If you read the articles linked abut the Polybun situations you would have read that the few he was around in that apartment noted he grew increasing isolated and watched many different political shows on television and would quote such grievances constantly. It not really the "Television" that did is as you note, as the television can only share the thoughts and feelings of those utilizing the medium. The technology is but a tool, it is those that wielded it in such a way that fanned a fire they could not see or did not care to see.
But he wasn't really watching furries on television, but sadly more mainstream belief systems that do create those harmful situations you denote. Are there furries who fall within those ideological groups? Sure. They're mentioned in the article.
Which is why it's important to not see someone being a furry as an insinuation on their feelings or beliefs around tolerance and minority groups. You can encourage a gardener to weed out ideals of bigotry, egocentrism, and harmful exploitation from the community at large, but weeding takes effort and even if those in the main groups can keep those weeds at bay, they'll find somewhere in the world to grow and fester. Into the darkness and out of the light.
I hope no one has harmed you and you ranting is not the results of said pricker-bushes (I suspect this due to the second paragraph). We're just a fandom of anthroporphism, and we live within a world of people who hate one another for the dumbest reasons. Some fall victim to that sway, others keep their head down to get their work done, others fight against it. Hopefully as time goes one, the percentage will move further to the last item of that list.
If you read the articles linked abut the Polybun situations you would have read that the few he was around in that apartment noted he grew increasing isolated and watched many different political shows on television and would quote such grievances constantly. It not really the "Television" that did is as you note, as the television can only share the thoughts and feelings of those utilizing the medium. The technology is but a tool, it is those that wielded it in such a way that fanned a fire they could not see or did not care to see.
But he wasn't really watching furries on television, but sadly more mainstream belief systems that do create those harmful situations you denote. Are there furries who fall within those ideological groups? Sure. They're mentioned in the article.
Which is why it's important to not see someone being a furry as an insinuation on their feelings or beliefs around tolerance and minority groups. You can encourage a gardener to weed out ideals of bigotry, egocentrism, and harmful exploitation from the community at large, but weeding takes effort and even if those in the main groups can keep those weeds at bay, they'll find somewhere in the world to grow and fester. Into the darkness and out of the light.
I hope no one has harmed you and you ranting is not the results of said pricker-bushes (I suspect this due to the second paragraph). We're just a fandom of anthroporphism, and we live within a world of people who hate one another for the dumbest reasons. Some fall victim to that sway, others keep their head down to get their work done, others fight against it. Hopefully as time goes one, the percentage will move further to the last item of that list.