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CMV: I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with furries

I would like to preface this by saying that there is a lot I don't know about the furry community but I personally feel like as long as they aren't sexualizing children or participating in bestiality with real animals I don't really see the harm in furries and I don't really understand why they're so hated. If there are furries that sexualize children then the issue would be with pedophiles not with furries and if there are people who have sex with animals then I would once again argue that its a separate issue from being a furry.

I would agree that it is somewhat strange and it is a lifestyle that I wouldn't choose for myself and would possibly get uncomfortable with seeing in person but I do feel like there is an unwarranted hatred for them and they are treated with this absolute disgust. I don't see the harm in dressing like anthropomorphic animals and that the general population is very prejudiced against them so I would like to hear some arguments as to why being a furry is something as horrible as people make it out to be.
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The issue stems from the prevalence of pornography and sexualization within the community. While the characters that we know of who began as anthropomorphic characters have the connotation of the story they appeared in, furries as a community are rife with sexuality, and being that much of that sexuality involves the *genitalia of animals*, it is extremely off putting to those outside the community.

Further, while it is understandable for someone to want to change themselves to present as a different sex, as that is still withing the scope of humanity, wanting to change ines appearance to present as not just an animal, but specifically a cartoon animal, often fails to bridge the gap of the uncanny valley, and are therefore, in a word, "creepy".

Finally, due to the memeification of the community at large, this has led to many of the hormonal and younger members of the community being outspoken and developing a persecution complex, leading them to become less of a person with a weird hobby, and more of a militant prosthelytizer of their identity, which is almost universally a bad look.