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Post-AC Wrap Up and Good Lord the Drama...
10 years ago
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Anthrocon was a blast, even though a lot of the programming didn't draw me in. I met a bunch of cool people while playing Lupus in Tabula and even learned how to play Furoticon. I also got to see a show that I've wanted to see in a long time: the Uncle Kage and 2 charity show. Vici and I were planning to go to that at MWFF last year but felt too tired and left, which ultimately may have been a good idea. However, it was a lot of fun and having the live drawings was equally fun. I also got my fursuit (which if you follow my Twitter, you already know that) and it was fun taking it out for a test drive. It'll be even more fun in the winter as it'll keep me nice and warm (except inside as I'll become an oven).
Now onto the second part of the title: DRAMA.
Before AC there were people posting about 2's booking agent saying some really nasty stuff. Now, the statements are really bad, but the fact that people are decrying 2 as well...that doesn't make sense. 2 didn't say those things. Now, it would be smart for 2 to maybe talk about it and just say that his booking agent's statements are not his own (which we should be assuming from the get-go) or simply address it. He hasn't done that from what I know, but has simply done what he always does.
On the flip-side, there's apparently a group of people who also want 2 banned from AC because he's transphobic and racist. First, he's friends with Kage so it won't happen. Second, I've never heard him say anything racist or transphobic. Maybe it was at his stand-up show. I don't know, I didn't go. But I've also listened to 2's old rants and he seems like a shock comedian or he puts on a sort of Howard Stern-like persona. From what I saw of him on-stage this year, he probably doesn't actually hate or fear transgenders or hate or fear certain races, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt until someone provides proof of a statement he made that shows he is transphobic or racist (it's called burden of proof).
Another odd call for a ban from AC is Furoticon. Now, the argument is it's a porn game at a family friendly convention. And I get that, but there's plenty of artists in the dealer's den that sell nude/pornographic artwork (censored in the displays) and there are adult panels and an adult section in the art show. I'm fine with making a statement like "create an adult-only section of the dealer's den" like what Midwest Furfest did, but you can't decry a business for still following the rules of the dealer's den even if it is overtly adult in nature.
...Aaaaaaand, commence the hate comments.
Now onto the second part of the title: DRAMA.
Before AC there were people posting about 2's booking agent saying some really nasty stuff. Now, the statements are really bad, but the fact that people are decrying 2 as well...that doesn't make sense. 2 didn't say those things. Now, it would be smart for 2 to maybe talk about it and just say that his booking agent's statements are not his own (which we should be assuming from the get-go) or simply address it. He hasn't done that from what I know, but has simply done what he always does.
On the flip-side, there's apparently a group of people who also want 2 banned from AC because he's transphobic and racist. First, he's friends with Kage so it won't happen. Second, I've never heard him say anything racist or transphobic. Maybe it was at his stand-up show. I don't know, I didn't go. But I've also listened to 2's old rants and he seems like a shock comedian or he puts on a sort of Howard Stern-like persona. From what I saw of him on-stage this year, he probably doesn't actually hate or fear transgenders or hate or fear certain races, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt until someone provides proof of a statement he made that shows he is transphobic or racist (it's called burden of proof).
Another odd call for a ban from AC is Furoticon. Now, the argument is it's a porn game at a family friendly convention. And I get that, but there's plenty of artists in the dealer's den that sell nude/pornographic artwork (censored in the displays) and there are adult panels and an adult section in the art show. I'm fine with making a statement like "create an adult-only section of the dealer's den" like what Midwest Furfest did, but you can't decry a business for still following the rules of the dealer's den even if it is overtly adult in nature.
...Aaaaaaand, commence the hate comments.
