People have accurately pointed out that a lot of furry hate is rooted in homophobia, but I think ableism against autistic people plays a big and largely unexamined part too.
It's quite common, yeah. The furry fandom has a lot to appeal to people on the autism spectrum, the most obvious being that furry characters tend to have large, friendly, easy-to-read faces.
People have accurately pointed out that a lot of furry hate is rooted in homophobia, but I think ableism against autistic people plays a big and largely unexamined part too.
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It's quite common, yeah. The furry fandom has a lot to appeal to people on the autism spectrum, the most obvious being that furry characters tend to have large, friendly, easy-to-read faces.
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