I saw that poll on FurAffinity. ~_~ I didn't vote for either side, because frankly, "cub art" is just depraved to me, it's just another form of "loli" art, I'll admit.
"Um, there are a number of zoophiles associated with the furry fandom, and I know this from direct experience.", Okay, yes, there are, but there's a lot of GOOD furs out there, so you can't judge everyone of us for someone else's "likes", even if they're disgusting.
"Look, I know how this works; I've seen this arguement before. I know the furry community as a whole is excessively defensive, and will tirelessly fight percieved insults to the fandom, especially on the issue of sexuality. But in those fights, you hamstring yourselves by pretending there isn't a problem, that there isn't a *sizable* number of furs openly engaging in some really ****ed up stuff when all you have to do is scan VCL to see that's true.", Can you blame us for being defensive? I've seen some of the harassment that goes on first hand, and it's not funny, people expect us to "play fair" when we discuss the sexuality thing, but let's face it; You start calling someone gay or stupid or whatever they can muster up and giving out threats(granted, they can't/probably won't deliver on them, but still), you're of course gonna see us get defensive. Some of us don't pretend there's no problem with what others do/draw/say, because some of us still actually get disgusted by some of this stuff. The whole "fursuit yiffing" thing ain't that weird, trust me, and never will be, and zoophilia, well, okay, you have me there.
"The problem is that the furry fandom is exceptionally accepting of any and all kinks/perversions/whatever, and those voices and their art tend to be loud and visible, which means that non-furs are likely to see stuff that freaks them out, leading to a bad impression. You can't simply deny that stuff is out there. The best you can do is note that not all furs are in it for sex, and even those that are, not all are terrifyingly kinky.", Okay, yeah, maybe we do accept too many kinks, but you gotta understand, these people have minds of their own, which are, sadly, VERY open, add in free will, and, well.. I don't have to say, do I? And as for the art? It's a way of expressing one's self.... Most of it, some just do it for the hell of it. And if what some of us do freaks people out, then why the HELL are they looking at the stuff in the first place? They need something to rant about on somethingawful?
And also, why would you go poking around the adult rated art on VCL? Do you enjoy studying us or something? x.o; there's pg stuffs too..