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I've come to a realization
4 months ago
The refrain you always hear about the furry fandom is: "We're such a safe and welcoming community! We always stand up for people in need! Trans, non-binary, and neurodivergent people are safe here! Also we did such a good job kicking out the Nazi furs!"
From what I've been seeing over the past couple years, and especially over the past couple months: This is only true for smaller subdivisions of the community. On the whole, the furry fandom panders to white cis queer men and the occasional he/they enby, and fuck everyone else. Casual racism. Casual transphobia. Casual misogyny. Casual ableism.
Casual dismissal and harassment of multiply marginalized people trying to speak up about their experiences and what's been hurting them.
Casual "oh it's fine to support FNaF, A Fox in Space, Zootopia, and Harry Potter, and if you say otherwise, you're being mean to whatever form of marginalized I happen to be :( :( :( :(" (I know current events are partly my fault because I faved fanart of Monty Gator. I hate myself for it.)
Casual "we're not going to remove bigots and right-wingers from the community or ask people to stop casual shitty behavior, because that's just ~politics and drama~. oh but we're still a safe space :) :) :) :)"
And now casual "I shouldn't have to put tags or alt text on my submissions because fuck consideration for others! I should be able to brag about how I want to filter out the genitalia I don't like, and fuck anyone who isn't cis who objects to this! I should be able to use the H-word and the 8-letter 4chan anime F-word as much as I want, and actually I'm trans and/or enby but NOT intersex, that means you have to listen to me and fuck everyone else in my community! It's the same as reclaiming queer and the f-slur :) :) :) :)"
I'm so fucking sick of people refusing to listen to me because "I wasn't nice enough," when these same people talk out of the other side of their mouths about how "callouts are important for us all to improve." I'm fucking sick of people refusing to listen to me because I'm having trouble communicating perfectly when I'm overwhelmed with current events and people being assholes at the same time.
And above all, I'm sick of people waggling their fingers at me and telling me I need to learn responsibility. Furry fandom, especially furry cis gays and he/they enbies: take your own fucking advice. Be responsible with your own behavior, clean up your act, and maybe take some time to think about things you don't want to think about for once.
Do not ask me for further context on this right now. I'm angry and exhausted. I don't want to go completely unhinged.
From what I've been seeing over the past couple years, and especially over the past couple months: This is only true for smaller subdivisions of the community. On the whole, the furry fandom panders to white cis queer men and the occasional he/they enby, and fuck everyone else. Casual racism. Casual transphobia. Casual misogyny. Casual ableism.
Casual dismissal and harassment of multiply marginalized people trying to speak up about their experiences and what's been hurting them.
Casual "oh it's fine to support FNaF, A Fox in Space, Zootopia, and Harry Potter, and if you say otherwise, you're being mean to whatever form of marginalized I happen to be :( :( :( :(" (I know current events are partly my fault because I faved fanart of Monty Gator. I hate myself for it.)
Casual "we're not going to remove bigots and right-wingers from the community or ask people to stop casual shitty behavior, because that's just ~politics and drama~. oh but we're still a safe space :) :) :) :)"
And now casual "I shouldn't have to put tags or alt text on my submissions because fuck consideration for others! I should be able to brag about how I want to filter out the genitalia I don't like, and fuck anyone who isn't cis who objects to this! I should be able to use the H-word and the 8-letter 4chan anime F-word as much as I want, and actually I'm trans and/or enby but NOT intersex, that means you have to listen to me and fuck everyone else in my community! It's the same as reclaiming queer and the f-slur :) :) :) :)"
I'm so fucking sick of people refusing to listen to me because "I wasn't nice enough," when these same people talk out of the other side of their mouths about how "callouts are important for us all to improve." I'm fucking sick of people refusing to listen to me because I'm having trouble communicating perfectly when I'm overwhelmed with current events and people being assholes at the same time.
And above all, I'm sick of people waggling their fingers at me and telling me I need to learn responsibility. Furry fandom, especially furry cis gays and he/they enbies: take your own fucking advice. Be responsible with your own behavior, clean up your act, and maybe take some time to think about things you don't want to think about for once.
Do not ask me for further context on this right now. I'm angry and exhausted. I don't want to go completely unhinged.
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