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In Response to the General Public
13 years ago
I posted this to my facebook page which is viewable by my family, friends and peers. I think it needs to be said.
Rant time, not necessarily intended for young eyes. You've been warned. I'm sitting here watching this show on Netflix called "My Strange Addiction". This show covers a number of topics that are usually reserved for the Jerry Springer show, like the people who are afraid of aluminum foil, but instead of fear, they desire these things. Obviously. Now, before I hit on anything too heavy, let me put a vague disclaimer that I belong to a handful of obscure sub communities. I'm not going to go into specifics because it's not relevant. One of the first things I see in the list of show titles is Cushion Eater/Furry. They are randomly clumped, I know, but everything else in this long list of topics have something to do with a disorder of some kind. Eating foam, cosmetics, window cleaners - those are all things that can really effect your health. Being a furry, or for that matter, being part of a community of people who enjoy similar topics of art, dress, music or sex IS NOT A DISORDER. So what if people want to dress up in a costume of any kind. I know people who look like vampires on a regular basis. They are wonderful, kind, intelligent people. So what if they don't fit into your standards. They don't go to work like that. They are capable of being in public and looking "normal". And if they didn't, why the hell would anyone care? "Oh, that's not right." "They should leave that at home." "I don't want my kids getting any ideas." What is the harm of expressing who you are? It's not like every person in a fursuit wants to walk up to you or your loved one, offer them candy and proposition them to the nearest back alley. If someone is brave enough to go into public looking exactly how they want, dressing exactly the way they want, then they should be given credit. I bet half or more of the general public doesn't have the balls to even think about that. I'm not condoning people who go to children's parks in nothing but a trench coat. Don't get me wrong. There are people out there who need boundaries. But someone who wants to wear a tail on their off days (Like me, the freak) because it makes them happy - back off. If you don't like it, don't look. But don't go around spreading hate because you think it's just a little off. That's all.
Rant time, not necessarily intended for young eyes. You've been warned. I'm sitting here watching this show on Netflix called "My Strange Addiction". This show covers a number of topics that are usually reserved for the Jerry Springer show, like the people who are afraid of aluminum foil, but instead of fear, they desire these things. Obviously. Now, before I hit on anything too heavy, let me put a vague disclaimer that I belong to a handful of obscure sub communities. I'm not going to go into specifics because it's not relevant. One of the first things I see in the list of show titles is Cushion Eater/Furry. They are randomly clumped, I know, but everything else in this long list of topics have something to do with a disorder of some kind. Eating foam, cosmetics, window cleaners - those are all things that can really effect your health. Being a furry, or for that matter, being part of a community of people who enjoy similar topics of art, dress, music or sex IS NOT A DISORDER. So what if people want to dress up in a costume of any kind. I know people who look like vampires on a regular basis. They are wonderful, kind, intelligent people. So what if they don't fit into your standards. They don't go to work like that. They are capable of being in public and looking "normal". And if they didn't, why the hell would anyone care? "Oh, that's not right." "They should leave that at home." "I don't want my kids getting any ideas." What is the harm of expressing who you are? It's not like every person in a fursuit wants to walk up to you or your loved one, offer them candy and proposition them to the nearest back alley. If someone is brave enough to go into public looking exactly how they want, dressing exactly the way they want, then they should be given credit. I bet half or more of the general public doesn't have the balls to even think about that. I'm not condoning people who go to children's parks in nothing but a trench coat. Don't get me wrong. There are people out there who need boundaries. But someone who wants to wear a tail on their off days (Like me, the freak) because it makes them happy - back off. If you don't like it, don't look. But don't go around spreading hate because you think it's just a little off. That's all.
I had to give some serious props to the guy in the first episode with the real doll though. By the time the episode ended and he had gone through the visitations with a therapist he still held to his philosophy. Even the doctor said "go for it" by the end because he recognized that there was no issue and that there was no harm caused. Shows like that just aim to piss me off. I'm so sick of exploitation shows.