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Free Advice for Furry Raiders Regarding Embedded Symbolism
9 years ago
Some free advice for 
furryraiders regarding their symbol: you can't escape from the embedded symbolism of certain things. For instance, if your symbol was horizontal red and white stripes with a blue box in the upper left corner and a white paw in the box, people would look at it and say, "Oh, so you're some kind of "American furs" group?"
You might insist that no, this is an original symbol that you created to be a general representation of furries that has nothing to do with America or being American, but that would only confuse people. "Then what's with the "stars and stripes" theme?" they would ask. That pattern is so universally tied to the idea of "The USA" that you simply can't use it without implying a patriotic USA theme.
So you have a black symbol in a white circle centered against a bright red background. Worn as an armband. Sadly, someone else already did that, and they ruined it forever.
Of course you're not Nazi's. But your symbol implies that you're some kind of... I don't know... WWII/Furry Third Reich Role Play group? (Which would be weird, btw.)
If that's not the case, then you should change your symbol, bro. :)
furryraiders regarding their symbol: you can't escape from the embedded symbolism of certain things. For instance, if your symbol was horizontal red and white stripes with a blue box in the upper left corner and a white paw in the box, people would look at it and say, "Oh, so you're some kind of "American furs" group?" You might insist that no, this is an original symbol that you created to be a general representation of furries that has nothing to do with America or being American, but that would only confuse people. "Then what's with the "stars and stripes" theme?" they would ask. That pattern is so universally tied to the idea of "The USA" that you simply can't use it without implying a patriotic USA theme.
So you have a black symbol in a white circle centered against a bright red background. Worn as an armband. Sadly, someone else already did that, and they ruined it forever.
Of course you're not Nazi's. But your symbol implies that you're some kind of... I don't know... WWII/Furry Third Reich Role Play group? (Which would be weird, btw.)
If that's not the case, then you should change your symbol, bro. :)
This is just free advice because some members of that group seem bewildered as to how anyone could possibly find their symbol offensive.