You misunderstand the purpose of The Raiders. Foxler is not terribly aware of social discrimination and oppression in the political sense. What he knows, and wants his group to preserve, is the tolerance and freedom of expression the old Furry Fandom was famous for. These things he understands well.
One of the main principles of the old fandom he wants to preserve is "Freedom From Politics." He did not come to Furry Fandom to get a political education. He came here to enjoy the fandom for anthropomorphic characters. And, indeed, in many a Furry club on Second Life there remains in force strict no politics policies.
The Furry Raiders, in contrast to AltFurry, is for the most part a no politics zone. There is only the classic Furry notion that putting on a Furry avatar divests one of all human attributes that could be used to inspire prejudice. There are no white Raiders, no black Raiders, no Jewish Raiders, etc.. There are only Furry Raiders.
That is the concept the fandom itself taught to Foxler, as the fandom has been his main focus most of his life. And it's not a concept so complicated that one would need to go to school to learn it. In fact, we're all quite astonished at how many people in the fandom have suddenly forgotten it.
However, these new-fangled concepts being pushed in the fandom do require one to go to school to learn them, because prejudice and policies that encourage segregation and limitations on freedom of expression do not come naturally to furs. They are, to put it bluntly, strictly political.
And when it comes to matters political, someone like Foxler will just zone out. He can't see the reasoning behind why someone shouldn't be allowed to express an idea, even if the idea is unpopular. He doesn't know anything about how that concept extends beyond the fandom into the real world. He just knows that the freedom to express one's self, and to have such expression defended, is basic to being a Furry. It's one of the things The Furry Community used to pride itself on.
So, the only thing Foxler knows about societal discrimination and oppression is that that's what's being done to him. He probably doesn't know the words to express it, but he knows people are crossing the line and trying to limit freedoms they have no right to limit, and he feels no obligation to let them get away with it.
So, the more people try to force him to change his name, the more proudly he flaunts it. And the more people rag on his armband, the more he wears it. He probably doesn't know how to express what that's called, but I do. It's called "Rebellion against tyranny." And, according to traditional American ideology, rebellion against tyranny is not only a right, it's a responsibility.
So, as uneducated as Foxler may be in the terminology of politics and history, he has a good sense of human decency. When considering a situation, he doesn't think what would be fair according to this philosophy or that. He merely thinks, would I feel that fair if it was done to me.
This forces us to question, do all these people with their so called higher learning really understand the concept of social discrimination and oppression? And if so, why are they promoting oppression and discrimination? Why are they spreading lies and making scapegoats out of furs who aren't doing anything but trying to enjoy being furs?
Ask yourself, why are you thinking there's a cult of personality around a fur who's remarkably inarticulate, has very few ideas to share, asks nothing of the people in his group except that they treat each other decently, and has no goals of conquest? Can you seriously set such a person beside Hitler, Kennedy and others who define the term "Cult Of Personality?"
Think about it historically. Who always needs scapegoats?
You misunderstand the purpose of The Raiders. Foxler is not terribly aware of social discrimination and oppression in the political sense. What he knows, and wants his group to preserve, is the tolerance and freedom of expression the old Furry Fandom was famous for. These things he understands well.
One of the main principles of the old fandom he wants to preserve is "Freedom From Politics." He did not come to Furry Fandom to get a political education. He came here to enjoy the fandom for anthropomorphic characters. And, indeed, in many a Furry club on Second Life there remains in force strict no politics policies.
The Furry Raiders, in contrast to AltFurry, is for the most part a no politics zone. There is only the classic Furry notion that putting on a Furry avatar divests one of all human attributes that could be used to inspire prejudice. There are no white Raiders, no black Raiders, no Jewish Raiders, etc.. There are only Furry Raiders.
That is the concept the fandom itself taught to Foxler, as the fandom has been his main focus most of his life. And it's not a concept so complicated that one would need to go to school to learn it. In fact, we're all quite astonished at how many people in the fandom have suddenly forgotten it.
However, these new-fangled concepts being pushed in the fandom do require one to go to school to learn them, because prejudice and policies that encourage segregation and limitations on freedom of expression do not come naturally to furs. They are, to put it bluntly, strictly political.
And when it comes to matters political, someone like Foxler will just zone out. He can't see the reasoning behind why someone shouldn't be allowed to express an idea, even if the idea is unpopular. He doesn't know anything about how that concept extends beyond the fandom into the real world. He just knows that the freedom to express one's self, and to have such expression defended, is basic to being a Furry. It's one of the things The Furry Community used to pride itself on.
So, the only thing Foxler knows about societal discrimination and oppression is that that's what's being done to him. He probably doesn't know the words to express it, but he knows people are crossing the line and trying to limit freedoms they have no right to limit, and he feels no obligation to let them get away with it.
So, the more people try to force him to change his name, the more proudly he flaunts it. And the more people rag on his armband, the more he wears it. He probably doesn't know how to express what that's called, but I do. It's called "Rebellion against tyranny." And, according to traditional American ideology, rebellion against tyranny is not only a right, it's a responsibility.
So, as uneducated as Foxler may be in the terminology of politics and history, he has a good sense of human decency. When considering a situation, he doesn't think what would be fair according to this philosophy or that. He merely thinks, would I feel that fair if it was done to me.
This forces us to question, do all these people with their so called higher learning really understand the concept of social discrimination and oppression? And if so, why are they promoting oppression and discrimination? Why are they spreading lies and making scapegoats out of furs who aren't doing anything but trying to enjoy being furs?
Ask yourself, why are you thinking there's a cult of personality around a fur who's remarkably inarticulate, has very few ideas to share, asks nothing of the people in his group except that they treat each other decently, and has no goals of conquest? Can you seriously set such a person beside Hitler, Kennedy and others who define the term "Cult Of Personality?"
Think about it historically. Who always needs scapegoats?