Furry Hatred

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I'm sure many of you have seen this some where or have been insulted for being a furry or being in the furry fandom. It used to not bother me,  but now it's really starting to get annoying. Next to the MLP fandom, I think the furry fandom is the second most hated one on the Internet. I can't go anywhere without seeing some sort of hate comment about it. Most of them include things like, furfag, kill yourself, cancer, animal **censor**, autistic, etc. I'm not sure where this unwarranted hatred comes from really,  but I'm sick of it now. Probably no point in getting worked up about it but whatever. I guess the question is why do people hate the fandom so much?

[Angder]

Something I have noticed: When you find a cringy/Annoying/perverted Furry it seems we have the worst of the Cringy/annoying/perverted things on the internet.

Also there is the fact that our porn is infamous due to the thin line between Yiff and Bestiality. Then you have the "Zoophile" stats for the fandom being amazingly high according to some sources (I vaguely remember being told its like 20%). AND THEN you have the furries who get caught on the news "Yiffing" in parking lots and similar things...

Put simply, there are a hell of a lot of legitimate reasons to hate SOME furries. and people are quick to generalize "some" to "all" because this is the internet.


Only advice I can give to people is to try to be a bunch of decent human beings, try not to let the hate get to you, and try to prove the stereotype False by generally being sensible and kind. 



TLDR: People only see the bad part of the fandom. Not the good part.

[Halei-Helai]

Maybe if furries wouldn't churn out enormous amounts of mega-kinky porn AND if they could keep themselves from posting it everywhere online for all to see then we wouldn't get so many strange looks. Yeah, consenting adults/private fantasies and all that, but once you show it off to other people you honestly have to accept that you are going to get some grief thrown your way, especially if it involves things not considered mainstream.


I mean, seriously, being into anthropomorphism is odd enough on its own. Making yourself seem stranger in comparison to other people is only going to make the target on your back that much larger.

[Winnona]

When you get down to it, it's just, unfourtunately, human instinct. People react to things they don't understand with hate and fear as a survival tactic. And though you can explain things to people so they can try to understand, not everyone wants to. And even if they do, it might give them more reasons to hate and fear, rather than to accept.


As an example, lets use the Holocaust. Generally, we're told that the Holocaust was a negative thing, through cultural references and such, even if you know literally nothing about it. Then you get to history class, or you have a history-buff friend who explains it to you, and you understand it. Doesn't mean that you've sided with the Nazis though.

[Ibi Tanvaal]

It's generally a loud minority that is heard over the quiet majority, which is sad.


As for the whole "all furries go to hell" thing, just use a line of scripture - "Do not judge, lest ye be judged" (Yeah, I'm a christian)
I'm not judging the Furries of the world - myself included - and I'm certainly not a model christian (working on that part). But if we're to influence the Furry fandom, we need to speak up and break the harsh stereotype that has been imposed on us.


I don't know who you are. But I will find you, and I will shed my fox fur all over you.

[Alonzorion]

After a decade of being a furry, I've never really experienced much hatred at all... I think I have twice, once on an online game and then once when the My Little Pony fandom booted up, from a brony. It really didn't phase me at all.

[Crest Is Dead ((For Now))]

I get a bit of hate from my friends by it's just all a joke really. They're not gonna do anything. What can they do, say mean words. Boo hoo.  I'll go talk to someone else thanks 'mate'.

[kalan]

I love how tumblr freaks out if you use the wrong pronouns but be furry and they will murder you. Can they really demand acceptance with accepting all

[Alonzorion]

I love how tumblr freaks out if you use the wrong pronouns but be furry and they will murder you. Can they really demand acceptance with accepting all

I've been on Tumblr for years and never had an issue, nor have I seen a person harassed.

[Stripey]

Furries get the most hate because furries react the best.
I actually have to change my steam picture before playing certain games because people call me out for being a furry xP

Bonus: How my buddy handles trolls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3lw-naWvL4

[Ibi Tanvaal]

I have a slightly different issue.
I'm not concerned by people who want to judge the fandom; that's a matter of personal opinion (I'm perfectly NOT fine with judging anyone for anything though).
The trouble starts when I think about whether or not they'll judge me. That's the reason I keep so much stuff bottled up all the time - I don't know how people are going to react so I just don't tell anyone out of fear of judgement/rejection.
It's not a great place to be.

[The Past]

I've had multiple furries literally surprised that I'm not into yiff, if that tells you anything. People are joining the fandom thinking it's entirely a fetish. It seems there's only a small portion that aren't in the fandom entirely for that now, and an even smaller portion not into it at all. The "only 10% of furries are yiffers" myth is full of crap, as far as I can tell. So many times people don't even bother to realize this is a PG-13 forum because they're so used to being able to flaunt their foxnoodle around on most furry sites, but once they do figure it out, they whine about it like they're oppressed.

Sorry if I sound bitter, but the perverted side of the fandom really grinds my gears. I personally have no problem with people enjoying yiff, but holy shit, people, when you get that obsessed with sex you need help. That goes if you're a furry or otherwise.

[Crest Is Dead ((For Now))]

You search furry art and go to images, you'll find yiff pretty fast.  I mean it's generally disgusting personally. I haven't met any flurries 'like that' but that's because I haven't met any outside of these fourms. It's funny because I'm only 13 and a few of my mates said it terrified them. Disgusted I understand but terrified? Over reaction.

[Ibi Tanvaal]

Honestly, it should be expected to happen.


Something something rule 34.

[Crest Is Dead ((For Now))]

Something something rule 34.

Quote of the year right here.