I'm happy to open our second weekly discussion topic:
This week we're going to cover a phenomenon that's been around in the fandom forever but which has resurfaced these last few years in the form of typically younger furs (13-21), often called "puriteens".
This new manifestation of reformists tend to be very vocal in their opposition of certain NSFW traits in furry characters such as anatomically correct genitalia (knots, sheaths, etc) as well as feral yiff / feral NSFW artwork.
Typically active on twitter, but progressively also on other platforms, people holding these beliefs are controversial due to their tendency of conflating and accusing people who enjoy this type of NSFW depicts of animal molestation.
I'm trying to be mostly neutral in this description, so please accept my apologies if the vocabulary is a bit too formal. Anyways, here's a few key questions:
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How should the furry fandom react? Embrace it? Reject it? And if so, how to deal with the risk of being "called out"?
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Is their point valid but are they simply to loud and aggressive?
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Or are their methods correct and it's time that the fandom received a wake-up call?
Please feel free to share any opinions that you have.
As always this thread will stay up for at least a week and will then be locked. So make sure to voice your opinion in time!
Also, by leaving a comment you can, if you want, in the same comment propose a new topic for next week's discussion!
Note: this topic is not marked as NSFW as it is educational, thus please don't be too explicit in your wording or use spoilers to hide any potential explicit text or images that you might want to use.
Edit: This went a bit out of hand, but it's very very late here and I might not be around until later tomorrow so I'm locking this thread and have removed any comments that went down a tangent while I figure things out. Tomorrow (technically today) I'll try to reply to any DMs that you have sent and will try to see if we can reopen the topic and how.
The fandom should absolutely reject any "purification" or sanitization of furry culture. This is thinly veiled puritanical culture that stems from Christofascist ideology and influence. This group of ravenous teenagers, some of which have barely experienced what it's like to be an adult, are not recognizing the harm they're pushing onto a mostly queer community that has had to fight for the right to be themselves for longer than they've been a twinkle in their parents’ eyes. They need to learn from their LGBTQ+ elders and sit down. We have a clear distinction between regular and adult panels at conventions for a reason.
Adults can be sexual with other adults. I'm tired of being told by literal children that we cannot after having to fight to BE sexual our entire lives, longer than they've even known what a furry is.