Seeing some of the hate and accusations of having to see MLP on the banner here got me thinking.

Didn't furries essentially spawn out of, and still are very much about, an affinity for funny talking cartoon animals? Not implying that degrades them necessarily.

When people say it's for kids, I always imagine all those other groups who label comics, animation and video games as such, it doesn't strike me as a very good argument against it.

Considering there's probably a lot of fans among the community who contribute to the site and through such creative efforts here and elsewhere have made themselves heard, for better or for worse, is it REALLY a surprise something like this happened?