Joel Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 Those of you who live in southern California may have heard about the murders in Fullerton what you may not have heard or maybe you did was that the murders and victims were involved with the fandom this has of course made people within the fandom worry About the backlash that is likely to occur Rolling Stone did a article on the subject http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/furry-community-shocked-after-gory-triple-murder-w443647 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recel Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 I always find this whole thing around the fandom, rather... bizarre. People get injured, or die, and we have reporters laughing, people saying "They deserve it!" and such incidents are turned into jokes. On the other side we have a bunch of people who are more afraid of the possible impact on the fandoms reputation, and articles always trying to put the fandom in a good light desperately in case of such tragedies, almost completely dismissing that people were injured or died. It's like both side forget that... people were injured or died when it comes to the fandom. Like, the negative stigma is so strong that it gets into focus above human lives. Isn't this bizarre, or am I just overthinking it? 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaende Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 The fact that they're furries is irrelevant to the crime. What if they were baseball fans, Star Trek fans, or maybe into anime cosplay? People have interests, and social circles often involve others who share similar interests. That's what humans tend to do. Unfortunately, as long as people are involved, there's also the potential for criminal activity. The fandom doesn't need defending anymore than interest in baseball would need defending if something similar happened to baseball fans. At the end of the day, people were murdered and the murderers will have to face consequences for their actions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jtrekkie Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 No, @Recel, I don't think you are. I suppose that furries are bazaar, and that makes it easier to dehumanize. And, from the furry side, there is the bullied mentality that makes the Fandom defensive. I've noticed a few people here making comments (broadly on this topic) bullying their own pet enemy-group to make furries look better. "At least we aren't like those guys, am I right?" The same malevolent lines found everywhere, I suppose. People must really not care but to make themselves feel better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagged Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 I'm more concerned how all these reported murders make humanity look as a whole (which I think is the point of media fear mongering), not just how furries are viewed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxon Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 I think a thread already exists on this subject on this forum. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted October 7, 2016 Author Share Posted October 7, 2016 41 minutes ago, Saxon said: I think a thread already exists on this subject on this forum. I looked and didn't see one if there is I didn't see it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeke Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 15 minutes ago, Joel said: I looked and didn't see one if there is I didn't see it Yeah, although you would think that it is just random furry drama like someone made a gofundme for a fursuit and the community wants their head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazerMaster5 Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 #furrylivesmatter (Except they don't, no lives matter) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshabi Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 I was going to say something, but the auto-play video thing linked me over to an interesting news article about a bunch of Jewel thieves calling themselves the Pink Panthers. That's actually kinda cool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazerMaster5 Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 18 minutes ago, Toshabi said: I was going to save something, but the auto-play video thing linked me over to an interesting news article about a bunch of Jewel thieves calling themselves the Pink Panthers. That's actually kinda cool. Link? Sounds pretty awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshabi Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 Just now, LazerMaster5 said: Link? Sounds pretty awesome. http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/did-pink-panther-jewel-thieves-rob-kim-kardashian-w443255 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenrirDarkWolf Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 5 hours ago, Jtrekkie said: I suppose that furries are bazaar We're an Arabic-style marketplace? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshabi Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 1 hour ago, FenrirDarkWolf said: We're an Arabic-style marketplace? AAAARABIAN YIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFFF, like Arabian GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY~AYS! More often than knot, are hotter than hot, in a lot of good waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaays! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falaffel Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 2 minutes ago, Toshabi said: AAAARABIAN YIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFFF, like Arabian GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY~AYS! More often than knot, are hotter than hot, in a lot of good waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaays! agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazerMaster5 Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 3 hours ago, Toshabi said: http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/did-pink-panther-jewel-thieves-rob-kim-kardashian-w443255 Wow, that sounds like something straight out of a movie. Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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