What you're not seeing is that it doesn't matter how the furries define themselves. No one else is listening. The media now defines it, and has been doing so for awhile now. And -they- are being listened to. It's no good preaching to the choir; it's the rest of the world who need to hear it, and they're listening to the press and other media. And the more they -believe- it, the 'truer' it becomes until -their- defintion becomes the de facto version.
What you're not seeing is that it doesn't matter how the furries define themselves. No one else is listening. The media now defines it, and has been doing so for awhile now. And -they- are being listened to. It's no good preaching to the choir; it's the rest of the world who need to hear it, and they're listening to the press and other media. And the more they -believe- it, the 'truer' it becomes until -their- defintion becomes the de facto version.
Any of this sinking in?