Why the internet hatred for furry?

shrekfan246

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Grant Hobba said:
Capt. Crankypants said:
"Furry Fury"? OP, Y U No alliterate?
*Why y u no literate* :p
Alliterate:

Verb. To use or contain alliteration.

Alliteration:

The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables, as in "on scrolls of silver snowy sentences" (Hart Crane). Modern alliteration is predominantly consonantal; certain literary traditions, such as Old English verse, also alliterate using vowel sounds.

Not to be a jerk or anything . . .

OT: I haven't seen any furry fury in a while, actually, since MLP became big and cool to hate on the internet. And now with Modern Warfare 3 out too, there's just so much for the internet denizens to hate and most furries keep to themselves now because, not unlike bronies, they've learned that as long as they stay quiet, all of the threads about them are started by either haters or people starting "Why all the hate?" threads.
 

oZode

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Because they are just... bad. Bad in every respect imaginable to my mind. I see it as they must go somewhere to get help, they simply must.

Overly dramatic statements aside, I simply just don't like them and I will just leave it at that.
 

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I find this conversation interesting, considering I have an anthropomorphic white tiger as my avatar (a picture I actually drew), and as such I have been accused of being a "furry". Not like anyone's opinions really mattered to me, but oh well. I think I can shed some light on a lot of what people are talking about in their posts (and using quite a bit of vulgarity) in case anyone is actually interested.

Furries/Anthropomorphics and the like aren't "fetishes" so much as they are "fantasies". It would be like me getting my wife a sexy schoolgirl outfit or an equally sexy teachers outfit for a little bit of role playing. That's all it really is, yet people find it disgusting believing the people who like furries are into bestiality simply because they don't understand. It's a way to step out of the truth of your life, and step into a role you probably wouldn't normally do. Oh, wait, that sounds like most RPG's out there, or actors in a movie, or any number of things that people consider "acceptable".

It's no different than asking someone "Have you ever watched porn?", "Have you ever fantasized your girlfriend/boyfriend/significant other being someone else, just for something new?", or "Have you ever masturbated to images of hot models in skimpy attire, nude, or in sexual poses?" For anyone that says "No", you're lying, and hypocritical of others and their fantasies. Everyone has a right to their fantasies, their wants, and their desires without fear of persecution by others. If you find it objectionable that someone fantasizes having sex with Starfire from the DC Universe (or Edward from the "Twilight" series) in the privacy of their own home, then that's your right, but you shouldn't start belittling them just because you might find something objectionable about something they like.

For me personally, do I like anthropomorphic artwork? Yes. I love the works of such artists as Jay Naylor, Phillip Jackson, Chalosan, and Jessica Elwood, simply because their artwork is wonderful to look at, and many of the comic artists have wonderful plots to their story lines. But I also love DC comics, Marvel Comics, my wife's fairy/human artwork, and trying to learn how to draw noses more effectively (it's the reason why I draw mostly anthro characters). I love looking at paintings of scenery that I may never be able to see myself, I love architecture (especially Roman and Gothic). I'm artistic by nature and by love, I write stories, I take long walks enjoying nature, and have things other than just the small part of my life that anthropomorphic artwork takes up. Would I ever desire to wear a fursuit? Nope. I keep hearing that you sweat your butt off in one of those things and would hate it.

Does that make me a "Furry" just because I have a character who I identify with, like to write stories about, and enjoy finding new ways to draw him? Nope, but if you want to call me a Furry, go ahead because I consider it more of a compliment than an insult considering some of the greatest artists/actors/creators I can name would be in the exact same category.
 

thiosk

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arc101 said:
ravensheart18 said:
Because they are kind of like those into beastiaity, only without enough guts to follow through.
Are you saying that ALL furries are like that? It's very likely the minority, the extreme minority.
Wait, are you saying the majority have the guts to follow through, are you saying only the minority are kind of like those whom are into bestiality?

Personally, I'm not convinced that the furries are any weirder than the balloon people. But balloon fetishists don't have a huge internet presence.
 

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Because it is creepy and well, what the guy in the second post said (would rather not send another message to his inbox since a ton of people already did). Just like all those grow men going on about how awesome my little pony is. Sure, because some people on the internet said it was good, you go off and do the same thing, but that doesn't change the fact that you are GROWN MEN, and it is beyond creepy. I can't wait for this stupid fad to be over even when I know something even stupider will replace it.

 

DanDeFool

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meromero said:
i don't know them and i don't care about them...antropomorphic creatures (sorry my english is bad) are everywhere in kids cartoons, so i think a fetish like that is no a surprise but why would someone hate them?

unless they become anoying about it like all thoes people with the ponnys everywhere
Don't get too down on yourself. You were only one letter off from "anthropomorphic".

Hell, I'm a college-educated native speaker, and I only recently figured out how to spell "restaurant". I imagine a T-rex lying down on a couch shaped like an ant. So it's a resting dinosaur on an ant. rest-aur-ant

OP: To be honest, I see nothing wrong with furries or even furry porn. Hell, if the Internet as it exists today was around when I was 12-15 years old, I would probably have been down with all those guys who do furries in the style of Sonic the Hedgehog. As disturbing as it is to admit, that shit would have been right up my alley.

Still, the stuff with the fursuits? Believing that you have an "animal spirit" that you need to express through your sexuality? I don't want to hear about that shit. Just like with homosexuality, it doesn't bother me, but I don't want to hear about two gay guys taking turns pounding each other in the ass and wiping the fecal matter off their dicks.

I agree with 4-chan Lego guy. Some people just need to get a fucking room.
 

Grant Hobba

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shrekfan246 said:
Grant Hobba said:
Capt. Crankypants said:
"Furry Fury"? OP, Y U No alliterate?
*Why y u no literate* :p
Alliterate:

Verb. To use or contain alliteration.

Alliteration:

The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables, as in "on scrolls of silver snowy sentences" (Hart Crane). Modern alliteration is predominantly consonantal; certain literary traditions, such as Old English verse, also alliterate using vowel sounds.

Not to be a jerk or anything . . .

OT: I haven't seen any furry fury in a while, actually, since MLP became big and cool to hate on the internet. And now with Modern Warfare 3 out too, there's just so much for the internet denizens to hate and most furries keep to themselves now because, not unlike bronies, they've learned that as long as they stay quiet, all of the threads about them are started by either haters or people starting "Why all the hate?" threads.



My bad sir, I read it as "Illiterate" hence the correction of literate.. :p


I don't know where my head is :)

apologies .
 

shrekfan246

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Grant Hobba said:
My bad sir, I read it as "Illiterate" hence the correction of literate.. :p


I don't know where my head is :)

apologies .
Hah, it's all good. I was just pointing out that the person you corrected was correct originally. I'm glad you didn't take offense.
 

oZode

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Sandor [The Hound said:
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This image [http://i44.tinypic.com/2cn8oxt.png] pretty much sums it all up. :/

And yes, it's safe to click. Just some text I couldn't be arsed to transcribe.
That pretty much sums up why people hate bronies as well, and to be frank, it's completely legit.
While I will admit to the fact I find people who go around about their pony show annoying, the MLP fanboys (I refuse to call them bronies because they aren't a sub-culture, they are just another fan base) didn't spawn from a fetish, so the argument used here, while very effective on furries just doesn't make sense when applied to MLP fanboys.

Besides, a MLP fanboy who has a fetish over the characters in the show in a sexual manner, has a character he identifies with and shoves it down everyone's throat is a furry.
 

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Part of the reason has already been said. They love to share it and that's annoying. Also, it's because they're different. It's 'safe' to hate on them because you know that you have a wave of people willing to suppourt you.

These reasons apply to everything really.
 

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I don't hate furries, and in the broad sense, I don't think most so-called furry-haters (even self-proclaimed ones) hate furries, either. Let me draw you an example. A lot of this will probably come off as irrelevant autobiographical spew, but bear with it, and I think you'll get the perspective.

I recently moved to Milwaukee with my girlfriend -- Bay View specifically. You could probably call it the San Francisco of the midwest; there are a lot, a lot, a lot of gays here. I've made lots of gay friends, and am even comfortable with them playfully hitting on me, despite my straightness -- after all, they're dudes, just like me. They just happen to like men, and I take their flirting just like the playful flirts I'd toss at a cute girl, even if I had no interest in her as a partner.

I also go to a few cons each yeah, but my favorite of all of them is Penguicon, usually held near Detroit (far enough outside, of course, to avoid the Detroit squalor). Born from the roots of a Linux enthusiasts' convention, it's blossomed into an all-encompassing geekfest, with interests represented across the board. This includes furries and such, and while there I have even made friends with a fur-suiter.

Thing is, I am exactly one of those anti-furries you lament. Here's how it is:

These friends of mine are not flamboyant. If you see a gay in the street, wearing neon orange plastic suspenders, a neon green thong, some funny glasses (also neon), and nothing else (unless you count the chest hair), that's funny, and it deserves to be laughed at - and if he keeps a good sense of humour about it, that person is awesome, and an excellent representative of his community. If he gets in your shit for laughing at him, though (again, not for his homosexuality, but for his ridiculous public display), and then calls you a homophobic bigot, then he's a tool.

For the one fur-suiter I have met (and in real life, that's a 100% sample set for me), has been cool. A large part of that was likely that he was also a mascot - he has taken his fetish and turned it into something else, legitimate. It's a brand, and he uses the brand to sell merch. Good on him. He's not a typical suiter, though. His suit says, "I sell things," not "I really want to remind you every time you look at me that I fantasize about fucking animals."

This is the distinction. Most people don't really hate furries. A simple, "I am a furry" isn't what draws the hatred. The cries of persecution after a few weaksauce pseudo-insults turns it from 'whimsy' to 'nuisance,' and that's where the hate comes out.
 

Cpu46

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Because it is a rather vocal subculture built around what amounts to a particular fetish. I don't judge them on it because that would make me a hypocrite seeing as my own marginally overlaps with theirs, but when they get really vocal it tends to bother me. At the same time I can sympathize with the people who aren't vocal yet are still treated the same.

On a related note it really bugs me when people lump those with a reasonable fondness for well written/drawn anthromorphic characters in with furries and treat them with the same insults and stereotypes. No I do not want to bone your pets, nor do I have any desire for a fursuit. I do however find Kat O'nine (link is safe) to be hot, I think that putting cat/dog ears on a character makes them look adorable, and find Kat and Scarlet from Sequential Art are rather attractive.
 

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Father Time said:
BlazeRaider said:
furry porn is awesome >:D

Well, I guess people just don't like things strange or alien to them
The internet's embrace of tentacle porn contradicts that statement.

Just saying.
But furry tentacles is just taking things to far :p
 

Capt. Crankypants

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Grant Hobba said:
Capt. Crankypants said:
"Furry Fury"? OP, Y U No alliterate?

Anyway, I dunno whether I'm just not up to speed with the internet or whatever, but I don't go looking for 'Furries' on any forums, and I've never really seen any around here. There probably are some, but good on em for keeping it to themselves.
*Why y u no literate* :p
I...don't get it, I'm sure you know what alliteration is, and the OP missed a golden opportunity for it... o_O

I like to think I'm very literate, especially by comparison. =(