Time to speak my mind on another thing which is apparently, in fact, a thing. The cycle of learning new things every day never appears to end on this amazing world.
So it seems a new meme has emerged within this fandom: Blocking people from watching you on art sites (especially Furaffinity) if you don't like the social and political opinions they express on social media (namely Twitter). It's one of those things you don't even have a reason to imagine until you actually see it happen, and the sad part is it can even include people you would least expect it from: Every once in a while when I try to fave art, FA randomly informs me that people I've been watching for years have blocked me... without me ever speaking a word to them, nor they ever contacting me.
In none of those cases do I even have any idea what the reason is to begin with: I'm left asking myself "what the heck is this person's problem, how did I offend them"? I suspect it has to do with Twitter as it seems to have started happening after I've become more active there... which includes commenting on political stuff daily, whereas recently I've been involved in trying to break up witch hunts against several figures in the fandom. This sort of behavior is disgraceful in my opinion, and I condone it for a variety of reasons:
Overall my view of the furry fandom has changed a lot after this experience. The whole thing about furries being accepting people is just another lie... as is every good thing presented to you in this world: This fandom is as (in)tolerant as all of mainstream society, which sums up to "you are very welcome and we all love you... till we're offended by something then you can burn in hell". It's just the surprise that's a little bitter, as I convinced myself I've seen everything by now and couldn't possibly be disappointed by anything new. The rest I'm more than used to: My entire life I've been surrounded by people who judged me for who I am, I've lived fighting against their hatred for over 20 years now... at this point I'm dead inside from it, every day I feel like a soldier on the battlefield surrounded by troops and mines and guns... I know every friend may be fake, just another enemy in disguise ready to strike the moment they discover you're not one of them. The funny thing is I still haven't given up, and never will for as long as I exist... keep that part well in mind, all of you who hate others for refusing to conform to the strict views and way of life you try to brainwash them into!
In ending, let this be a word of warning to everyone else: If you agree or disagree with the wrong person or idea on social media, expect to find yourself randomly blocked by friends on art sites. Blocking is no longer a system to defend yourself from people harassing you, but a tool in imposing social conformity. It's sad what both the online and offline world have become, but this is what it is today.
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If anyone wants an example of exactly what I mean, this just happened a few minutes before or after I posted this journal:
Yesterday I found an account on Twitter, which I decided to follow because they share nice art. Earlier today they made a few casual rant tweets, something about how they're sick of people using the word "birb" instead of "bird". I gently joked by saying "birb still sounds a little cute". I came back later and what do you know: The person messages me to ask me if I want to get blocked... after which they proceeded to block me either way without even waiting for the answer.
Here is the thing: If these sorts of things were just isolated cases, I'd just laugh and move on... the creepy thing here is that it's not. I am literally trying to understand: What the fuck?! What is wrong with some people, what causes any sane self-aware person to react so extremely to virtually nothing? I've been part of this fandom for years and met many people in it, but can't say I've ever seen anything like this up until now. It's literally like everyone around me is slowly losing their minds, and I honestly don't know what I can expect from people any more. Perhaps someone can clarify what's happening in the world right now, because I for one can no longer understand anything.