What we have is a contrast in reporting. On one hand, we have Slate doing a well-made story on Kyell Gold. Slate goes right to Mr. Gold and lets him tell his story. I disagree with Kyell Gold point of view writing about Islamahobia in the US and miss how perilous to be LGBT in Iran or Saudi Arabia.
On the other had we have a fine example of fake news. The report was constructed around a few member and tweets instead of serious investigative journalism. I dare say Motherbod has much credibility as Alt-Right and that is not saying much for ether. There no corresponding report in establish news media or in overtly White Supremacist sites like Stormfront.
Controversial interest in social groups such as Nazis, and Soviets culture exist in both furry and anime fandoms for years. While using the aesthetics nether group was politically National Socialist, Communist or racist. I only meet one German neo Nazi who happened to be a fur in my ten years in the fandom. Only now is has become an issue by the obsessive anti -Trump rhetoric by the left. This does not mean furry fandom being invaded by fascist or communist.
More disruptive to the fandom is the antifascist witch hunts and calls for protest by both Patch at Dogpatch Press and Antifa.
I do not see co-opting the fandom for one’s political cause has any redeeming value in the fandom. In this time of hate including punch out those who you disagree with, and calling for overthrow of our government, the fandom has been an island of tolerance when an LGBT counselor and chairman of RAin and a Libertarian, Conservative Reformed Christian who is a former Republican and former support of the Religious Right, can have a civilized discussion about fury fandom even though our views at polar opposite.
What we have is a contrast in reporting. On one hand, we have Slate doing a well-made story on Kyell Gold. Slate goes right to Mr. Gold and lets him tell his story. I disagree with Kyell Gold point of view writing about Islamahobia in the US and miss how perilous to be LGBT in Iran or Saudi Arabia.
On the other had we have a fine example of fake news. The report was constructed around a few member and tweets instead of serious investigative journalism. I dare say Motherbod has much credibility as Alt-Right and that is not saying much for ether. There no corresponding report in establish news media or in overtly White Supremacist sites like Stormfront.
Controversial interest in social groups such as Nazis, and Soviets culture exist in both furry and anime fandoms for years. While using the aesthetics nether group was politically National Socialist, Communist or racist. I only meet one German neo Nazi who happened to be a fur in my ten years in the fandom. Only now is has become an issue by the obsessive anti -Trump rhetoric by the left. This does not mean furry fandom being invaded by fascist or communist.
More disruptive to the fandom is the antifascist witch hunts and calls for protest by both Patch at Dogpatch Press and Antifa.
https://twitter.com/antifafurs?lang=en
http://dogpatch.press/2017/02/13/february-17-general-strike/
I do not see co-opting the fandom for one’s political cause has any redeeming value in the fandom. In this time of hate including punch out those who you disagree with, and calling for overthrow of our government, the fandom has been an island of tolerance when an LGBT counselor and chairman of RAin and a Libertarian, Conservative Reformed Christian who is a former Republican and former support of the Religious Right, can have a civilized discussion about fury fandom even though our views at polar opposite.
I want it to stay that way.