That's not exactly what I heard. My memory's a little fuzzy because it was a while ago now but the statement from Anthrocon themselves which 2 read aloud on one of his vlogs sounded like a crock of shit. But the problem is, furries have this really bad habit of sounding like they're full of it even when they're not any time they try to copy "business speak" because 1. they're copying a rhetorical style they're usually not that well-versed in and 2. the style is inherently designed to mislead.
The story that was going around, and I tried my best to take it with a grain of salt but that's hard because I could see this being painfully true of furries, is they (incorrectly) assumed he had alt-right leanings and/or was a Nazi sympathizer because of some depictions of 2 as a Nazi from years ago, back when you could be called a Nazi just for being extremely opinionated and authoritative and pissing people off. You know, before the Alt-right was a thing people had to make it a point to dissociate themselves from.
So these people were offended by that and other things 2 had said in his comedy routines and rants and lobbied to get him removed from anything to do with being on stage at Anthrocon, even things where he was just going to sorta be just there, not the focal point of the set.
My only problem with any of this is that 2 has lied in the past. Not always to make himself look better, sometimes with his heart in the right place, maybe not even realizing what he's doing. But those times, it's seemed blatantly obvious to me (one thing about vlogging is tone of voice and body language can make it obvious unless you're a really good actor and 2 is definitely not) and I wasn't totally buying what he was portraying that time.
The problem is people are almost never totally honest the moment money and reputations are on the line. Not even when it would be in their absolute best interests.
That's not exactly what I heard. My memory's a little fuzzy because it was a while ago now but the statement from Anthrocon themselves which 2 read aloud on one of his vlogs sounded like a crock of shit. But the problem is, furries have this really bad habit of sounding like they're full of it even when they're not any time they try to copy "business speak" because 1. they're copying a rhetorical style they're usually not that well-versed in and 2. the style is inherently designed to mislead.
The story that was going around, and I tried my best to take it with a grain of salt but that's hard because I could see this being painfully true of furries, is they (incorrectly) assumed he had alt-right leanings and/or was a Nazi sympathizer because of some depictions of 2 as a Nazi from years ago, back when you could be called a Nazi just for being extremely opinionated and authoritative and pissing people off. You know, before the Alt-right was a thing people had to make it a point to dissociate themselves from.
So these people were offended by that and other things 2 had said in his comedy routines and rants and lobbied to get him removed from anything to do with being on stage at Anthrocon, even things where he was just going to sorta be just there, not the focal point of the set.
My only problem with any of this is that 2 has lied in the past. Not always to make himself look better, sometimes with his heart in the right place, maybe not even realizing what he's doing. But those times, it's seemed blatantly obvious to me (one thing about vlogging is tone of voice and body language can make it obvious unless you're a really good actor and 2 is definitely not) and I wasn't totally buying what he was portraying that time.
The problem is people are almost never totally honest the moment money and reputations are on the line. Not even when it would be in their absolute best interests.