Yeah, there's a world of difference between an artist who wants to make a beautiful fursuit and some dude dressed up in some ill-fitting, cross-eyed murrsuit. Pathologizing the entire fandom is completely wrong-headed.
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Denver furry convention canceled: Unpaid taxes, neo-Nazism, and sex offender
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Yeah, there's a world of difference between an artist who wants to make a beautiful fursuit and some dude dressed up in some ill-fitting, cross-eyed murrsuit. Pathologizing the entire fandom is completely wrong-headed.
lvl99 Pixel
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where would you rate Cool Cat in terms of beautiful fursuits?
These are the most insightful posts in the entire thread.
It really does seem like the Neo Nazism, while real, is a smaller separate element and this is really the organizer's attempt at deflection to cover up the con's terrible mismanagement and debt.
What IMGF said. Y'all should listen to him; he'll probably have much more patience and chill than I will.
I do want to add on that we are basically embracing the "don't tolerate the intolerant" ideals people have been talking about in the wake of Trump's election and it's been glorious. Reiteration of punching Nazis and laughing alt-right trash back into their like holes just warms the soul, but better yet it's actually resulted in actionable changes in our fandom for the better, such as getting shitfest cons to shut down without much of a step missed. Other fandoms need to honestly take note: you can fix things if you give a fuck.
It's half the reason I hang with these guys. They don't fuck around with whether or not Nazis deserve ostracization because "they're people too." Nah, fuck that.
I do want to add on that we are basically embracing the "don't tolerate the intolerant" ideals people have been talking about in the wake of Trump's election and it's been glorious. Reiteration of punching Nazis and laughing alt-right trash back into their like holes just warms the soul, but better yet it's actually resulted in actionable changes in our fandom for the better, such as getting shitfest cons to shut down without much of a step missed. Other fandoms need to honestly take note: you can fix things if you give a fuck.
It's half the reason I hang with these guys. They don't fuck around with whether or not Nazis deserve ostracization because "they're people too." Nah, fuck that.
I know the words "beautiful fursuits" sounds absurd and silly, but there's some real Dark Crystal level shit out there. There's also a lot of shit.
people obsessed over american football are weird
Oh cool, it's GAF's monthly bash on furries thread!
Anyway, I'm not upset at all at the fate of RMFC. Harboring lowlifes and dodging taxes are both shitty things to do. Combined? You absolutely deserve to have your con implode.
I do feel bad for the innocent furs of Colorado who were looking forward to RMFC. I'd be heartbroken if my hometown con, Texas Furry Fiesta, suddenly ceased to be. Here's hoping Mile High Fur Con turns out to be a much better con.
Anyway, I'm not upset at all at the fate of RMFC. Harboring lowlifes and dodging taxes are both shitty things to do. Combined? You absolutely deserve to have your con implode.
I do feel bad for the innocent furs of Colorado who were looking forward to RMFC. I'd be heartbroken if my hometown con, Texas Furry Fiesta, suddenly ceased to be. Here's hoping Mile High Fur Con turns out to be a much better con.
John Kowalski
Banned
omg
lvl99 Pixel
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at that point id just call them costumes *shrug*
why are they called fursuits and mursuits etc?
I'm waiting for the glorious days of post-Belichick and the Patriots going back to being a mediocre team forever.
Because of influential people in the fandom like Uncle Kage that want everyone else to think furries are special people that need special labels.
New book idea: Cool Cat Saves The Furry Convention?
You know there are gamers who are nazis. Hell, should I mention gamergate? There are assholes in every group. Just cause you find a group weirder than most (and let me mention there are plenty of people who think adults who game are weird and need to grow up) doesn't mean just cause they have some assholes that what they do leads to being that kind of asshole.
Yeesh, for a forum full of people who themselves have people who are judgemental to them solely for a harmless thing they enjoy there sure are a lot of people willing to do the same to other groups they don't happen to be part of.
spootime
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This paragraph is cracking me up man
lvl99 Pixel
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he would probably accuse everyone in a cat outfit of stealing
Furries are perpetually at the bottom of the geek hierarchy.
It is really weird the dissonance some here have in regards to other niche hobbies and kinks in general.
Snowybreak
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Oh hey, yeah, the best part of this whole thing is what's happening with the community and BoozyBarrister. His blog posts are really really good.
It staves off the depression of knowing deep down most of the world couldn't care less about the thousands of dollars poured into achieving a nuclear reactor of a computer just to play a dudebro wartime shooter at max settings while screaming profanities at children with shittier specs wrecking them with rocket launchers anyway.
Please understand. It's a burden, but we furries are necessary in the grand scheme of things to keep the upper echelons of nerdom from going to straight Hell.
This. Nazis are not welcome in our community and we shut them down whenever we can. Their views are not tolerated. The uber-tolerant nature of the fandom means that we do not discriminate against, for example, different races or members of the LGBT+ community, and welcome them all with open arms. However, that toleration does not extend to those who discriminate against others, i.e. Nazis.
MiddeSummer
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A lot of you are being ridiculous and happily glossing over the rest of the reasoning in here just for the sake of making fun of a different group of nerds. As someone said, this isn't an issue with the furry fandom so much as it is an issue with neo-Nazis and Sovereign Citizens.
But yes, let's ignore a concerning political trend infiltrating and negatively affecting more aspects of society so we can laugh at other people doing their thing, right?
But yes, let's ignore a concerning political trend infiltrating and negatively affecting more aspects of society so we can laugh at other people doing their thing, right?
Yeah. It's probably human nature (people like to think they are at least better than some one) but I find it ridiculous especially in groups that should be able to sympathize cause they get the same attitudes to them. Instead of trying to treat people like they want to be treated they turn around and do the same to another group.
It makes me feel good about my questionable life decisions to shit on people more confident in theirs.
Although to be fair, we really don't need other people to concern themselves with the knuckledraggers in our fandom. We got this.
For Pete's sake, it's not a kink/fetish-
Oh, nevermind. Just fuck it all....
You know what I mean!
Snowybreak
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Hey, but it is fun to run damage control.
I get quite a bit of enjoyment from watching people get stuck in a loop of confusion about our little subculture.
Gordon Shumway
Banned
Nazi..furry..😐
Simon Belmont
Banned
If you are a furry you have literally no business looking down on anybody. Absolute bottom rung.
I'm sorry you missed out on your yiffing.
Edit: Hello future readers! You are at the bottom of a stupid comment! Later in this thread I give an apology here but I'm going to leave this here because I should wear this. The tragedy of mistakes is not learning from them, and I'm a learn from this one.
I'm sorry you missed out on your yiffing.
Edit: Hello future readers! You are at the bottom of a stupid comment! Later in this thread I give an apology here but I'm going to leave this here because I should wear this. The tragedy of mistakes is not learning from them, and I'm a learn from this one.
different hill for a different thread, lol.
This thread should really be focusing on Sovereign Citizens and bashing them, because those people are weird and should be made fun of.
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/ideology/sovereign-citizens-movement
PdotMichael
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I blame Disney for all that!
Milly Osworth
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Furries are truly terrifying.
Nah, I look down on Nazis, racists, sexists, pedophiles, and people who wear anime avatars and feel like I'm on completely solid upper rung status.
Mammoth Jones
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Your username is a fucking video game character and your yiffing insults are weak.
Sit down, little boy.
So you're saying furres are on the level of Nazis?
Snkfanatic
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Ohhh the edge!
Now you can go about your day knowing you asserted your geekdom is better than others and that you are way better than those dirty disgusting furry peoples.
MiddeSummer
Banned
FrankCanada97
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No, from that statement he is saying that furries are below Nazis.
Yeah, fuck me for being earnest about something. I should probably be a flippant jerk like the rest of the internet.
Billy_Pilgrim
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In fairness, the only people getting aggressive are those who pretend that they're animals.
i feel like nothing in this post is accurate
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