The fandom has always been across the board in regards to political ideology, which is a very useful trait to have in times like these - nothing would be more detrimental to the community's future than being identified with a political allegiance.
On one side the openness to all sort of sexual orientations and identities is a progressive trait, but on the other side the basic furry philosophy of hanging on to childhood fantasies and impressions feels like a conservative concept to me. I remember that when I first read the Chakat Universe stories I was surprised by how the underlying concepts were clearly on the conservative side even though the chakats themselves break almost any conservative social taboo you can think of. I find it very interesting that furry manages to blend contrasting ideas so much.
The fandom has always been across the board in regards to political ideology, which is a very useful trait to have in times like these - nothing would be more detrimental to the community's future than being identified with a political allegiance.
On one side the openness to all sort of sexual orientations and identities is a progressive trait, but on the other side the basic furry philosophy of hanging on to childhood fantasies and impressions feels like a conservative concept to me. I remember that when I first read the Chakat Universe stories I was surprised by how the underlying concepts were clearly on the conservative side even though the chakats themselves break almost any conservative social taboo you can think of. I find it very interesting that furry manages to blend contrasting ideas so much.