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psst: as someone who came out of the Something Awful/4Chan trolling pogroms against furries and fought for both sides, you should have absolutely no doubt whatsoever that early internet anti-furry stigma was really just anti-queer stigma with a more socially-acceptable angle
the trolling groups I was involved with before switching sides openly discussed this during raid planning. there is a reason so much of it used specifically anti-queer slurs, and a reason most of it disproportionately targeted visibly, earnestly sexual individuals.
queerbashing was not an incidental goal; it was the primary one. at the time, trolls correctly assessed that the seeming & #39;silliness& #39; of furries would allow them to get away with much worse harassment without risking backlash from less esoteric queer communities.
I say this as someone who has seen the impact this had: queer groups have to take care of their most marginalized community members. Even if they& #39;re into stuff you don& #39;t get, or have aesthetics that don& #39;t meet your individual approval. One broken link snaps the whole chain.
