There are people out there...
Posted by Gushousekai195 on Wed, 2007-12-19 12:23
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 "One of the several artists in the Freaks! Movement - that's what I am!" Location: Huntington Beach, California
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Location: Ardmore, PA
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Forgive me for being blunt, but I feel that you are worrying unnecessarily.
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Location: Harrisonburg, VA 22802
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Agreed.
Location: Huntington Beach, California
I've heard the phrase "yiff in hell" and the term "furfag." I don't want people saying that to me because I want to go to heaven when I die and I'm straight, too.
I also don't want to see.... I can't say it. 4chan might be watching.
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See Giza's comment above.
Location: Ardmore, PA
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Here, let me fix that for you:
Ah, that's better.
The simple fact here is that, as these are public forums, nearly anyone with a computer and an Internet connection can read them. Friends, classmates, parents, reporters, law enforcement, politicians, etc. The list goes on and on.
As such, you should keep this in mind, and just like when you are out in public in real life, be sure to act appropriately and not do anything foolish (like say, post personal contact information).
Back in the Dark Ages of the Internet (about 1994), there used to be a saying, "Don't write in email something you wouldn't want to appear on the front page of the New York Times". While email is no longer the sole method of communication it once was, I think the spirit of that advice still lives on -- exercise a little care when posting to forums, blogs, and the like, and you will not have any worries.
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Location: Roseville, CA, USA
Someone shouted at YOU to do that, did they?
Now now, don't worry about it; you don't have to go.
Location: Huntington Beach, California
No. I've heard it being used on others.
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Location: Philadelphia area, PA
I'm not christian, and i'm straight only because i don't seem to be anything else, but i can see how for you, having those things shouted would be very painful. Certainly i find any phrase that contains the term "fag" being used for a person hard to hear, simply because of what it implies about my LGBTQ friends.
In this circumstance, tho, if i were you, i'd try to remember that what's important is not what a bunch of closed minded idiots think. No matter what you're doing at any given moment, there will always be a closed minded idiot or two who thinks you should burn in hell for it. But God/Goddess/the Divine/whatever you prefer to call it will be able to see past that into what's really true. *smiles and snugs*
What's really true of the furry community is that it's a basically warm loving group i've always felt honored to be a part of.
What's true of you is that you are basically a good person who is striving to live according to what you believe is right.
Your god knows that. You know that. And that's all that matters.
There are people out there who hate everything, including themselves. I agree with Giza: chill out.
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*laughs!* You're new to the internet furry community, aren't you?
Location: Huntington Beach, California
I pretty much am, but I know that there are people who are strongly opposed to it!
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Calm down. We are no more in danger for being Furries than we are for being intellectuals, for being Jewish, or for being the kind of person who likes vinegar on fries.
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Vinegar on fries!? PURGE THE HERETIC!
I mean umm... What an interesting choice...
Location: NJ
Ahh... I zee zat you are von ov us! Ve must destroy all ov doze who vood contaminate German... er French friez vith vinegar!
French fries obviously only go with marmalade. :B
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I recently discovered vinegar on fries... mmmm delicious. With the near constant supply of fries and vinegar here at college, there's nothing that can stop me from enjoying my tasty fries!
I agree with the other posters, it's not something to get worked up over honestly.
Location: In a small little box in your small little mind.
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Vinegar on Fries is awesome! I also like it on my hamburger. I can blame the local Five Guys Bugers and Fries for this.
But back on topic.
Don't worry about people like that. This is the internet.
You could be the least hateable type of person in the world and there will still be people on the internet that will hate you for no real reason. Thats just how things are.
The most you are going to see of furry haters is idiots wearing Afros with picket signs that say "Yiff in Hell", "Pools Closed", or "Furfags" while standing outside of a convention.
Location: Harleysville, Pa, USA
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Everyone is in danger if you think about it. There is nothing in the world that every living thing on this planet likes, together. There will always be people who hate some fandom, religion, gang... WHATEVER! That is why all these groups, have each other. Ya follow?
Ok... I did a poor job trying to get out what I mean. Like there isn't one thing everyone is going to like. Thats it! Mow!
Location: NJ
Until some cleric declares jihad against furries, I think we're pretty much ok.
Location: New Brighton, MN, USA
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I *really* don't care about what people think of me. Yeah, there are people out there who hate my guts.
There are people who hate furs.
There are furs who hate furs.
There are people who hate people.
I'm a fur, and I'm a person. Sometimes I hate myself, but that's usually for the stupid things I do that I knew was wrong.
Point I'm trying to make is that just because someone out there in the world who hate someone else shouldn't make your day miserable.
Just deal with it.
Location: Honey Creek, Iowa
Keep in mind that the people who actually show up at the conventions to uh... protest? is that the word? Well they just need to get a life. Kittah walked up to their mass demonstration (one guy in a wig) and talked to the guy at MFF. I guess he was just hoping to get noticed, as he didn't seem to have an agenda. I think she pointed out to him that he would have a lot more fun if he put on a tail and mingled. He kinda disappeared after that (not sure if security booted him or he just left)
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Location: Harrisonburg, VA 22802
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That's generally their M.O., they don't care about pushing a point of view or supporting an issue, they just want to have fun, usually by poking a person or group and watching them react. The tards are amused by the reactions, so as long as there is a reaction, they've accomplished their goal.
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I think that enough has been said on the matter. There is no use in causing undue alarm over a non-issue. Our friend Mark Evanier put it very succinctly: "No matter what you do, 10% of people are going to dislike you." That is true of any person or group, I have found. We simply have to accept that fact and move on.