Well, you're actually kind of the opposite of the Burned Furs; they drug the bad stuff out into the limelight, while you want to hide it.
We're a news site; I'm sorry we report the friggin' news (well, some of us do; I mostly just review kid's cartoons and retype stuff other people already wrote, but whatever). People will hate us because they can; we're not a race, religion, handicap or sexual orientation, all things people are not allowed to hate in modern life (not that that's a bad thing, of course). So, people hate things like emos or hipsters or furries now. Things that are choices that the individuals made. And some of the choices emos and hipsters and, yes, furries, make are, to be perfectly honest, completely (or at least fairly) hatable. And I'm not talking about outliers like "crazy cat boinker" or "so what's the big deal about pedophilic art guys" (though, duh, it's completely understandable why those guys get hated), I'm talking about you and me.
As a pretty clean furry, I have made some choices that are hatable; for instance, I am a 27 year old man who has spent a lot of time, money and effort into writing about children's television programming. Is it fair that someone hate me for that? Perhaps not fair, but is it understandable? I'd say yes; at the very least you could make the argument that my love of children's cartoons shows a lack of maturity, a trait that, let's face it, is at least worth a lack of respect, if not outright hatred, and that, furthermore, I can't really argue that the people who believe I am immature in their assessment of me are wrong.
What I'm saying is, well, haters gonna hate, but with the addendum that maybe it's okay for them to hate us. I'm a journalist; I believe strongly in telling the truth. If we don't tell the truth, people will very reasonably add dishonesty to their list of reasons they hate us.
And, finally, that's why I went on that rant about a month ago (Mister Twister, you probably missed it, but a couple of people will remember); when I say everybody hates furries, I don't really see that as a bad thing. Hatred is a strong emotion; people enjoy strong emotions. It's like why I keep ranting about movies like Ratatouille, Avatar and Prometheus; I love to hate those movies. The main argument against "everybody hates furries" was "nobody cares about furries," which, as I pointed out, is much worse than being hated. Because at least being hated is something.
So, seriously, stop worrying about being hated; first of all, we've all done things, furry or not, where, if we were completely honest with ourselves, we deserve to be hated for. Second of all, I mean, isn't it kind of fun to be the bad guy? Why shouldn't we "freak the normals"? Sometimes, the normals like being freaked. Isn't that the entire purpose of Halloween?
And I suppose that's a bit of an immature position to hold, but, well, duh.
Well, you're actually kind of the opposite of the Burned Furs; they drug the bad stuff out into the limelight, while you want to hide it.
We're a news site; I'm sorry we report the friggin' news (well, some of us do; I mostly just review kid's cartoons and retype stuff other people already wrote, but whatever). People will hate us because they can; we're not a race, religion, handicap or sexual orientation, all things people are not allowed to hate in modern life (not that that's a bad thing, of course). So, people hate things like emos or hipsters or furries now. Things that are choices that the individuals made. And some of the choices emos and hipsters and, yes, furries, make are, to be perfectly honest, completely (or at least fairly) hatable. And I'm not talking about outliers like "crazy cat boinker" or "so what's the big deal about pedophilic art guys" (though, duh, it's completely understandable why those guys get hated), I'm talking about you and me.
As a pretty clean furry, I have made some choices that are hatable; for instance, I am a 27 year old man who has spent a lot of time, money and effort into writing about children's television programming. Is it fair that someone hate me for that? Perhaps not fair, but is it understandable? I'd say yes; at the very least you could make the argument that my love of children's cartoons shows a lack of maturity, a trait that, let's face it, is at least worth a lack of respect, if not outright hatred, and that, furthermore, I can't really argue that the people who believe I am immature in their assessment of me are wrong.
What I'm saying is, well, haters gonna hate, but with the addendum that maybe it's okay for them to hate us. I'm a journalist; I believe strongly in telling the truth. If we don't tell the truth, people will very reasonably add dishonesty to their list of reasons they hate us.
And, finally, that's why I went on that rant about a month ago (Mister Twister, you probably missed it, but a couple of people will remember); when I say everybody hates furries, I don't really see that as a bad thing. Hatred is a strong emotion; people enjoy strong emotions. It's like why I keep ranting about movies like Ratatouille, Avatar and Prometheus; I love to hate those movies. The main argument against "everybody hates furries" was "nobody cares about furries," which, as I pointed out, is much worse than being hated. Because at least being hated is something.
So, seriously, stop worrying about being hated; first of all, we've all done things, furry or not, where, if we were completely honest with ourselves, we deserve to be hated for. Second of all, I mean, isn't it kind of fun to be the bad guy? Why shouldn't we "freak the normals"? Sometimes, the normals like being freaked. Isn't that the entire purpose of Halloween?
And I suppose that's a bit of an immature position to hold, but, well, duh.