Nothing is wrong, per SE, with public tailing. It just tends to draw unnecessary attention, which is awkward if you don't enjoy unnecessary attention. Afterwards, the level of unusual that's generated generates a sense of awkwardness and discomfort, which devolves into fear and nonunderstanding. For some people, it would be like if someone walked around in public in full S&M gear (which I know happens, but still). I don't know.
True, but that's all easily dealt with by pointing out how fictional TV programs aren't a healthy source for information about the real world. Fucking vidiots.
Hell I don't see anything wrong with it, myself. I was kinda looking at this bewilderedly. Now the claiming to actually -be- a fox, and openly saying you want to have sex in a fursuit, thats not my fav there. Of course I've also been known to go out in full ren gear or steam punk gear, or whatever the heck else I want to wear on a given day, usually the only comments I get are from other people asking me where to get something or another to do with my wardrobe for themselves. I -did- have someone make fun of the feather in my top hat once. But since the person in question had admitted to being a lady who sold her 'affections' for cash in my hearing I wasn't all that worried about what she thought.
Whats wrong with it people, is the general public does not approve of furrys. We do not need fucktards wearing ears/tails in public to further push the GP away from understanding.
Every time some shit for brains goes out in a tail, or spouts off "I'm a furry!" it damages the collective good. Now, I will wear con t-shirts in public, once in a while, but even that I do only after thinking about where I will be going.
Yeah, but who are we to set a bar saying 'you must be this intelligent to dress the way you want to' or ..hand out say pamphlets on the appropriate thing to say when confronted with someone who doesn't like furs, or how to present yourself while 'representing'.
People have the right to dress how they want to, and to take the consequences of doing that, whatever they may be. We can -hope- to be well represented by folks who are obviously fans, but we can't demand it.
People have the right to dress how they want to, and to take the consequences of doing that, whatever they may be. We can -hope- to be well represented by folks who are obviously fans, but we can't demand it.
Sure we can. It's the basis of civilized social interaction. Obviously if someone shits in a bag at your dinner table then hands it to you, you're going to tell them to GTFO.
Lacking fashion sense, and representing a fandom that isn't well understood by the general public is not tantamount to shitting in a bag at a dinner.
You get no points for 'shock' value, or for strawman arguments.
Frankly there are worse things a person could do, and we would to better to apply social pressures to -that-, like convincing people to keep the fetish aspects in their bedrooms.
When I was in school, the "general public" didn't approve of nerds who'd rather spend their time reading in the library than getting smeared into the grass on the football field. They didn't approve of science-fiction fans. They didn't approve of women who wanted to do things outside of cooking and cleaning and taking care of a home. They didn't approve of those SCA weirdos. They didn't approve of people who read comics who were over the age of 12. They didn't approve of people who weren't one of the standard flavors of Christian. They didn't approve of men with hair longer than about 3 inches.
Fortunately my parents drummed it into me that, if I was otherwise behaving in a civilized manner, the problem was with Mrs. Grundy, not me.
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For some people, it would be like if someone walked around in public in full S&M gear (which I know happens, but still).
I don't know.
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I suppose there is the old fall back, "Is it true you do it doggy-style so you can both watch Jeopardy at the same time?"
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Every time some shit for brains goes out in a tail, or spouts off "I'm a furry!" it damages the collective good. Now, I will wear con t-shirts in public, once in a while, but even that I do only after thinking about where I will be going.
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People have the right to dress how they want to, and to take the consequences of doing that, whatever they may be. We can -hope- to be well represented by folks who are obviously fans, but we can't demand it.
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Sure we can. It's the basis of civilized social interaction. Obviously if someone shits in a bag at your dinner table then hands it to you, you're going to tell them to GTFO.
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You get no points for 'shock' value, or for strawman arguments.
Frankly there are worse things a person could do, and we would to better to apply social pressures to -that-, like convincing people to keep the fetish aspects in their bedrooms.
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Fortunately my parents drummed it into me that, if I was otherwise behaving in a civilized manner, the problem was with Mrs. Grundy, not me.
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