Such a good article:

Why Nerds Hate Furries:

theculturalbarxist.wordpress.c

"in furry, where the fandom was uniquely focused on giving free reign to individual expression and where there’s no one single corporate canon, these same anti-LGBTQ arguments were a harder sell. Without the psychological divide between creators and consumers, no official gatekeeper could declare something to be incompatible with 'furry canon.'"

(h/t @xurnami )

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@indi Fascinating -- no mention of the fact he WAS one of them?! Isn't Agouti Rex the same guy as The New Meat, who launched that hilariously lame attack on me ON CRUSH YIFF DESTROY?! Feels like that should at least be due diligence. *cackle*

I mean, I've forgiven the guy, but for me it's like watching Albert Speer try to rend his garments at the Wailing Wall and hope to get taken seriously. :p

@zebratron2084 Yeah, self-loathing is a thing too; see also the comment at the bottom that mentions that regarding the Burned Fur cofounder not otherwise mentioned in the article.

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