~ZeddCypher

When I join the furry fandom back in the late '90s, furries were still mostly outcasts. We were picked on, seen his nerds and Weirdos and things of that nature. But one of the nice things about that time is people could be of all political stripes, and nobody gave a shit. People didn't talk politics, they talked furry stuff. Art, porn.. I mean art, animations that were furry and we'd watch them. Heck play some Dance Dance Revolution for the hell of it. The meetings used to be very cozy and comfortable and we knew each other. Especially locally.

So what the fuck happened? I can kind of tell you the reality is furries are humans. And as the furry fandom has become more accepted, and has grown quite large, more base human actions have invaded it. It has become more fractured. It's way more cliquey than back in the early 2000s.

Don't for a minute think I'm saying only one side. I see it from both sides of the spectrum, only I see it worse from the conservatives.
See, I was a conservative growing up. The Rush Limbaugh era, the rise of the neoconservative. All that, is where this divide really started to form. The contract with america, the no compromise of the new conservatives. Compromise is how our country works. Nobody gets everything they want. They work towards common goals, and it makes things move.

So this identity politics has invaded the furry fandom. There are people here with Trump user icons. Why the fuck do they have Trump user icons? He's not a furry, he's a goddamn Cheeto.

I could try to plead for you guys to get it back out of the fandom, but it's entrenched now. Unfortunately to me, this is one of the reasons I've been stepping away from the fandom. Why I don't really attend cons anymore, why don't attend local meetings. Because this stupid politics has invaded at all. This stupid I'm better than you attitude has invaded it all. The stupid judgmentalism has invaded at all.

I'm a genuine Gray muzzle. I've seen a lot in this fandom. And in a lot of ways, I weep for the fandom. Because now, our little Community is no longer a community.

This is Cypher, the ranting chee, and that's all I've got to say about that.