In the wikifur journal I posted a little comment on a group of spammers who were trying to 'flood' the site with spam or something. Below is my post.

"Lessee... I've been a 'furry' for... wow. A long time. (grin) Twenty or more years. I'm not gay. Wonder if these poor mammaboy-basement-dwelling fanboy stereotypes have figgered out that 'gay' and/or 'furry' aren't insults anymore, really, and that they're furries too if they ever enjoyed the following: Rocky & Bullwinkle, the Warner Bros. cartoons, Tom & Jerry and the rest of the Hannah-Barbera characters, the Disney characters, the Chronicles of Narnia, any of a VAST amount of science fiction and fantasy, sports mascots... and the list goes on. Furry doesn't mean porn, thought there certainly is a LOT of furry porn.

Then again, there are a thousand non-furry porn images out there for every furry porn image. And I think a lot of those are MUCH worse than the imagined images in furry.

Furry is also not bestiality and/or zoophilia. Not that these dear children really could fathom that.

Here's a trick- try getting your jollies by doing something NOT aimed at hurting someone else. That MIGHT be a bit more socially acceptable, and a bit less 'worthless nerd'."

I received one supportive comment, then (as I get email when a response is posted) I got THIS gem:


"You think furry is not an insult, only because you yourself don't 'accept' it as one. Think of it as, let's say, Hitler or Stalin - they considered themselves to be completely just and rightful, but did everyone else?

I hope you see my point. Furry."

Some people really don't have a clue. I responded with the below post. We'll see what happens- Personally, I'm kinda amused. ;)

"Interesting. One of those lovelies who I referred to above just posted the following to me:

(Message above quoted here)

Of course, it was posted anonymously. Which kinda makes my point.

And for the dear child who posted this- I'd maybe take you seriously if you had the stones to post it publicly. And comparing me to Hitler and Stalin? You ARE the comedian! Please. I like collecting artwork. NOT porn, for your information. And I like the conventions for socializing with long-distance friends. I really don't see how that makes me 'bad'.

Mostly, you come across pretty much like one of those sheet-wearing loons in the KKK. Bigoted for no reason, and ignorant."

Its his serve.