"You see, the whole point of Funny Animals Fandom (incorporating Funny Vegetables, Funny Minerals, and Funny Machines Fandoms) is that humans in general are too serious. They get puffed up and self-important, and full of this insatiable desire for Impact and Significance."
"Human characters are self-righteous, know all the answers, and are ready to enforce them on everyone else. We don't want all that seriousness here. There's already enough everywhere else."
Then starts with
Ultimately my mission statement is...
Sounds quite serious to me, people who don't take themselves too seriously don't make mission statements.
POINT B)
Someone comes to you and says "Hey you. I hate black people and the Jews. Also, you're ugly and I don't want to see you." and your response is to punch them in the face?! What's wrong with you people? How do you pretend to uphold civility if you don't act in a civil manner yourselves?!
I don't know your particular stance on this but Dogpatch routinely promotes this kind of behavior, or telling people to "F*ck Off" with a badge, and this has to stop. You're not just playing for home, you're playing for the whole world, the whole furry fandom. Diversity. Tolerate diversity.
It seems to me your first example is merely someone saying "f*ck of blacks/jews" but doing so in a politically correct manner (which I thought the Alt-Right was against?).
So I guess if we made badges that said "I hate Illinois Nazis" for MFF you'd have no issue with that, because hey, at least it isn't saying "F*ck off"?
Badge makers: I get credit for that one by the way, you're welcome.
POINT C)
Follow the example of Daryl Davis if you will, a black person who fought successfully against KKK ideology by actually befriending KKK members. It's a more successful strategy if that's what you're aiming for. It's like you don't believe in civil discourse to solve problems, and you have to push an agenda, and push and push. I expect this of mainstream sources because they have power and money to gain, but there is nothing to gain by doing this in the fandom. You're all furries. You all belong to the furry fandom.
Here's the thing about the case of Daryl Davis.
1) The KKK member didn't ask for a hug, Daryl just noted that he saw that this person could be brought out of the darkness was to respond with love instead of violence. This will not always work, it requires assessment.
2) The KKK member didn't ask for a hug, he didn't see his position as evil and so he didn't think he needed to be convinced to move away from the organization.
a) So isn't it quite interesting that we're being requested to show you love so that you can have an excuse to leave the group you're in? So do you know the group you are in is evil? If so why not leave of your own fruition instead of waiting for someone to hug you and give you an excuse? You can be a furry without being an Alt-Furry or an Anti-fa furry, you know that right? You don't have to wait for someone to hug you to figure that out.
POINT A)
Then starts with
Sounds quite serious to me, people who don't take themselves too seriously don't make mission statements.
POINT B)
It seems to me your first example is merely someone saying "f*ck of blacks/jews" but doing so in a politically correct manner (which I thought the Alt-Right was against?).
So I guess if we made badges that said "I hate Illinois Nazis" for MFF you'd have no issue with that, because hey, at least it isn't saying "F*ck off"?
Badge makers: I get credit for that one by the way, you're welcome.
POINT C)
Here's the thing about the case of Daryl Davis.
1) The KKK member didn't ask for a hug, Daryl just noted that he saw that this person could be brought out of the darkness was to respond with love instead of violence. This will not always work, it requires assessment.
2) The KKK member didn't ask for a hug, he didn't see his position as evil and so he didn't think he needed to be convinced to move away from the organization.
a) So isn't it quite interesting that we're being requested to show you love so that you can have an excuse to leave the group you're in? So do you know the group you are in is evil? If so why not leave of your own fruition instead of waiting for someone to hug you and give you an excuse? You can be a furry without being an Alt-Furry or an Anti-fa furry, you know that right? You don't have to wait for someone to hug you to figure that out.