It did seem a bit gratuitous the way the author mentioned they were a furry; it had nothing to do with whether one should delete their Patreon account.
This post was written primarily for a furry audience, whom has been a bit panicked over yesterday's news that Patreon did such a head-ass move.
After I tweeted that I deleted my Patreon (to which I paid like $700/month to various creators), several people asked me (publicly and privately) whether they should follow suit. I wanted to offer a calmer take.
Since there was discussion on HN about this topic yesterday, I thought the folks here would appreciate the perspective.
More power to the author , or being their own individual, but it made me feel a little uneasy. I dont mind people being a furry or expressing themselves, but I do feel like I was made a witness/part-of someone's kink and I'm not into that. I thought it would be dry infosec blog stuff and unfortunately opened it at work.
It's the same feeling when seeing a leather clad lady hauling someone's granddad on a leash around town. I respect it, just don't make me part of it against my will. I'll make a note to skip this site in the future.
multiple times in that article it's admitted that being a furry is sexual--because everything is. comparing it to Tupperware parties, as if the rate of sex at Tupperware parties is in any way comparable.
If everything is sexual, then the distinction becomes meaningless and only something that is significantly more sexual than the baseline is worth remarking upon.
My argument is that furry isn't inherently any more sexual than anything else. To call it a sex/kink thing is not a meaningful argument.
