The reason the Burned Furs burned out was because they wanted to exclude people, and the fandom is inherently inclusionist. They were the ones who started the action, so when people who had no clue what was going on looked and saw the noise, the Burned Furs were clearly at fault.
The AltFur tactics are subtle, ever pushing the line without stepping over it, looking to provoke and misinterpret. Never believe that they are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The AltFurs/Nazifurs/Raiders have the right to play.
They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.
The reason the Burned Furs burned out was because they wanted to exclude people, and the fandom is inherently inclusionist. They were the ones who started the action, so when people who had no clue what was going on looked and saw the noise, the Burned Furs were clearly at fault.
The AltFur tactics are subtle, ever pushing the line without stepping over it, looking to provoke and misinterpret. Never believe that they are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The AltFurs/Nazifurs/Raiders have the right to play.
They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.