The furry fandom will never "die." Since we first became human, people have always had a fascination with animals, and I don't think that will ever change or wane.
As for furries vs. pseudo-furries, as long as "psuedo-furries" don't try to make false or damaging claims or insinuations about the furry community itself, don't engage in harmful actions towards real animals, and give creative credit where creative credit is due, I say, welcome to the Animal House--the more, the merrier!
From there, of course people should be praised for aspiring to a higher artistic standard--so, for example, *unless they were meaning to be funny or ironic,* artists should be celebrated for not just going with bargain-basement mascot or animal costumes for their movie or music video, or for hiring professional mascots or fursuiters, instead of the office intern who just looks like he's about to fall over and die in the costume. But, bad costumes and bad performances don't *necessarily* reflect on *us* as a community, unless the artists are clearly *trying* to say something about furries in particular.
The furry fandom will never "die." Since we first became human, people have always had a fascination with animals, and I don't think that will ever change or wane.
As for furries vs. pseudo-furries, as long as "psuedo-furries" don't try to make false or damaging claims or insinuations about the furry community itself, don't engage in harmful actions towards real animals, and give creative credit where creative credit is due, I say, welcome to the Animal House--the more, the merrier!
From there, of course people should be praised for aspiring to a higher artistic standard--so, for example, *unless they were meaning to be funny or ironic,* artists should be celebrated for not just going with bargain-basement mascot or animal costumes for their movie or music video, or for hiring professional mascots or fursuiters, instead of the office intern who just looks like he's about to fall over and die in the costume. But, bad costumes and bad performances don't *necessarily* reflect on *us* as a community, unless the artists are clearly *trying* to say something about furries in particular.