i don't know if that's what you intended but this is honestly not a great message to be sending with everything going on in the world right now, if a space welcomes everyone the marginalized are inherently going to be pushed out by the predatory and bigoted and you effectively end up with a space full of only the most hateful people - just look at twitter right now

I mean what i wrote and i never wrote anything about accepting violence or rudeness.

i don't appreciate the implication that i'm reading into it too much, "everyone" means everyone. i see this exact kind of language used to signify places will be welcoming of everyone no matter the kind of hateful opinions they harbor all too often

besides - the way you "specified unpopular / problematic opinions or whatever" implies being ok with violence and rudeness. and even if not, one can be a bigot without being violent or rude, too often i see people being politely non accepting and hateful, oftentimes causing more harm than the loud and rude people

,,,,, ignoring all that, what is this about? who's out here not feeling welcomed in furry spaces other than hateful bigots? genuinely curious who this message is meant for since to marginalized folks like me this kind of messaging comes across as the person saying people who hate us are welcome

As i said, this message is for everyone and i wrote it because i usually read posts like „if you are/think/do/like,… we are no friends anymore/my work/space/presence is not for you/*some sort of insult*/block me“ (as if anyone would do that)

it‘s usually a very divided space, people judge others solely because of the few things they might know about the other, altough they can not know the real, full person behind the screen. (And tbh shouldn’t, no one should put all the info there is about oneself in the internet)

It‘s a very tense, „this group“ against „this group“ feeling, which i don‘t want people, who enjoy my work, to have. I don‘t have to like or agree with my followers, neither do they with me. My online space is for furry art. A place, where you don‘t have to think about opinions, politics, gender, race, kinks, disabilities etc - that’s why i explicity wrote that. Feel free to be as you are, as long as you like furry and my work, you‘re in the right space.
An „Unpopular opinion“ can mean a different thing for different people.

Again: i do not accept any kind of rude behavior, mean comments or messages against anyone in my group. I hope i‘m able to articulate myself properly and i‘m sorry if my journal make you feel unwelcome or bad. It‘s the first and probably last time i talk about this openly. My place is a place for furry art after all :b

please give this a read, it's not long and it puts it better than i can https://medium.com/@pritamkumarsinh.....n-12b934e5b84f

you don't need to reply further but i hope you rethink your stance at some point

Thank you for that, very interesting read!

For now, i stand with my point though. My online presence is not that deep, it‘s furry

(guy who watches animal abuse videos, trump supporters, people that think violence against women is funny and dude who jerks of to loliporn) "FINALLY someone who speaks up against cancel culture!"
ur so real bestie

Cancel culture is only real if you are terminally afraid of being wrong or stepping on someones delicate toes
If you try to stand for everyone you will end up standing alone

Far too uncommon to see people on the internet handling things with maturity and nuance these days. Thank you so much for being one of those rare and lovely individuals! 💜

Naw thanks so much my dear!
I feel like internet spaces are getting more and more tense, no matter where you go. I‘d love my little online furry art space to feel like some sort of vacation. No judgement, only cute furry art enjoyers uwu

Finally someone who is really tolerant in this place :)

Aw, i‘m sure i‘m not the only one but as the general mood sadly became more and more tense, i understand why not everyone wants to open up about it freely. I usually don‘t do it either, this will probably be my only post about it. I‘m thankful for every comment like this though, which makes it clear, that there are more people who can relate. I just always hope i can articulate myself properly so there aren‘t any misunderstandings 😅

Cheers, that used to be common understanding.
It's not easy being truly tolerant and differenciated in the current times.
Stay true to yourself and don't let "them" bother you <3
You do art and that's what people should be here for uwu

Thanks Silvary 🙏 i‘m not a perfect human being but i see how IRL and VL just don‘t work the same way. Online i‘m just a furry who draws and that‘s what other people, any people can see too. If they want they can get to know me better via chat, if they don‘t and just want to see art, that‘s perfectly fine too. IRL is obviously much more complicated. IRL i‘m more than just a furry artist x) at least that‘s how i see things (right now). Luckily, no one has ever bothered me so far either. I haven‘t had any bad experiences with mean people either. X3