• Raebxeh@hexbear.net
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    10 months ago

    The overt sexuality is a big part of what’s allowed furry culture to grow so organically based on donations and commissions without being heavily coopted by Capital and going mainstream. In a weird way, it’s very difficult to recuperate furries. I think as more people find out about this and they become a cultural talking point for conservatives, this will change like you’ve outlined.

    • alcoholicorn [comrade/them, doe/deer]@hexbear.net
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      10 months ago

      it’s very difficult to recuperate furries

      Tony The Tiger is still going to therapy for the Twitch.tv incident.

      But I have had awful arguments with the most lib furries basically saying that the fandom should be sanitized and handed over to capital, like pride, because that’s what lead to LGBT+ normalization.

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        10 months ago

        That “normalization” was completely non-intersectional and prioritized privileged queer people over others. I know you know this, but the conflation of social progressivism under liberalism with that of true liberation is maddening.

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        10 months ago

        It’s insane that the exact same arguments can be had about both such obviously serious stuff like queer liberation, and silly shit like furries