At the most basic level, the video felt incredibly skeezy and sleazy to me because it involved somebody who *isn't* a trained therapist (but who *does* smell rather manipulative) conducting a faux therapy session with a vulnerable, trusting person in open view of the *entire Internet.* Gross, gross, gross; unethical, unethical, unethical.
Credit where credit is due, though: I did appreciate how Stefan acknowledged how the caller's "otter family" had helped him to genuinely cope with life disappointments in a healthier way than some of his "degenerate" (by the way kids, that word makes you sound like a Neo-Nazi or an 70-year-old tent evangelist) acquaintances. I was pleasantly surprised by that piece.
In any case, I deeply resent the Freudian-scented insinuation that furries are furries because Daddy was absent or Mommy didn't hug them enough. It's both reductionistic and insulting, and in this case, I'd say it potentially reveals more about Molyneux's psychology than it does anyone else's.
Naturally, I also resent when "normies" (especially ones with obvious baggage) pat themselves on the back for "at least not being X (in this case, furries)." Many of the "normal" or "standard" coping mechanisms people regularly employ to deal with disappointment, poor self-esteem and trauma are easily much more harmful than the simple act of creating an animal avatar for yourself and running around in costume. If his weirdo-bizarro rants about popular movies, race relations, and the women in his life are any indication, Stefan Molyneux needs to take the plank out of his own eye before poking at the splinter in other people's.
I'm certainly biased, but this absolutely felt to me like a street preacher or snake oil salesman trying convince a vulnerable and questioning person that theirs is the only product worth buying.
Anyway, it sounds like Leon needs to ask himself why he's consistently gravitated to people he sees as "degenerates," and why he can't seem to escape their orbit. The fandom is diverse, so if you find you don't like a particular clique or a certain person, there are typically plenty of other kinds of people you can go find to hang out with, provided you're willing and able to make the effort and establish the connection. (The problem could also be that Leon is perceiving the glass as half-empty for some reason, and that he has a tendency to notice the weeds nestled amongst the flowers, so to speak.)
At the most basic level, the video felt incredibly skeezy and sleazy to me because it involved somebody who *isn't* a trained therapist (but who *does* smell rather manipulative) conducting a faux therapy session with a vulnerable, trusting person in open view of the *entire Internet.* Gross, gross, gross; unethical, unethical, unethical.
Credit where credit is due, though: I did appreciate how Stefan acknowledged how the caller's "otter family" had helped him to genuinely cope with life disappointments in a healthier way than some of his "degenerate" (by the way kids, that word makes you sound like a Neo-Nazi or an 70-year-old tent evangelist) acquaintances. I was pleasantly surprised by that piece.
In any case, I deeply resent the Freudian-scented insinuation that furries are furries because Daddy was absent or Mommy didn't hug them enough. It's both reductionistic and insulting, and in this case, I'd say it potentially reveals more about Molyneux's psychology than it does anyone else's.
Naturally, I also resent when "normies" (especially ones with obvious baggage) pat themselves on the back for "at least not being X (in this case, furries)." Many of the "normal" or "standard" coping mechanisms people regularly employ to deal with disappointment, poor self-esteem and trauma are easily much more harmful than the simple act of creating an animal avatar for yourself and running around in costume. If his weirdo-bizarro rants about popular movies, race relations, and the women in his life are any indication, Stefan Molyneux needs to take the plank out of his own eye before poking at the splinter in other people's.
I'm certainly biased, but this absolutely felt to me like a street preacher or snake oil salesman trying convince a vulnerable and questioning person that theirs is the only product worth buying.
Anyway, it sounds like Leon needs to ask himself why he's consistently gravitated to people he sees as "degenerates," and why he can't seem to escape their orbit. The fandom is diverse, so if you find you don't like a particular clique or a certain person, there are typically plenty of other kinds of people you can go find to hang out with, provided you're willing and able to make the effort and establish the connection. (The problem could also be that Leon is perceiving the glass as half-empty for some reason, and that he has a tendency to notice the weeds nestled amongst the flowers, so to speak.)
Oh, and good DeFoo pun, Sonious. Well done :).