Dear furry writers: please stop with the “humans are rational, furries are instinctual” brainbug. First of all, humans are animals. Second, neuroscience has proven by now that we don’t in fact make decisions rationally. Like, at all. (It makes sense too; the world is complicated, and we never have enough information.) It just happens that we’re used to our own instincts, so it seems natural when, for example, every new form of government we invent ends up looking like a chimpanzee community with a fresh coat of paint. Sure, it could be argued that the capacity for abstract thought and language does temper our instincts somewhat… sometimes… if we try really hard. But then, it stands to reason (hah!) that it would do the same for another animal if it was given the gift.

So please, get rid of this idea. It’s just racism in another form. And there was a time in history when people with black skin weren’t considered human…