What do you think about the Furry Fandom

[wolf92]

I don't really care one way or the other

 

[Weaver]

I think my issue with it comes from the people who let their fandom define who they are, instead of having it be a part of who they are. If you spend all your time on furry chat boards, and you look to meet furries in real life because you only want to socialize with furries, and only look at furry art... you've let it go way too far.

Enjoying it is one thing, obsession is another.

Like let's, much to my fear of getting screamed at, equate it with gay people. Most gay people you can't tell are gay. I have several gay friends, I go out to lunch with a gay guy at work every day. Their sexuality is just part of who they are, because it is who they are.

The issue comes when someone throws on a fake lisp, wears rainbow everything, constantly prattles on about how much fun he had in the gay club last night, etc. It's annoying and it comes off as really fake to me. You're letting your sexuality define every facet of your life and I just see it as borderline harmful.

 

[Knight Captain Kerr]

Different strokes for different folks. Personally I don't like it but that doesn't mean somebody else can't. Doesn't harm anyone or effect me so knock yourself out. Just live and let live really.

 

[demoman_chaos]

-snipedy do dah, snipedy yay-

You are in the same boat I am. I like the artwork, but some people take it way to far.

I do often ponder how the world would be different if they were real. Would they be treated as equals? or would they be slaves? Would it be more like blacks in US during the 1950's? How would society treat mixed couples?

 

[Dante DiVongola]

I'm cool with liking anthro stuff. However, I can't really get into the idea of actually role-playing as a furry (or as anything tbh). I'd rather keep fantasy and reality separate, though there's nothing wrong with expressing your fandom of things. I just don't personally see the need to cosplay or role-play the things I enjoy.

 

[The .50 Caliber Cow]

As a member of the fandom I admit I am quite fond of it...

[sub][sub]Moo! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9iIgQN5uZE][/sub][/sub]

 

[The Preened Mr. Fust]

I've had a lot of experiences with furries (unfortunately, for the most part) so I've got a pretty decent opinion to offer here (but just an opinion, mind you).

Sure, there's a lot of furries that are very cool people. Sure, every nerdy fandom has a lot of awful porn drawn of it (seriously, try Mass Effect for example) and I still say the Anime-Weeaboo-Whatever subculture has that bit even worse than furries.

But

But in the large amount of time I have for reference, overall I'm going to say I despise and revile furries. Not all of them, but the overall. Extremely common problems I ran into were heavy insecurity, an inclination towards whiny, entitled, hypocritcal behavior. A lot of furries are very childish in all of the wrong ways. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for holding onto your childhood. But acting like a mature adult in an environment saturated with a mature adult theme should be a given. Come to think of it, I met a lot of very spiteful people too. Like a lot of nerdy cultures, yeah, but it seems more common.

There's definitely a sort of sexual deviancy going on in that, it seems like furries can never really let go of sex as a topic. At any given time I'd find that conversation would deviate from a normal topic into something like that, or goodness forbid someone's fetish (which furries are ALL TOO KEEN to share with you).

I don't see anything wrong with the characters myself. I don't like fursuits, but I don't see the big deal with them either (until they inject a nasty fetish into it).

In general these days I avoid them. I used to like furries, and they like a lot of the same things I do. But the problem is there's a line in the sand I draw in what I consider acceptable, and too many of them cross that.

Also, there are furries who will protect and hide someone who molests animals, even though I'd say the majority of them will go on a witch hunt to find someone like that. Some of the ones that have hidden these awful people have been known to have influence in the particular fandom. There's far too many child and animal molesters hiding in plain sight in the fandom for me to ever fully accept it.

This is a friendly reminder that this is all an opinion, and I speak purely from my own experiences with furries. If you disagree with what I'm presenting, look inward to the fandom for the reason I said it.


Edit: Furry Preachers will preach and preach the aspects and virtues of the fandom, but seriously folks even though it's true there are a lot of good aspects of it, it's not -all- sunshine and rainbows.

 

[Promethax]

Furrys = bronies that are harder to single out and not as annoying, but still just as obnoxious and stupid.

 

[Worgen]

In my own unfortunately extensive experience with furries, they're a heavily socially-defective bunch. That wouldn't be so bad if a lot of them didn't possess an egotistical self-righteousness and pridefully perpetuate even their more socially abhorrent characteristics. The sexual aspect is awkward too. I get the feeling that furries are the by-product of a developmental abnormality. I've met about 2 or 3 "normal" furries in my life.

That said, I still enjoy some anthropomorphic art and characters, I just wish furries didn't draw such a negative association.

I can kind of understand why they seem to egotistical and self righteous, I mean they are probably the easiest whipping boy on the entire internet, even pedo's seem to get more respect then they do, a sense of pride tends to come from situations like that. "they just hate what I am and I'm better because I'm not one of them" kinda thing, if they were more accepted it probably wouldn't be there quite as bad.

Yeah, I see where you're coming from. There's definitely a truth to that. The issue is that their attitude seems to only accentuate more obvious flaws. If more of them actually possessed basic social faculties, then I don't think their self righteousness and egotism would come off as quite so unwarranted. That said, I suppose it's always good to empathize with the plights of others.

I think judging any group by the actions of a portion of them is a mistake, but its also one of the hardest things to not do, I mean finding crazy examples of a group is easy since the crazy ones will loudly proclaim they are members, finding the saner members is harder since it means you have to actually find out if someone is a member of said group.

 

[The Preened Mr. Fust]

In my own unfortunately extensive experience with furries, they're a heavily socially-defective bunch. That wouldn't be so bad if a lot of them didn't possess an egotistical self-righteousness and pridefully perpetuate even their more socially abhorrent characteristics. The sexual aspect is awkward too. I get the feeling that furries are the by-product of a developmental abnormality. I've met about 2 or 3 "normal" furries in my life.

That said, I still enjoy some anthropomorphic art and characters, I just wish furries didn't draw such a negative association.

I can kind of understand why they seem to egotistical and self righteous, I mean they are probably the easiest whipping boy on the entire internet, even pedo's seem to get more respect then they do, a sense of pride tends to come from situations like that. "they just hate what I am and I'm better because I'm not one of them" kinda thing, if they were more accepted it probably wouldn't be there quite as bad.

Yeah, I see where you're coming from. There's definitely a truth to that. The issue is that their attitude seems to only accentuate more obvious flaws. If more of them actually possessed basic social faculties, then I don't think their self righteousness and egotism would come off as quite so unwarranted. That said, I suppose it's always good to empathize with the plights of others.

I think judging any group by the actions of a portion of them is a mistake, but its also one of the hardest things to not do, I mean finding crazy examples of a group is easy since the crazy ones will loudly proclaim they are members, finding the saner members is harder since it means you have to actually find out if someone is a member of said group.

3-4 years I think is a good way to get an approximation.

 

[axlryder]

In my own unfortunately extensive experience with furries, they're a heavily socially-defective bunch. That wouldn't be so bad if a lot of them didn't possess an egotistical self-righteousness and pridefully perpetuate even their more socially abhorrent characteristics. The sexual aspect is awkward too. I get the feeling that furries are the by-product of a developmental abnormality. I've met about 2 or 3 "normal" furries in my life.

That said, I still enjoy some anthropomorphic art and characters, I just wish furries didn't draw such a negative association.

I can kind of understand why they seem to egotistical and self righteous, I mean they are probably the easiest whipping boy on the entire internet, even pedo's seem to get more respect then they do, a sense of pride tends to come from situations like that. "they just hate what I am and I'm better because I'm not one of them" kinda thing, if they were more accepted it probably wouldn't be there quite as bad.

Yeah, I see where you're coming from. There's definitely a truth to that. The issue is that their attitude seems to only accentuate more obvious flaws. If more of them actually possessed basic social faculties, then I don't think their self righteousness and egotism would come off as quite so unwarranted. That said, I suppose it's always good to empathize with the plights of others.

I think judging any group by the actions of a portion of them is a mistake, but its also one of the hardest things to not do, I mean finding crazy examples of a group is easy since the crazy ones will loudly proclaim they are members, finding the saner members is harder since it means you have to actually find out if someone is a member of said group.

I doubt it's just a small portion, it's almost definitely a large percentage if not the majority. As I said, I've met a LOT of furries. I'm not just referring to the loud, obvious furries either. Even the quieter ones or those who mostly stay within their own community. It all happened because I had this friend a couple years ago. I mostly befriended him because I felt sorry for him; he was a really weird dude. Awkward, selfish, obnoxious and practically no redeeming qualities. I tried my best to bring out the best in him, help him with his issues, but I ultimately just failed. Eventually he told me he was a furry. This is before I even knew what that was, and so I was genuinely curious. He made me friend all his friends on DA and made me get a fur affinity account. At first I tried to keep an open mind about the whole thing, but after branching out and meeting friends of friends and posting on the forums, the reality of the subculture became clear. Ultimately I met or interacted with a good 300-400 or so furries through forums, irc, DA, etc. They were almost all like clones of him with varying degrees of neurosis. Some hid it better than others. What I found odd is that so many of them had these same negative qualities that I mentioned earlier. Even my friend who had previously not even mentioned that he was a furry to anyone outside his own community. There were a few genuinely good ones in the bunch, but they were the vast minority. I'm sure that a lot of the better ones do stay away from sharing their interest (with forums like that why wouldn't you?), but I feel safe in saying they make up the minority. What's more, when judging a community, there's not much point in taking into account those who don't even seem to participate in said community. I'll admit to being a little biased, having had frustrating firsthand experience, but I don't think my position is all that ridiculous either. Though, I never really had to deal with the prosecution aspect firsthand (since I've never identified myself as a furry), so I'm sure many of them got a lot more shit than I did.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

I haven't heard of anything about the furry fandom in months, maybe over a year. It looks like since the MLP craze, everyone seems to have forgotten about furries for ripping on or loving MLP. They're just like any other fetish now, they're just there.

 

[Worgen]

In my own unfortunately extensive experience with furries, they're a heavily socially-defective bunch. That wouldn't be so bad if a lot of them didn't possess an egotistical self-righteousness and pridefully perpetuate even their more socially abhorrent characteristics. The sexual aspect is awkward too. I get the feeling that furries are the by-product of a developmental abnormality. I've met about 2 or 3 "normal" furries in my life.

That said, I still enjoy some anthropomorphic art and characters, I just wish furries didn't draw such a negative association.

I can kind of understand why they seem to egotistical and self righteous, I mean they are probably the easiest whipping boy on the entire internet, even pedo's seem to get more respect then they do, a sense of pride tends to come from situations like that. "they just hate what I am and I'm better because I'm not one of them" kinda thing, if they were more accepted it probably wouldn't be there quite as bad.

Yeah, I see where you're coming from. There's definitely a truth to that. The issue is that their attitude seems to only accentuate more obvious flaws. If more of them actually possessed basic social faculties, then I don't think their self righteousness and egotism would come off as quite so unwarranted. That said, I suppose it's always good to empathize with the plights of others.

I think judging any group by the actions of a portion of them is a mistake, but its also one of the hardest things to not do, I mean finding crazy examples of a group is easy since the crazy ones will loudly proclaim they are members, finding the saner members is harder since it means you have to actually find out if someone is a member of said group.

I doubt it's just a small portion, it's almost definitely a large percentage if not the majority. As I said, I've met a LOT of furries. I'm not just referring to the loud, obvious furries either. Even the quieter ones or those who mostly stay within their own community. It all happened because I had this friend a couple years ago. I mostly befriended him because I felt sorry for him; he was a really weird dude. Awkward, selfish, obnoxious and practically no redeeming qualities. I tried my best to bring out the best in him, help him with his issues, but I ultimately just failed. Eventually he told me he was a furry. This is before I even knew what that was, and so I was genuinely curious. He made me friend all his friends on DA and made me get a fur affinity account. At first I tried to keep an open mind about the whole thing, but after branching out and meeting friends of friends and posting on the forums, the reality of the subculture became clear. Ultimately I met or interacted with a good 300-400 or so furries through forums, irc, DA, etc. They were almost all like clones of him with varying degrees of neurosis. Some hid it better than others. What I found odd is that so many of them had these same negative qualities that I mentioned earlier. Even my friend who had previously not even mentioned that he was a furry to anyone outside his own community. There were a few genuinely good ones in the bunch, but they were the vast minority. I'm sure that a lot of the better ones do stay away from sharing their interest (with forums like that why wouldn't you?), but I feel safe in saying they make up the minority. What's more, when judging a community, there's not much point in taking into account those who don't even seem to participate in said community. I'll admit to being a little biased, having had frustrating firsthand experience, but I don't think my position is all that ridiculous either. Though, I never really had to deal with the prosecution aspect firsthand (since I've never identified myself as a furry), so I'm sure many of them got a lot more shit than I did.

I still don't really buy it but then again I have never actually looked into furry beyond the art they draw and to understand what broad versions of them there are. If you find the art offensive then you probably shouldn't be on the internet anyway since there is much more fucked up stuff that ppl take pictures of.

 

[Terminate421]

In my own unfortunately extensive experience with furries, they're a heavily socially-defective bunch. That wouldn't be so bad if a lot of them didn't possess an egotistical self-righteousness and pridefully perpetuate even their more socially abhorrent characteristics. The sexual aspect is awkward too. I get the feeling that furries are the by-product of a developmental abnormality. I've met about 2 or 3 "normal" furries in my life.

That said, I still enjoy some anthropomorphic art and characters, I just wish furries didn't draw such a negative association.

I can kind of understand why they seem to egotistical and self righteous, I mean they are probably the easiest whipping boy on the entire internet, even pedo's seem to get more respect then they do, a sense of pride tends to come from situations like that. "they just hate what I am and I'm better because I'm not one of them" kinda thing, if they were more accepted it probably wouldn't be there quite as bad.

Yeah, I see where you're coming from. There's definitely a truth to that. The issue is that their attitude seems to only accentuate more obvious flaws. If more of them actually possessed basic social faculties, then I don't think their self righteousness and egotism would come off as quite so unwarranted. That said, I suppose it's always good to empathize with the plights of others.

I think judging any group by the actions of a portion of them is a mistake, but its also one of the hardest things to not do, I mean finding crazy examples of a group is easy since the crazy ones will loudly proclaim they are members, finding the saner members is harder since it means you have to actually find out if someone is a member of said group.

I doubt it's just a small portion, it's almost definitely a large percentage if not the majority. As I said, I've met a LOT of furries. I'm not just referring to the loud, obvious furries either. Even the quieter ones or those who mostly stay within their own community. It all happened because I had this friend a couple years ago. I mostly befriended him because I felt sorry for him; he was a really weird dude. Awkward, selfish, obnoxious and practically no redeeming qualities. I tried my best to bring out the best in him, help him with his issues, but I ultimately just failed. Eventually he told me he was a furry. This is before I even knew what that was, and so I was genuinely curious. He made me friend all his friends on DA and made me get a fur affinity account. At first I tried to keep an open mind about the whole thing, but after branching out and meeting friends of friends and posting on the forums, the reality of the subculture became clear. Ultimately I met or interacted with a good 300-400 or so furries through forums, irc, DA, etc. They were almost all like clones of him with varying degrees of neurosis. Some hid it better than others. What I found odd is that so many of them had these same negative qualities that I mentioned earlier. Even my friend who had previously not even mentioned that he was a furry to anyone outside his own community. There were a few genuinely good ones in the bunch, but they were the vast minority. I'm sure that a lot of the better ones do stay away from sharing their interest (with forums like that why wouldn't you?), but I feel safe in saying they make up the minority. What's more, when judging a community, there's not much point in taking into account those who don't even seem to participate in said community. I'll admit to being a little biased, having had frustrating firsthand experience, but I don't think my position is all that ridiculous either. Though, I never really had to deal with the prosecution aspect firsthand (since I've never identified myself as a furry), so I'm sure many of them got a lot more shit than I did.

I still don't really buy it but then again I have never actually looked into furry beyond the art they draw and to understand what broad versions of them there are. If you find the art offensive then you probably shouldn't be on the internet anyway since there is much more fucked up stuff that ppl take pictures of.

I guess I'd personally see it as a way of expressing oneself, imagine as of each species or each thing picks their "avatar" based on who they are.

Off topic but out of curiosity, of you were held at gun point to choose your animal for the fandom what would you go with? I'm no furry myself but if forced to...I'd say either a Penguin or Raven

 

[Doctor Glocktor]

Gross.

Just... gross.

 

[Worgen]

In my own unfortunately extensive experience with furries, they're a heavily socially-defective bunch. That wouldn't be so bad if a lot of them didn't possess an egotistical self-righteousness and pridefully perpetuate even their more socially abhorrent characteristics. The sexual aspect is awkward too. I get the feeling that furries are the by-product of a developmental abnormality. I've met about 2 or 3 "normal" furries in my life.

That said, I still enjoy some anthropomorphic art and characters, I just wish furries didn't draw such a negative association.

I can kind of understand why they seem to egotistical and self righteous, I mean they are probably the easiest whipping boy on the entire internet, even pedo's seem to get more respect then they do, a sense of pride tends to come from situations like that. "they just hate what I am and I'm better because I'm not one of them" kinda thing, if they were more accepted it probably wouldn't be there quite as bad.

Yeah, I see where you're coming from. There's definitely a truth to that. The issue is that their attitude seems to only accentuate more obvious flaws. If more of them actually possessed basic social faculties, then I don't think their self righteousness and egotism would come off as quite so unwarranted. That said, I suppose it's always good to empathize with the plights of others.

I think judging any group by the actions of a portion of them is a mistake, but its also one of the hardest things to not do, I mean finding crazy examples of a group is easy since the crazy ones will loudly proclaim they are members, finding the saner members is harder since it means you have to actually find out if someone is a member of said group.

I doubt it's just a small portion, it's almost definitely a large percentage if not the majority. As I said, I've met a LOT of furries. I'm not just referring to the loud, obvious furries either. Even the quieter ones or those who mostly stay within their own community. It all happened because I had this friend a couple years ago. I mostly befriended him because I felt sorry for him; he was a really weird dude. Awkward, selfish, obnoxious and practically no redeeming qualities. I tried my best to bring out the best in him, help him with his issues, but I ultimately just failed. Eventually he told me he was a furry. This is before I even knew what that was, and so I was genuinely curious. He made me friend all his friends on DA and made me get a fur affinity account. At first I tried to keep an open mind about the whole thing, but after branching out and meeting friends of friends and posting on the forums, the reality of the subculture became clear. Ultimately I met or interacted with a good 300-400 or so furries through forums, irc, DA, etc. They were almost all like clones of him with varying degrees of neurosis. Some hid it better than others. What I found odd is that so many of them had these same negative qualities that I mentioned earlier. Even my friend who had previously not even mentioned that he was a furry to anyone outside his own community. There were a few genuinely good ones in the bunch, but they were the vast minority. I'm sure that a lot of the better ones do stay away from sharing their interest (with forums like that why wouldn't you?), but I feel safe in saying they make up the minority. What's more, when judging a community, there's not much point in taking into account those who don't even seem to participate in said community. I'll admit to being a little biased, having had frustrating firsthand experience, but I don't think my position is all that ridiculous either. Though, I never really had to deal with the prosecution aspect firsthand (since I've never identified myself as a furry), so I'm sure many of them got a lot more shit than I did.

I still don't really buy it but then again I have never actually looked into furry beyond the art they draw and to understand what broad versions of them there are. If you find the art offensive then you probably shouldn't be on the internet anyway since there is much more fucked up stuff that ppl take pictures of.

I guess I'd personally see it as a way of expressing oneself, imagine as of each species or each thing picks their "avatar" based on who they are.

Off topic but out of curiosity, of you were held at gun point to choose your animal for the fandom what would you go with? I'm no furry myself but if forced to...I'd say either a Penguin or Raven

I kinda screwed up that sentence, I meant that I looked it up to know what varieties of furrys there were, it seems like fursuiters are more of a subset of furries then the whole thing.

If I had to have an avatar or be a hybrid or something I guess I would go with a crow or some kind of reptile.

 

[axlryder]

In my own unfortunately extensive experience with furries, they're a heavily socially-defective bunch. That wouldn't be so bad if a lot of them didn't possess an egotistical self-righteousness and pridefully perpetuate even their more socially abhorrent characteristics. The sexual aspect is awkward too. I get the feeling that furries are the by-product of a developmental abnormality. I've met about 2 or 3 "normal" furries in my life.

That said, I still enjoy some anthropomorphic art and characters, I just wish furries didn't draw such a negative association.

I can kind of understand why they seem to egotistical and self righteous, I mean they are probably the easiest whipping boy on the entire internet, even pedo's seem to get more respect then they do, a sense of pride tends to come from situations like that. "they just hate what I am and I'm better because I'm not one of them" kinda thing, if they were more accepted it probably wouldn't be there quite as bad.

Yeah, I see where you're coming from. There's definitely a truth to that. The issue is that their attitude seems to only accentuate more obvious flaws. If more of them actually possessed basic social faculties, then I don't think their self righteousness and egotism would come off as quite so unwarranted. That said, I suppose it's always good to empathize with the plights of others.

I think judging any group by the actions of a portion of them is a mistake, but its also one of the hardest things to not do, I mean finding crazy examples of a group is easy since the crazy ones will loudly proclaim they are members, finding the saner members is harder since it means you have to actually find out if someone is a member of said group.

I doubt it's just a small portion, it's almost definitely a large percentage if not the majority. As I said, I've met a LOT of furries. I'm not just referring to the loud, obvious furries either. Even the quieter ones or those who mostly stay within their own community. It all happened because I had this friend a couple years ago. I mostly befriended him because I felt sorry for him; he was a really weird dude. Awkward, selfish, obnoxious and practically no redeeming qualities. I tried my best to bring out the best in him, help him with his issues, but I ultimately just failed. Eventually he told me he was a furry. This is before I even knew what that was, and so I was genuinely curious. He made me friend all his friends on DA and made me get a fur affinity account. At first I tried to keep an open mind about the whole thing, but after branching out and meeting friends of friends and posting on the forums, the reality of the subculture became clear. Ultimately I met or interacted with a good 300-400 or so furries through forums, irc, DA, etc. They were almost all like clones of him with varying degrees of neurosis. Some hid it better than others. What I found odd is that so many of them had these same negative qualities that I mentioned earlier. Even my friend who had previously not even mentioned that he was a furry to anyone outside his own community. There were a few genuinely good ones in the bunch, but they were the vast minority. I'm sure that a lot of the better ones do stay away from sharing their interest (with forums like that why wouldn't you?), but I feel safe in saying they make up the minority. What's more, when judging a community, there's not much point in taking into account those who don't even seem to participate in said community. I'll admit to being a little biased, having had frustrating firsthand experience, but I don't think my position is all that ridiculous either. Though, I never really had to deal with the prosecution aspect firsthand (since I've never identified myself as a furry), so I'm sure many of them got a lot more shit than I did.

I still don't really buy it but then again I have never actually looked into furry beyond the art they draw and to understand what broad versions of them there are. If you find the art offensive then you probably shouldn't be on the internet anyway since there is much more fucked up stuff that ppl take pictures of.

It has nothing to do with the art; it's the people. Please don't go misconstruing people's intentions and then make patronizing comments based around that misinterpretation. The sexual aspect is only awkward because of the way they neurotically insert it into practically every aspect of their community and then go whining about how being a furry isn't just a "fetish" even though the topic of sex is nigh-omnipresent in their conversations. Clearly if I was so bothered by it I wouldn't have gotten as entrenched in their culture as I did. What's more, whether or not you choose to take our firsthand knowledge seriously has little bearing on the reality of the situation, and your own limited insight on the community is all the more reason for you to take someone who has had far more experience with them at their word.

 

[Worgen]

In my own unfortunately extensive experience with furries, they're a heavily socially-defective bunch. That wouldn't be so bad if a lot of them didn't possess an egotistical self-righteousness and pridefully perpetuate even their more socially abhorrent characteristics. The sexual aspect is awkward too. I get the feeling that furries are the by-product of a developmental abnormality. I've met about 2 or 3 "normal" furries in my life.

That said, I still enjoy some anthropomorphic art and characters, I just wish furries didn't draw such a negative association.

I can kind of understand why they seem to egotistical and self righteous, I mean they are probably the easiest whipping boy on the entire internet, even pedo's seem to get more respect then they do, a sense of pride tends to come from situations like that. "they just hate what I am and I'm better because I'm not one of them" kinda thing, if they were more accepted it probably wouldn't be there quite as bad.

Yeah, I see where you're coming from. There's definitely a truth to that. The issue is that their attitude seems to only accentuate more obvious flaws. If more of them actually possessed basic social faculties, then I don't think their self righteousness and egotism would come off as quite so unwarranted. That said, I suppose it's always good to empathize with the plights of others.

I think judging any group by the actions of a portion of them is a mistake, but its also one of the hardest things to not do, I mean finding crazy examples of a group is easy since the crazy ones will loudly proclaim they are members, finding the saner members is harder since it means you have to actually find out if someone is a member of said group.

I doubt it's just a small portion, it's almost definitely a large percentage if not the majority. As I said, I've met a LOT of furries. I'm not just referring to the loud, obvious furries either. Even the quieter ones or those who mostly stay within their own community. It all happened because I had this friend a couple years ago. I mostly befriended him because I felt sorry for him; he was a really weird dude. Awkward, selfish, obnoxious and practically no redeeming qualities. I tried my best to bring out the best in him, help him with his issues, but I ultimately just failed. Eventually he told me he was a furry. This is before I even knew what that was, and so I was genuinely curious. He made me friend all his friends on DA and made me get a fur affinity account. At first I tried to keep an open mind about the whole thing, but after branching out and meeting friends of friends and posting on the forums, the reality of the subculture became clear. Ultimately I met or interacted with a good 300-400 or so furries through forums, irc, DA, etc. They were almost all like clones of him with varying degrees of neurosis. Some hid it better than others. What I found odd is that so many of them had these same negative qualities that I mentioned earlier. Even my friend who had previously not even mentioned that he was a furry to anyone outside his own community. There were a few genuinely good ones in the bunch, but they were the vast minority. I'm sure that a lot of the better ones do stay away from sharing their interest (with forums like that why wouldn't you?), but I feel safe in saying they make up the minority. What's more, when judging a community, there's not much point in taking into account those who don't even seem to participate in said community. I'll admit to being a little biased, having had frustrating firsthand experience, but I don't think my position is all that ridiculous either. Though, I never really had to deal with the prosecution aspect firsthand (since I've never identified myself as a furry), so I'm sure many of them got a lot more shit than I did.

I still don't really buy it but then again I have never actually looked into furry beyond the art they draw and to understand what broad versions of them there are. If you find the art offensive then you probably shouldn't be on the internet anyway since there is much more fucked up stuff that ppl take pictures of.

It has nothing to do with the art; it's the people. Please don't go misconstruing people's intentions and then make patronizing comments based around that misinterpretation. The sexual aspect is only awkward because of the way they perpetually insert it into practically everything and then go whining about how being a furry isn't a "fetish" even though the topic of sex is nigh-omnipresent in their community. What's more, whether or not you choose to take our firsthand knowledge seriously has little bearing on the reality of the situation, and your own limited insight on the community is all the more reason for you to take someone who has had far more experience with them at their word.

I still have doubts but as I said, I haven't looked into it, as for the sex thing, I think that is more a societal thing then a furry thing, I mean we as a society have a weird relationship with sex, we love it and yet we are ashamed of it, thanks religion, you see just as much sex and porn with other things but people still seem to mostly focus on the sexual aspect of furry and tend to say it all has to do with sex. Life has to do with sex, it is pretty much the reason we do anything.
I have a feeling my thoughts here are getting more and more random. Is this still understandable?