Why is there some hate for furries?

[Rapscallion]

Because i'm a furry and i don't understand why so many people seem to hate me for being a furry or not playing the same mmos that furries play.

Tribalism and a desire for power to use it. It's a relatively new phenomenon, and thus people don't know or understand it if they've had no real experience of the issue.

Hitler was able to take hold of the national consciousness back in the 1930s and 1940s because of this facet of the human condition. Humans are very much a species that will identify with certain groups within it.

Babylon 5 creator J M Str... (however you spell his name) noted something interesting among his extras when shooting. With so many alien races represented amongst the background characters, he noted that at breaks and in the canteen the extras gathered together to chat in groups defined by the make-up they were wearing. He watched this for a while and then made behind-the-scenes arrangements to make sure that certain extras were given different races (and therefore make-up) and they showed signs of being uncomfortable in the same groups they used to chat with. After a few days, they migrated to the tables and groups where other extras with the same costumes etc were.

Fear and hate is rarely rational. Until you can design a better human, live with it.

Rapscallion

[Greenday]

Between that and the lewd pictures I've seen of Pokemon, Sonic the Hedgehog, and the Disney Robin Hood characters....yeah. I realize that's not fair, but it's a very knee jerk reaction. And I can never watch my favorite Disney movie the same way again.

You really needed the furry fetish to ruin that stuff for you? Did you never see the priest's boner or the penis building in the Little Mermaid? Or the leaves that spell "sex" in the Lion King? Or...

But yea, I rarely see furries depicted in something that's not sexual and, well, seems kinda similar to a beastiality fetish to me.

[AdminAssistant]

Forgive my ignorance, but WTF is a furry?

Is that the same thing as I saw on one of the old CSI episodes?

Probably. Best I understand it, it's people who identify with particular animals. But, I don't really understand it. I mean, as far as I'm concerned, let your freak flag fly man, but I do not get it. (I also don't get extreme S&M so....yeah. Maybe my sex life is a bit bland!)

It is a squick because of the way furries are depicted. Whenever I have heard or seen furries, they dress up in animal costumes and have sex.

Between that and the lewd pictures I've seen of Pokemon, Sonic the Hedgehog, and the Disney Robin Hood characters....yeah. I realize that's not fair, but it's a very knee jerk reaction. And I can never watch my favorite Disney movie the same way again.

[Peppergirl]

Forgive my ignorance, but WTF is a furry?

Is that the same thing as I saw on one of the old CSI episodes?

[McDreidel09]

This is from what I have seen. It's not a hate per se, but a squick.

Why you may ask?

It is a squick because of the way furries are depicted. Whenever I have heard or seen furries, they dress up in animal costumes and have sex.

That makes a majority of people squeamish or grossed out.

So, if that kind of furry behavior is all people hear about, they see a furry and automatically think "Ew. This person pretends to have sex with animals."

This is just from my observation. Take it as you will.

[Lace Neil Singer]

So why post it here? As far as I can make out, there are loads of people on here who are furries or have animal others.

Also, I hate to sound like a bitch (and so does my hyena other), but have you thought there might be another reason? That sounds a lot like pulling a discrimination card to me.

[axel]

Not here,but one forum when i posted my fursona of a fox, i got mocked and stuff,and people said i'm not welcome at the board for being a furry.

[the_std]

This kind of thread seems to be a symptom of anonymous internet attention-seeking. The topic has merit, as there is a lot of baseless hatred for furries out there, but without elaboration, without direction and it seemingly being a repeated instance, it starts to point to "people hate me cause I'm special"-ism.

[Boozy]

This is the second time you've brought this up. The first time, you accused Fratching in particular of being anti-Furry, which struck most of us as odd, since no one until that point had mentioned Furries in any context.

If you believe that Fratching and/or another forum is anti-Furry, state your case with examples. This is a debate forum, so we expect some good arguments to be presented.

[Greenday]

Hate? I didn't realize people truly hated it. Not liking it because it doesn't make sense is more like it.

[axel]

Because i'm a furry and i don't understand why so many people seem to hate me for being a furry or not playing the same mmos that furries play.