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Papabear,

I keep hearing about animosity between Furries and Bronies. Having recently become a fan of My Little Pony, and having been a Furry for several years, I'm thinking about a possible way to end the feud. Would going to a Brony convention as a "sleeper furry," making friends with a lot of people there, and revealing I'm a Furry at the last minute be a good idea, or do you think I should do something different?

Alec

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Hi, Alec,

It’s nice of you to want to do something to help unite Bronies with the rest of the fandom, but I’m not so sure your strategy is a good idea. Mostly because you are taking advantage of people’s trust and then revealing at the last minute you’re a furry (although, ironically, IMO all Bronies are already furries). This immediately sends a message to the Bronies that you have been lying to them, which will naturally make them wonder if you can be trusted in the future.

Even if your idea did work and the Bronies really liked you, just the fact that you were cool with them wouldn’t mean they would think that all furries would be just as cool. In fact, they would be very foolish to make such a generalization.

I believe, like everything else in the fandom, there will always be some conflict between furries and Bronies because, psychologically speaking, whenever you differentiate between two groups of people you create an “us” vs. “them” mentality that cannot be fully overcome.

However, there is hope that we can minimize such animosities over time.

It’s rather silly that we should be fighting each other, but that’s what people tend to do. It doesn’t matter if you’re a furry, Brony, mundane, or whatever. People are naturally prone to this type of mentality in which they form tight bonds within groups and then look at others with fear, anger, or mistrust. The best way to stop this is to join groups under one umbrella, but if you asked Bronies to call themselves furries, or vice versa, you would get resistance, which means possibly creating a new name for all groups—furries, Bronies, therians, otherkin etc. etc.—which would be artificial and rather strained.

I suppose such things are best left to heal organically or not at all. If we could combine diversity with tolerance, that would be the best solution of all. Or, as Tom Lehrer once made famous with a song, perhaps we should have a national day of tolerance to unite us.

Papabear

Here’s the song :-)

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Been here about one week (I've been a furry for a long time though), so I'd like to get to know y'all, and the proper way to be here. Help? Made a few posts, nothing much. What kinda people are you?

I seriously don't know how to ask for help...

Edit: I just like having conversations too...

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Hey everyone it's Naku12 again. We have decided upon a story line and have barely started. This is a last call for people to join

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20 year old, Male fennic here with black and white fur. And I wear a lot of green. :p And like the title says, I'm not exactly new. I've been a furry for quite some time, I just never really talked to anyone about it. I go on SecondLife every once in a while, ad I've met some of the coolest people on there. But lately me and all my SL friends and completely lost contact. It's kind of sad. I moved an hour away from where I grew up, so I've been kinda lonely lately. I've been out here a year and haven't met a single person. So I guess I'm just wondering if anyone wants to talk? Maybe kik or something. :3

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We talk some more about the approaching MFF Size Matters Spectacular (boy, I'm really setting everyone up for disappointment there, aren't I?), read some emails (GUYS WE ACTUALLY GOT EMAILS!!) and continue to be our big goofy selves. Episode 10.5 (2013-11-04)

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Author: KnotCast@foxstuffers.com This week on Knotcast, we continue to work through our backlog of emails left over from our brief hiatus. This weeks music is “Steel Machines“ by Look Left, off their album “Waiting”http://lookleft.us/album/waiting Use our coupon code ‘knot’ at AdamEve.com for a great deal. Episode 235 – Gotta Pod Fast ( 27.5 MB; AAC)Episode […] KnotCast: Episode 235 – Gotta Pod Fast

Hi! I'm Issacs! I've had an interest in the furries for a few years now; looking at artwork, drawing anthro characters, reading furry comics and the like, but I've only just recently gotten comfortable with the whole "I'm a furry" thing. So, I figured reddit might be the best way to make some friends in the fandom!

My fursona is a grey werewolf with long ears like a rabbit and a bushy tail. He's 21 years old and always wears a turtleneck sweater, cargo pants and a coat with sleeves that cover his hands. (I have a few drawings that I may upload in the future, once I find one decent enough:P)

Anyway, thanks for reading!

Thank you all! I feel so welcome!:3

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Hi I am not that new to furry stuff but i am still kinda new. I have never really told anyone that I am a furry because no one in my family would except that and think I am weird. I have only told one friend and he is really close. So other than that I would like one day to go to a convention and stuff and have my own suit. I like the furry lifestyle or what I have seen lifestyle you guys are and I want to do that one day. My fursona is a blue body green haired fox ... Haven't thought about a name or do I need one? I hope to find friends one day that are into furries and we can chill. I am 17 right now so I can really go to cons and stuff. Thanks for reading and sorry for the grammatical mistakes I suck at English. Hope I can talk to you guys and I'll see if I can make my fursona drawing one day.

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The BTSync Key is "FURRIES ARE FOREVER" in base32::

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