjoy reptile "furrys" also.

The biggest name in "scaleys" nowadays is "Cynder," from the "Legend Of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon" videogame.



But other "scaleys" have appeared, most notably Elizabeth Borris' character in her comic strip, "Broken Plot Device," named "Lizardbeth."

http://www.brokenplotdevice.com/

[RedXIII]

14. Well here is my Fursona

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. Why would a fox wear shorts?

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[RedXIII]

66. It supposed to be based on my Second Life avatar.

Of course recently i sold a 4096 sq. m. and renting on a estate that doesn't allow people to put up stuff like no entry lines.

[RedXIII]

67. (:

=^-^=

[La Lioness Priyanka]

9. most fetishes are hated by people who dont share the same fetish

i am sure foot fetishists are also hated

[AngryAmish]

10. I'll be straight up - I hate furries

Why? Mostly because they deserve hatred.

THe lot strike me as child molesters. Present company excepted, of course.

[Deep13]

21. wow. nt

[Call Me Wesley]

23. Quite the stretch here.

Care to elaborate? Otherwise, I really don't get it. :shrug:

[Radical Activist]

29. lol

Please, don't hold back.

[Taverner]

11. No idea

Like they say 'Your kink is a matter of freedom, everyone else's is just plain sick'

[Mr. Ected]

13. Furries aren't hated...we're simply misunderstood

I, for one, am furious over the fury over Furries.

[Lance_Boyle]

15. You're not hated, you're mocked and ridiculed.

Totally different things.

[uncommon]

17. ftw

[Tuesday Afternoon]

43. wrong

it was EPIC FAIL.

[superduperfarleft]

52. Forget furries, middle-aged people using phrases like "epic fail" on the internet

are especially bad.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

54. kind of like using

FTW is NOT?

:eyes:

and on edit: if you are LUCKY enough to live long enough, then you too will also be middle-aged. What then? You want someone should take away certain words from you?

now then, get off my lawn.

[superduperfarleft]

40. LOL. This.

Furries are like one step below juggalos.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

44. which is one step Above

You.

[superduperfarleft]

51. Yeah, well YOUR FACE!

:rofl:

Of course, I can't really tell if you're a juggalo or a furry (or god forbid, both), so I'm not sure which comment I need to apologize for.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

53. actually, I am neither but I do have a question

since Indians would wear leather and do it in the woods does that make them Furries :shrug:









































:D

[Tuesday Afternoon]

42. right, because I SO totally mock and ridicule that which I love

:eyes:

totally.

[uncommon]

16. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

:rofl:

[OregonBi]

18. Just remember...

...ain't nothing wrong with anal.

[Deep13]

20. allergies. nt

[Call Me Wesley]

24. Because some are afraid that you're gay,

and reduce it immediately to a purely sexual fetish. I'm sorry for this. I'm a Trekkie. Granted, I never worn an uniform or Klingon masks, and never will, but I can't remember that the people who do at Cons get the hatred for it. They're called 'fans,' while you, obviously, even in this thread, are called a 'perv' and am mocked. I'm sorry.

[KurtNYC]

25. afraid you'll rub against their dark clothing

when they are out of lint rollers

[kentauros]

27. Massive static shock.

Centaurs don't have to worry about that :P

However, people do like talking animals, re Narnia and the like :)

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[Chan790]

31. Because people are stupid and judgemental?

Me? I don't judge...you like to dress up as a fox, I like to be tied-down.

People hate what they fear.

[Hayabusa]

32. I have to admit...

that I'm technically a furry. Why? Because I love funny animal cartoons and comics. Especially Usagi Yojimbo. That's as deep as it goes, however. I wouldn't go to a convention unless I knew for sure that I could get a lot of Usagi comics at it.

[pscot]

33. I used to have a Fury

It had one of those push button transmissions and a 383 hemi. Nice car except for teh big dent in the driver's door.

[Orrex]

34. Have you seen the threads in which I talk about loathing my cat?

[TZ]

35. You know..I think thou dost protest too much when it comes to cats...

This is you isn't it?

[Orrex]

36. Lots of people make that mistake, but no.

[PeaceNikki]

37. The idea of turning an animal into a sexual being for human pleasure is creepy.

CMW said above that some may correlate to homosexuality and I contend the correlation is with bestiality.

Putting boobs on a cat is weird no matter how you slice it. The thought of you looking at my cat and getting a boner is downright fucked up.

My $.02.

[MicaelS]

41. That is it!! You got it exactly right!!

I don't like furrys either, and have been thinking of a way to express my dislike, and you nailed it, no pun intended. Thanks.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

46. weird. Never thought about it like that.

cats do have mammary glands, you know. so the "boobs" are already there.

[Call Me Wesley]

65. I was mostly trying to point out another reason for showing homophobia.

But yes, surely not my beef, but if it's reduced to only a sexual fetish, then it is creepy.

[EstimatedProphet]

72. We all have our things

Most of us keep them to ourselves.

I don't hate furries, I just don't want to know about it. Very much like I don't want to hear people talking about how they get off on wearing diapers, or making balloon animals, or being whipped by clowns. Discretion is the better part of valor.

[uncommon]

74. That's it exactly.

[LostinVA]

77. Thank you n/t

[PeaceNikki]

80. .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x9440362#9441450

[PassingFair]

38. I think they are only really hated by their dry-cleaners.

yuck

[Heidi]

39. I'd guess it's because about one-fifth of furries surveyed in 2008 identify as zoophiles.

I have no problem with the other 80 percent.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

47. and I guess we have seen broader brushes around here, haven't we

btw, thanks for you kind words in my thread. It meant a lot. :hug:

[Heidi]

48. Hey!!!!

:loveya:

:smooch:

[RadiationTherapy]

49. There is a childishness as well as a sensualness to it and, frankly,

any merging of the childlike and the sensual/sexual creeps me out. Even regular porn where there is stuffed animals in the girls bed or whatever - no. Too childish.

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[RadiationTherapy]

59. I have one eyebrow raised

at your hello cthulu avatar. Hahahaha.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

57. are you saying that you are repulsed by that which you find to be sensual?

:shrug:

[RadiationTherapy]

58. No. Only when merged with childlike behavior.

So, don't call me daddy in bed. Don't show me porn of a woman pretending to be a girl. Let's not role play student/teacher. And let's not dress up in costumes of imaginary creatures to turn each other on.

Any and all affiliations of children with sex/sensuality is chilling to me to say the least.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

61. OK, I get that,

so the stuffed animals are childish and you are equating this furrie behavior with childishness, right?

Are you saying that ALL furries are exploring a child-like fantasy or is it just in your mind that you equate it?

[RadiationTherapy]

62. Well, I cannot know others' hearts and minds, but, yes, it is a childish fantasy

in my mind.

[EOTE]

55. I think it's the yiffing that freaks most people out. NT

[auntAgonist]

60. As long as you don't have fleas I don't see a problem....

seriously though? I guess I really don't have an opinion. If it makes you happy to be a furry and it's NOT hurting anyone else ... who am I to judge.


aA

[RedXIII]

63. And recently the founder of Second Life became CEO of LL....

Now hopefully he will fix everything that M. Kingdon did to Second Life.

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/06/24/another-surprise-at-second-life-creator-founder-is-ceo-again/

[Heidi]

64. Not enough Lounge appreciation threads.

Y'all gotta work on your brand management.

[LynneSin]

68. I can't believe I'm the first to say this.....

[SunnySong]

69. Check out post #2 for fantasy and reality. nt

[TheMightyFavog]

70. Hey, as long as it ain't illegal, whatever floats your boat.

Hell, I used to be a regular reader of Freefall, (Albiet mostly for the antics of Sam Starfall.)

But I harbor no ill will towards furries, I'm like those asshats from 4chan.

[chrisa]

73. They really creep me out.

[kentauros]

75. One major point lacking in this dicussion is the spiritual connection,

sometimes also referred to through the label of 'otherkin'. Most people only know of the sexual connection and disregard anything else. The media tells them what to think by going for that emotional jugular, making the concept seem "creepy" because only sexual connotations are presented.

For some, it goes deeper than the physical. (Yeah, I expect people here to take that sexually, especially in the Lounge ;)) I also don't expect most DU-members to take a spiritual connection seriously, either. But I do see it as a spiritual connection in a way that is difficult to put into words. You either know it or you don't, and what is unknown or unknowable is open to ridicule, by the unknowing ;)

[realisticphish]

76. From my experience on Something Awful

which bans (or at least it used to) furries, I think one of the main points was the reaction.

Now, I have nothing against furries, personally. I think it's creepy and weird, but it's your bag, that's cool. Most people have some odd fetish (or lifestyle, to remove the sexual aspect). No hate.

I think what happened SA, at least, is that some of the furries there cried loudest when poked with a stick. Everyone on wide-open message boards like SA gets ridiculed at some point, and most people laugh or joke it off, or leave. A lot of furries started claiming persecution, etc, when all that was happening was that they were being made fun of by other members. Obviously, not all furries did this, but things escalated, and eventually SA banned discussion of it. Heavy handed, yes, but that's what happened.

My overall point is, depending on which one of the myriad branches of furridom you belong to, you do things that are just not normal for the general population. Dress up as animals, claim to be spiritually an animal, anthropomorphic art, etc. To most people, it's just goddamned weird. Sorry, but that's the truth. I'm sure people would find many aspects about myself weird as hell as well. It's not the same as homosexuality; that's just a switch of the gender the "norm" is attracted to. This is on a whole different plane.

Again, there's nothing inherently wrong with being a furry, or that you should be ashamed of. But you shouldn't be surprised at strange looks, that's all I'm saying.

[TZ]

78. I think this is the best explanation yet.

:thumbsup:

[backwoodsbob]

79. are you happy?

if so fuck everyone who judges you.

[mitchum]

81. Allergies

[hedgehog]

82. I just can't get my head around identifying with a small, woodland creature.

;-)

[PumpUpTheVolumeDance]

84. Even though it's not my thing, everyone should be allowed to lawfully expresses how they feel.

There definitely exists a hierarchy when it comes to oppression and bigotry, unfortunately, and if you are in an oppressed group, it's easier to make fun of something that is different, rather than to get to know more about them.