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Vintage Furry Content@oldfurrystuff.bsky.social |
The string of horrible furry media coverage in the early 2000s didn't exist in a vacuum. It was part of a massive post-9/11 push for jingoism and "normalcy" on TV. So everybody "different" or "marginal" would be portrayed as a villain or be made the target of mockery. Hence furry marginalization.
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tarocco
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source?
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Lilla "Firebreath" Lagan
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It always felt weird to me that anything "Non-mainstream" I liked was being attacked, somehow... And now, it makes a whole lot of sense. Shame that we're seeing jingoism making a new-age resurgence, unfortunately. :\
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Sotalo
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We were already xenophobic/homophobic/racist, and consumerist long before 9/11. And Christian/conservative. Bush leading the war/recovery made it obvious. TV was full of sex abuse crime drama while print had yellow journalism. Put it in a blender with the animation age ghetto, you get reactionaries.
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Xydexx Unicorn 🦄💕🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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As a frequent target of shitty websites that regarded anyone weird as something to be mocked (they were a dime a dozen back then), can confirm.
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Flounder
@flounder.bsky.social
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What's this from?
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That Zapher Guy
@zapher.bsky.social
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how does that explain the mockery that existed before 9/11
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Roland Guiscard
@rolandguiscard.bsky.social
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Remember all the anti-gay, anti-muslim, anti-women, "edgy" flash cartoons from places like NewGrounds? People seem not to.
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Serophous ➡️ AC
@serophous.bsky.social
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Even today, type into Google "that one episode" and get a result that still makes me shutter
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Artyewok/Sprinkles/Robin
@artyewok.bsky.social
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There's a reason I essentially vanished from sight in about 2002. I'm not doing that again, but I was NOT I'm a good place. To quote RATM, fuck you. I won't do what you tell me.
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Glup Shitto
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Holy Shart I never realized this, and I was fresh out of high school in 2003
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🔥Ash🍉Cinder🔥
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All my childhood I was told “you can be anything you want.” Without hearing the catch of “as long as you’re the you that we want you to be.”
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