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>my fursona The Internet was a mistake. :p But yeah, I agree the prompts are irritating. I was confused as to the 'objective', to be honest.
by toby- 6y ago
>my fursona
The Internet was a mistake.
:p But yeah, I agree the prompts are irritating. I was confused as to the 'objective', to be honest.
- some_furry 6y ago.
- saagarjha 6y agoI think that article seems to miss the point, to be honest. There's no need to conflate furries with LGBT people: even if they were they were all hetrosexual hating on them would still not be OK, like any other kind of discrimination based on personal preference.
- some_furry 6y ago'
- saagarjha 6y agoExcept that dog whistles are not always dog whistles (there are people who dislike furries but are generally positive towards the LGBT community), and in this case the dog whistle in itself is hate towards a group of people.
- arsome 6y agoWhat kind of weird conflation is this? Maybe you mean anti-zoophilia? That seems more comparable at least. I think that hits more on the problem people have with it. Next thing I know I'm gonna be hearing if you're anti-loli/shota you're anti-LGBT.
- TeMPOraL 6y agoThe term "dog whistle" needs to be banned on the grounds of it being a memetic hazard. It's a perfect tool for shutting down any meaningful conversation by accusing other side of being deceitful, by conjuring up some hated group that the speaker is supposedly sending secret signals to, instead of actually meaning what they said. It's active intellectual dishonesty in distilled form. As for the article, I feel it's complete bullshit - in Frankfurt's sense[0]. It says things that may or may not be sometimes true, but the point is to use the LGBT+ communities as a human shield to defend the furry fandom. (EDIT: parent deleted their comment, but - for the sake of preserving context - they linked to an article titled "If You Hate Furries, You’re Anti-LGBT".) -- [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit#Harry_Frankfurt's_concept https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit#Harry_Frankfurt's_con...
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- jshevek 6y agoWe need a term like dog whistle, because the phenomena that it references is real and worthy of discussion. On the other hand, I agree with you that it is most often used to make false allegations, short circuit reasoning, and shut down discussions. I think the solution lies in advocating for skepticism and a decent standard of evidence, not abandoning the term. Maybe I'm being naive.
- dang 6y agoWe detached this from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23185395 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23185395 and marked it off topic.