was it? anti-queer sentiment was just in the open 20 years ago and i figured furries were ostracized for being weird the same way medieval larpers or video game enthusiasts or people who liked school or any other “weird” group was ostracized.
That’s how it is in my country. It’s more that people think they like to fuck animals so they get made fun of for that reason. I don’t even think a queer connection has been made and our evangelical population would jump on that opportunity if they knew about it.
do you mean now or back then? i don’t think what used to be called aspergers or “high functioning” was on people’s radar late 90s into mid 00s like it was later. r-word was on a downward trend at the time too.
I misspoke. I don’t think anti-furs think “I hate you because you’re autistic”; I think it’s generalized bigotry towards behaviors and attitudes that they don’t understand and can’t empathize with, which happen to be caused by neurodivergence. I.e. “I hate you because you’re weird to me”.
I mean probably depends on what you mean by “on people’s radar” most people I know that are 90s kids that are on the spectrum definitely have experienced persecution from it from what they’ve said. The people didn’t know that’s what they were attacking in those cases but doesn’t change the fact that that’s what it was.
i think it changes the character of it, but that’s true. my grades were too good to get diagnosed, maybe somebody would’ve done something about it if not.
They were definitely conflated, making fun of ”weird” people was a major part of the culture on the Something Awful forums that popularized furry hatred, and that often included queer (especially trans) people. The F-slur was also constantly used there as an insult, so they definitely didn’t have a problem with doing queerphobia on a casual level either.
was it? anti-queer sentiment was just in the open 20 years ago and i figured furries were ostracized for being weird the same way medieval larpers or video game enthusiasts or people who liked school or any other “weird” group was ostracized.
That’s how it is in my country. It’s more that people think they like to fuck animals so they get made fun of for that reason. I don’t even think a queer connection has been made and our evangelical population would jump on that opportunity if they knew about it.
And the whole reason they think that is just vibes. It’s literally shit their minds just invented but they’re willing to ruin lives over it.
It’s also anti-autism sentiment
do you mean now or back then? i don’t think what used to be called aspergers or “high functioning” was on people’s radar late 90s into mid 00s like it was later. r-word was on a downward trend at the time too.
I misspoke. I don’t think anti-furs think “I hate you because you’re autistic”; I think it’s generalized bigotry towards behaviors and attitudes that they don’t understand and can’t empathize with, which happen to be caused by neurodivergence. I.e. “I hate you because you’re weird to me”.
yeah for sure
I mean probably depends on what you mean by “on people’s radar” most people I know that are 90s kids that are on the spectrum definitely have experienced persecution from it from what they’ve said. The people didn’t know that’s what they were attacking in those cases but doesn’t change the fact that that’s what it was.
i think it changes the character of it, but that’s true. my grades were too good to get diagnosed, maybe somebody would’ve done something about it if not.
They were definitely conflated, making fun of ”weird” people was a major part of the culture on the Something Awful forums that popularized furry hatred, and that often included queer (especially trans) people. The F-slur was also constantly used there as an insult, so they definitely didn’t have a problem with doing queerphobia on a casual level either.