Honestly, I think both sides need some wake-up calls. As a furry, there are a lot of things that I can be accepting of, and I can also be VERY protective against fur-haters that say completely ridiculous things against us. First: Fur-haters need to realize that what the Furry Fandom has as kinks are only different from non-fur because it HAS FUR. You could probably find "normal" art with the same gore, child porn, scat, and various other twisted things. It isn't just Furry and we DON'T need to be attacked for it. Another thing: if you don't like the content of a place like VCL or FurAffinity's adult work, THEN DON'T GO THERE.
It is very difficult to STUMBLE across that stuff unless you aren't paying attention. Especially with Furaffinity, this is true. The only way you can view the adult material there is if you turn off the filters from your CONTROL PANEL, meaning that you would HAVE TO BE A MEMBER!! Common sense, people. As for a lot of fur-haters claims that we purposefully set ourselves up for persecution by bringing our fandom out into the open, I have this to say: ANIME, STAR TREK, NRA!
The only way in which we bring this crap out into the open is by some stupid furs putting things where they should not be, and that is easily taken care of. And even that is not abnormal. You will most likely find some unrelated and often times questionable material on the internet, which I am reminding all is a mixing pot of every sort of positive and negative information, and the difference between them is often misconstrued.
If you want to talk about our conventions, that is optional attendence too. If you want to go into the fact that you sometimes see furs in their suits on the streets, I also can say this: PROFFESION! Consider that it might be someone that actually has a reason to be in the suit. They might be an entertainer and have nothing really to do with the furry fandom at all. And if they do, there are so many worse things seen on the streets than animal costumes, people.
Now, the Furries have a few things they need to learn too.
NOT EVERYONE IS OUT TO GET YOU!!!
Sure, some people think its weird, but if that's all they say, then don't attack them for saying it. People have the right to an opinion, even if it makes you want to kill them. Also, stop using the CSI episode of "Fur and Loathing in Las Vegas" as an example of "fursecution". There are a lot of things on there that can be CONSIDERED INSULTING! Now, a specific case on a furry relationship gone wrong is nothing you need to be jumping on as fursecution!
Most of all, both sides need to learn discretion. Seriously, I think that the subject should be permanantly left alone, but you know the nature of things. That kind of wish could never be granted because humans are too in love with the sounds of their own voices.
I won't deny that, but PEOPLE, not just furs, do that. I hate it when some of my friends randomly go on a rant about their crazy sex lives. Frankly, I'm not interested and I think that its better left for the bedroom. And the people I'm talking about aren't even furs. Well... that was a lie. There's one. ONLY ONE.
I think that holds true too. Looking into it, I've found that to be the case myself. When I was a kid, I had a pet cat that I loved more than anything in the world. One day, something very bad happened to it in my house (I had a bad home) and it ran away. That cat was my only comfort from my responsibility of taking care of my little sister when I was only seven years old because my dad couldn't get a job, food, or a proper house and it was up to me to keep my sister alive. Since then, I can't stand the thought of animal cruelty and I guess it just went deeper than that.
