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   George Brown to Nomen Nescio   
   Re: What's with all of the political gar   
   05 Oct 20 14:31:08   
   
   From: pwithoutlead@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, 11 August 2020 at 23:27:12 UTC+1, Nomen Nescio wrote:   
   > Dan Skunk  writes:    
   >    
   > > On 2020-07-22 10:11 p.m., Mid Favila wrote:    
   > >> I've only been a furry for a few years, but in that time I've seen the    
   > >> fandom take a huge nosedive in terms of the quality of people and    
   > >> conversation within it. I mean, isn't furry supposed to be about    
   > >> anthropomorphics first and foremost? So frustrating...    
   > >>    
   > >> Anyone know of some communities that aren't focused entirely around    
   > >> that stuff?    
   > >>    
   > > I don't know where it came from. Everyone's so polarized and    
   > > intollerant now. :(   
   > They always were like that. They were just hiding it.   
      
   I don't really know about what the hell started this off as some kind of   
   catalyst, but it's getting increasingly frustrating to see polarisation of our   
   fandom occur down to politics when we started off, and are held together, by a   
   love of anthropomorphic    
   creatures. People argue that 'everything has politics in it!' and whereas   
   that's true to a small degree, it really saddens me to see this 'us vs them'   
   mentality that overtly political furries tend to have. Pisses me off, man, it   
   feels like we're losing a    
   lot of soul here...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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