If children are routinely exposed to these sorts of anthropomorphic representations of animals, it is no wonder that they grow up to become adults who look at non-human animals as if they are people wearing animal suits.
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Note: This is not a fundie promoting moral hysteria over furries, but (a favourable report on) a pedant promoting moral hysteria over artistic licence.
The author's hobbies presumably include watching science-fiction and superhero films the way David J. Stewart watches Taylor Swift's music videos (aside from the feverish sexual imagination and the many false positives that result from it),
@KrazyKat
So mommy wouldn't take you to Disney films when you were little, right? Sorry.
@Kuno
Edit: Dummy me, Germany, now that I've followed the link. I thought it was a bear, though.
Kids are much better at distinguish fantasy from reality than the average fundie...
I talk to my cats as though they could understand what I say to them, but I know that they don't. Sure, they do know some sounds, like "food" and their names (Angus and Aisling), and "get down", and they definitely know what might happen when I bring fourth and shake a spray-bottle, but that's about it. Hubby does it too, so If I'm a Crazy Cat Lady, then he's a Crazy Cat Gentleman. We have no children, so our cats are our Fur-Babies. They are definitely cats in cat-furs.
adults who look at non-human animals as if they are people wearing animal suits.
Not exactly anthropomorphic but they spoke better English than your average Mississippi fundie.
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And does this lead to adults who look at non-human machines as if they are people wearing machine suits and thus demand machine rights?
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You were confused in your youth when Bugs put on a dress and played girl bunny, weren't you...?! [/Garth Algar]
@Pharaoh Bastethotep
The author's hobbies presumably include watching science-fiction and superhero films the way David J. Stewart watches Taylor Swift's music videos (aside from the feverish sexual imagination and the many false positives that result from it)
Lt. M'Ress in the animated "Star Trek" series. His argument is invalid. =3
What about the people that DO wear animal suits? Or go to conventions full of such people?
There's nothing wrong with the idea that non-sapient life should be treated humanely (which, IMHO, does include a quick death for consumption). Whatever makes you think this is a problem?
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