The Rolling Strone, is not known for the accurate journalism, think of their breaking story about so call Nazis in the furry fandom. The Rolling Strone has done it again:
Continue readingThere is a tread in the Furry Fandom of gender identity activists stuffing their political ideology with good helping of intersectionality into a hollowed out fursuit and declaring their ideology as the defining expression for the entire Furry Fandom, even to say furry is a subset of Queer as in LGBTQ.
Now let me throw a flag on this play: Sweeping Generalization Fallacy, ten-yard penalty. Yes, there is LGBTQ element in furry fandom, so there are heterosexual, Christian, liberal, conservative, etc. elements in the fandom, but no one group can declare themselves the one defining authority in the furry fandom and appoint themselves at the gate keeper of the fandom.
My response to the activist is you are part of the fandom you are not the owner of the furry fandom. Furries are fans of anthropomorphic animals in art, literature, and fursuiting; one’s race, religion, politics, sexual identity is irrelevant when one is a talking animal. It is why in the past many of us furs got along by concentration on furry culture despite our ideological beliefs. The Furry fandom belongs to all and is not just entity for an activist to shove their ideology into the fandom. It is not my fandom; it is our fandom.
Some time ago I watched Tilt Longtail’s announcement that he will no longer attend furry conventions. I will leave a link to the video below.
I do agree with him on two points Furcons have become expensive and boring. When I go to any fan convention, I go because I want to learn something new or have a new experience; something I cannot do at home. I do not go to conventions just to hang out. I have a big problem with Furcons for lack of content. My local Anime and Science Fiction convention has approximately three times more content and panel space than the largest furry conventions like Athrocon or Midwest Fur Fest. I do attend my local furcon or thought of Anthro NW because I have a fallout with my local furcon. For me as further I must travel to a furry convention, the higher personal investment in a fur con, and less return for dollars spent. As a highly introverted person I room alone. Anime Expo, Dragoncon, and World Science Fiction Convention offer a bigger return for me. I can only see visiting a small fur con as part of a longer vacation.
A small convention, Free Fur All, held their convention in Tulsa Oklahoma. The attendance was 207 persons and they raised $8000.00 for charity. It would be an uneventful furcon con except Free Fur All said one word that set the woke twitter mob on fire; the word is:
NO
The convention billed itself as:
Prepare For A Classic Road Trip!
They don’t make things like they used to. This year we’re celebrating anthro by getting back to our routes where it all started- a love for animals.
Whether you come from near or far, from Chicago or the LA side, join us on a road trip to the American heartland along the Mother Road, Route 66, for America’s Anthro Convention in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and don’t forget to take that left-turn at Albuquerque!
Continue readingI have a big announcement for the rest of 2021 and 2022 and beyond. I will not be attending any fan conventions in 2021 and beyond until Kumoricon, Orycon, RCCC, Anthro Northwest come to their senses and stop forcing unnecessary medical test or divulge private medical information as a requirement to attend a convention. It is wrong for those who are and force others to surrender their freedom and privacy for three days of fun deserve nether. I do believe health and safety is the issue but the 900 LB ogre call government Lockdown. There are those who willing to throw other’s privacy under the bus to keep the lockdown ogre at bay.
Do not get me wrong I am centrist in the vaccine debate. I am against any government mandate but realize for me and other the vaccine is needed. I frown on both force mandates and the anti-vaccination crowd. I can poke hole in both arguments. Some people may not need vaccination while others it a life saver. I do not believe the false narrative of herd immunity. It may not happen We just need to live with COVID-19. Private organization can make rules regardless how bad as well of my choice not to attend.
Foer those who are putting such restrictions in the name of protecting immune depressed and people with auto immune condition like me, you are doing us no favor. I must board a bus and max trains with vaccinated non-vaccinated I am still here.
I am willing to help support alternative and events. The rules will be just use common since and that is it.