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Fender's "hate" journal 5/15/2018
"As the international community comes together in solidarity against hate, Fur Affinity has also evolved to strengthen and protect our own. As part of our efforts to combat hate, we announced a rule on September 4, 2017 that outright prohibits our users from identifying with or promoting hate groups on Fur Affinity."-Fender
First of all, before we get into it, I wish to commend the administration at FurAffinity for breaking their nearly six month silence by putting out a "Fender" journal. It's good for the morale of the site to wheel out "Fender" once in a while to prove to doubters that he is still alive. Kind of like what Hollywood agents do with Liza Minnelli.
Moving on.
Why did "Fender" break his silence? Is there... oh, I don't know.... some compelling reason that the administration put this journal out on 5/15/2018? Oh, what ever could it be that precipitated this enlightenment for the unwashed masses? (I'm having flashbacks of Roo-kiss chiding all the children commenting on her journals.)
I think I have a pretty good idea, so I will share.
On 5/14/2018, I was perusing the dubious submissions on FurAffinity when I noticed four submissions by a certain
MuleThunder
I clicked on them. They were apparently screen grabs of conversations between MuleThunder and administrators. Naughty, naughty. (In fairness, I have submitted worse things.) Anyway, these conversations appeared to be trouble tickets submitted by MuleThunder wherein said furry filed a complaint about either what "he" understood to be hate groups or hate-based submissions on FurAffinity. (I admit that I am not entirely sure what the context of the complaints were, because I wasn't that invested in figuring out the nuances of the complaints by said furry or the replies by administrators. I was mostly wondering why the administration did not immediately delete MuleThunder's four submissions. If I did that, I would be banned. I checked out MuleThunder's user page today and I see that said furry is not suspended, so I'm assuming "he" took them down himself, or it's a case of different rules for different fools.)
It appeared from the conversation that MuleThunder was... concerned that the administration did not seem to be in agreement with him with regard to what constituted "hate" on the site. Thus the administration chose not to take action to remove whatever it was that MuleThunder believed was hate-based. Any attempt by MuleThunder to reason with the administration appeared unsuccessful. This frustration, I suppose, motivated said furry to then post those conversations for our benefit.
BTW: For those of you who missed it, MuleThunder's icon/avatar featured, on 5/14, a rendering of a Nazi armband with a prominent swastika sitting front and center. The purpose of this, and the four submissions seemed to be an attempt to goad the administration, or dare them to act against what he perceived to be hate. Or possibly an attempt to prove the fecklessness of the administration. A range of commenters chimed in during the short time the submissions were posted, from those believing he was rendering a sacred service to God and were therefore making their own copies of the submissions before they were deleted, to those who thought he was only adding to the problem and what did he think he was proving by airing his protest with the administration.
Initially I withheld offering a comment, lest I attract the ire of the administration, but then I read MuleThunder's comment on the fourth submission. It went something like this: "These are the people entrusted with the oversight of the largest part of the furry community?" But it was not written so... politely. I couldn't resist, so my comment was: "Preaching to the choir."
I don't have anything against the administration. (Don't laugh.) I know what a thankless job it is having to deal with a bunch of complaining snowflakes. However, I don't mind saying that I am one of their helpless victims. Possibly MuleThunder felt the same way after tangling with them. I see that MuleThunder immolated his own page to make a point. I don't know much about him, but his page has over 13000 views and at one point he commissioned artwork so something bad must have happened along the way to get him to this point. I empathize.
Perhaps now he has finally moved on to not caring. Then good for him. But his submissions did have an effect on the administration: It is not a coincidence that the very next day "Fender" posted a lengthy update on FurAffinity's policy on hate groups and other hate related stuff. The journal begins: "As the international community comes together in solidarity against hate, Fur Affinity has also evolved to strengthen and protect our own." It may be my own cynicism, but I can't even begin to describe all the problems I have with that deceptively innocent statement.
For example, who exactly is the administration protecting? Their own? Never mind. But since the administration is so concerned about hate, they might want to examine their own hatred of FurAffinity users. What? For example, you will notice at the bottom of every "Fender" journal there are rules such as:
1) Keep posts civil, constructive and polite
2) Keep discussion on topic to the post at hand.
3) Treat your fellow posters with respect.
Yet increasingly the "Fender" journals are disabled for commenting. Yes, I know most of the comments are unproductive or even unwanted. But that's what you get for servicing a bunch of snotty 13 year-old kids. The point is that disabling comments is one more way to show distain for the masses. They really don't want us to express ourselves here. Any dissent is meaningless; we are not worthy of being heard. And I don't blame them. It's that way everywhere. In these Trumpian times, the irony of MuleThunder's swastika symbolism was not lost on me.
A side point: It was inevitable that there would be a backlash against all this swastika/hate submission stuff. FurAffinity was/is overrun with it. It was cropping up just like MyLittlePony or Zootopia porn. Every time I browsed submissions I was bombarded with swastikas. Like it was cool or something because it was forbidden fruit. What was the context? They will never admit it but they- the artists- were glamorizing these things- Nazi flags, armbands, etc. Then they had the nerve, to a person, to put a disclaimer underneath saying stuff like: "In no way do I condone hate, or hate groups. If you support hate then there is no place for you on FA." (Wow, what a crock of sh*t.) I don't believe for a minute that they believed that. I believe they put the disclaimer there so the administration thinks twice before removing it. But they didn't remove it. So we were overrun with them.
I toyed with writing a journal about it last year but did not because I was worried that I might be doing the same thing they were: glamorizing it and then claiming I hate it in order to make it palatable. I'm already doing that with all my submissions now; I have to draw the line somewhere. Right? I also didn't want to draw the wrong attention to myself. But it seems there's no avoiding swastikas, so now you know. Much like "Fender" I don't advocate burying the past, but the furry need to resurrect Nazi memorabilia regardless of context is unsettling. Whatever happened to those pretty rainbow flags the young people used to like? Perhaps there are not enough people left to hate those anymore. Let's face it furries, despite your feigned protests, You thrive on hate as much as I do. *Snicker.*
Speaking of which:
"Fender" if you can hear me, I think you have some editing to do on the bottom of your journals. You don't want to foment hate, do you?
Love, -D.
"As the international community comes together in solidarity against hate, Fur Affinity has also evolved to strengthen and protect our own. As part of our efforts to combat hate, we announced a rule on September 4, 2017 that outright prohibits our users from identifying with or promoting hate groups on Fur Affinity."-Fender
First of all, before we get into it, I wish to commend the administration at FurAffinity for breaking their nearly six month silence by putting out a "Fender" journal. It's good for the morale of the site to wheel out "Fender" once in a while to prove to doubters that he is still alive. Kind of like what Hollywood agents do with Liza Minnelli.
Moving on.
Why did "Fender" break his silence? Is there... oh, I don't know.... some compelling reason that the administration put this journal out on 5/15/2018? Oh, what ever could it be that precipitated this enlightenment for the unwashed masses? (I'm having flashbacks of Roo-kiss chiding all the children commenting on her journals.)
I think I have a pretty good idea, so I will share.
On 5/14/2018, I was perusing the dubious submissions on FurAffinity when I noticed four submissions by a certain
MuleThunderI clicked on them. They were apparently screen grabs of conversations between MuleThunder and administrators. Naughty, naughty. (In fairness, I have submitted worse things.) Anyway, these conversations appeared to be trouble tickets submitted by MuleThunder wherein said furry filed a complaint about either what "he" understood to be hate groups or hate-based submissions on FurAffinity. (I admit that I am not entirely sure what the context of the complaints were, because I wasn't that invested in figuring out the nuances of the complaints by said furry or the replies by administrators. I was mostly wondering why the administration did not immediately delete MuleThunder's four submissions. If I did that, I would be banned. I checked out MuleThunder's user page today and I see that said furry is not suspended, so I'm assuming "he" took them down himself, or it's a case of different rules for different fools.)
It appeared from the conversation that MuleThunder was... concerned that the administration did not seem to be in agreement with him with regard to what constituted "hate" on the site. Thus the administration chose not to take action to remove whatever it was that MuleThunder believed was hate-based. Any attempt by MuleThunder to reason with the administration appeared unsuccessful. This frustration, I suppose, motivated said furry to then post those conversations for our benefit.
BTW: For those of you who missed it, MuleThunder's icon/avatar featured, on 5/14, a rendering of a Nazi armband with a prominent swastika sitting front and center. The purpose of this, and the four submissions seemed to be an attempt to goad the administration, or dare them to act against what he perceived to be hate. Or possibly an attempt to prove the fecklessness of the administration. A range of commenters chimed in during the short time the submissions were posted, from those believing he was rendering a sacred service to God and were therefore making their own copies of the submissions before they were deleted, to those who thought he was only adding to the problem and what did he think he was proving by airing his protest with the administration.
Initially I withheld offering a comment, lest I attract the ire of the administration, but then I read MuleThunder's comment on the fourth submission. It went something like this: "These are the people entrusted with the oversight of the largest part of the furry community?" But it was not written so... politely. I couldn't resist, so my comment was: "Preaching to the choir."
I don't have anything against the administration. (Don't laugh.) I know what a thankless job it is having to deal with a bunch of complaining snowflakes. However, I don't mind saying that I am one of their helpless victims. Possibly MuleThunder felt the same way after tangling with them. I see that MuleThunder immolated his own page to make a point. I don't know much about him, but his page has over 13000 views and at one point he commissioned artwork so something bad must have happened along the way to get him to this point. I empathize.
Perhaps now he has finally moved on to not caring. Then good for him. But his submissions did have an effect on the administration: It is not a coincidence that the very next day "Fender" posted a lengthy update on FurAffinity's policy on hate groups and other hate related stuff. The journal begins: "As the international community comes together in solidarity against hate, Fur Affinity has also evolved to strengthen and protect our own." It may be my own cynicism, but I can't even begin to describe all the problems I have with that deceptively innocent statement.
For example, who exactly is the administration protecting? Their own? Never mind. But since the administration is so concerned about hate, they might want to examine their own hatred of FurAffinity users. What? For example, you will notice at the bottom of every "Fender" journal there are rules such as:
1) Keep posts civil, constructive and polite
2) Keep discussion on topic to the post at hand.
3) Treat your fellow posters with respect.
Yet increasingly the "Fender" journals are disabled for commenting. Yes, I know most of the comments are unproductive or even unwanted. But that's what you get for servicing a bunch of snotty 13 year-old kids. The point is that disabling comments is one more way to show distain for the masses. They really don't want us to express ourselves here. Any dissent is meaningless; we are not worthy of being heard. And I don't blame them. It's that way everywhere. In these Trumpian times, the irony of MuleThunder's swastika symbolism was not lost on me.
A side point: It was inevitable that there would be a backlash against all this swastika/hate submission stuff. FurAffinity was/is overrun with it. It was cropping up just like MyLittlePony or Zootopia porn. Every time I browsed submissions I was bombarded with swastikas. Like it was cool or something because it was forbidden fruit. What was the context? They will never admit it but they- the artists- were glamorizing these things- Nazi flags, armbands, etc. Then they had the nerve, to a person, to put a disclaimer underneath saying stuff like: "In no way do I condone hate, or hate groups. If you support hate then there is no place for you on FA." (Wow, what a crock of sh*t.) I don't believe for a minute that they believed that. I believe they put the disclaimer there so the administration thinks twice before removing it. But they didn't remove it. So we were overrun with them.
I toyed with writing a journal about it last year but did not because I was worried that I might be doing the same thing they were: glamorizing it and then claiming I hate it in order to make it palatable. I'm already doing that with all my submissions now; I have to draw the line somewhere. Right? I also didn't want to draw the wrong attention to myself. But it seems there's no avoiding swastikas, so now you know. Much like "Fender" I don't advocate burying the past, but the furry need to resurrect Nazi memorabilia regardless of context is unsettling. Whatever happened to those pretty rainbow flags the young people used to like? Perhaps there are not enough people left to hate those anymore. Let's face it furries, despite your feigned protests, You thrive on hate as much as I do. *Snicker.*
Speaking of which:
"Fender" if you can hear me, I think you have some editing to do on the bottom of your journals. You don't want to foment hate, do you?
Love, -D.
As for disabling comments, perhaps it would be a better idea not to disable them as it would be more easier to expose the alt-right members on this site...