Rant Thread: Furry Conventions, Groomers, and Other Shit

Content Warnings: Sexual Assault/Harassment (groping, pertaining to someone else)

Scroll down if you wanna see the thread. Like, sorry for the textwall.

Context:

This Twitter thread was made as a response to Twitter user Spiralvro, on a tweet regarding their experience at Furry Weekend Atlanta. He was struggling with the constant two-faced nature of the fandom, as well as the constant call-out culture and other toxicities within.

Later on in the convention, notwithstanding the constant sexual comments he had been getting, Spiral was sexually assaulted by someone during the after hours section of the convention, that is, being groped. These experiences ultimately disillusioned him with the fandom, and left him considering leaving the fandom.

On 13th May, 2023, he had posted a tweet stating that Furry Weekend Atlanta could be "[his] last convention for a very long time," and deciding to sell off his fursuit. The tweet read and implied that he would be leaving the fandom, and referred to details that would be posted through his Instagram page.

Later, on the 14th of May, he had posted another tweet explaining what had happened, in the form of four Apple Notes screenshots. It also showed that he had also talked with some friends about the situation, and is now considering to stay in the furry community. This tweet is the source of the information stated above.

I had posted a thread of tweets explaining my reaction to the situation. However, I posted it as a Twitter Circle post instead of publicly, to avoid offending the OP and other furries. I now feel that my opinion should be deemed enough to post publicly, albeit through a lesser format (such as Newgrounds Blogs). It will take some more consideration to see if I should post this thread on Twitter.

Please note that these are totally my reactions, unfiltered from the tweets made in thread. However, though these are my reactions to this situation, note that I am not categorizing every furry to be this way. In fact, I've met furries who are the opposite of what I am describing. However, I really don't care about that right then, it's more of a "off my chest post". I do not mean any true ill will against any group of people.

Thread:

Yep, he got groped. Fuckin called it. [Previously, I had a hunch that he had been groped by someone.]

God, I fucking hate furries.

Like all of you fuckers act like "oh the fandom is all good and safe and perfect etc etc" but as soon as shit like this happens, you heel 180 and talk about how creeps infiltrate the fandom. Like the paperfaces they are.

It's a shame, because when I, along with other nobodies, try pointing the attention, we all get lambasted. Being accused of "breaking the magic."

The "magic" of the fandom cannot be broken because it hasn't existed for the past fifteen years.

It's a choice between learning the "easy way" and the "hard way" regarding creeps in the fandom. Strangely enough, it's always the "hard way" that comes out on top.

This reminds me a lot about Nineteen-Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Yes, this sounds corny, but hear me out:

The proles in the book are always ignorant of the things happening in Oceania, whether it be willfully or through forced conditioning.

Yes, you know what I'm getting at. The furry community is a bunch of proles. They learn about petty drama though their media, and preform a Two Minutes Hate against the instigator, then forget about it a week later.

There's a full on Hate Week here and there, but at the end of the day, the furry fandom is a bunch of droning little pathetic proles.

Anyways, that's my little tirade for the day. Whether this be a cautionary tale of keeping a fandom unchecked or a "every once in a while thing" that happens nearly every convention is up to your volition. Then again, most of you can't even make independent thoughts.

I'll probably repost this publicly, get lambasted to the second power, get blocked by Spiral, etc etc, but there's a snowball's chance I'm going to gain any traction with twenty-four[six] followers.

Yeah, shitty rant, shitty people, shitty opinions. Everything's so shitty that it'd make a people into scat start gagging. GrayDolf out.