Fandom ought to equal tolerance

[mikailborg]

Even though vt_komainu has already posted a link to this guy's entry, I want to quote this paragraph from Lay Off the Furries, OK?

"Fursuiters aren't hurting anyone. [...] They're role playing. I remember when more SF fans did this, and I miss it terribly. You know, maybe the fursuiters wouldn't be so remarkable if there were more space pirates, jedis, elves, ninjas, wizards, androids, zombies, Vulcans, barbarians, Klingons, starship pilots, and bounty hunters running around, like we used to have in the old days. When I first attended my first science fiction convention over 20 years ago, it was explained to us newcomers that we didn't have to create a fannish persona to attend. But we did have to do so if we were going to ever be accepted as one of the cool kids. Then fannish persona and consistent hall costuming declined precipitously, and now only the fursuiters and the anime cosplayers still do it. Well you know what? That doesn't mean that they're sick and weird. It means that the rest of us suck."

Hear, hear!

Comments

[mikailborg.livejournal.com]

Some furries are undeniably creepy. I remember the one who quite calmly gave me fair warning that when the revolution came, all the hyoomans would be against the wall and shot to make way for the perfect furry world. But you can find that selection of disturbing people in any subculture. I just don't think it's right to say, "All these people who do 'x' are sick," when, in most cases, the speaker hasn't interacted with any significant sampling of that subculture - just a few of the noisier members.

I just wish fans would spend more time having fun and less time setting up pecking orders.

[snidegrrl.livejournal.com]

I guess for some people being mean is fun. Grr. :P