The problem you're outlining is one that I suspect, could be applied to most subcultures and communities. In the therian/Otherkin community itself there's much the same thing going on - the "simple and obvious" logic that any problems must be caused by a few specific persons and those persons should be ostracized to solve those problems.
(It's a little different perhaps, than a lot of what goes on in furry, since the focus of those communiteis is different. But the basic mechanic behind things seems to hold true.)
As for the stereoype that the fellow you menion seems to not be conforming to, I'm aware of those stereoypes; yes, they're very much taken for granted, and honestly, can be easy to believe because some therians do a good job of giving them solidity (much the same as the "teh hyoomans are evil monkeys who kill all the animals!"-ranting furry kids reinforce some furry stereotypes). Much like in furry however, most therians hardly conform to said stereotype for those who can actually be bothered to scratch past a brief glimpse.
Part of what makes me shake my head though, is how in some furry circles "therianthrope/lifestyler" has replaced the "furry porn fan/zoophile/plushophile" Evil Trinity that was held up a few years ago as the last set of "evil doers" who had to be ousted in order to uh, save, furry. Also, amusingly, fursuiters by some persons. It almost seems in some kind of Bizarro World twist, a lot of furries themselves weren't aware of the concept of fursuit sex 'till they saw MTV and/or CSI - I swear the inter-furry fursuiter stereotyping has been on a sharp rise since those media events.
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Date: 2004-02-15 17:52 (UTC)(It's a little different perhaps, than a lot of what goes on in furry, since the focus of those communiteis is different. But the basic mechanic behind things seems to hold true.)
As for the stereoype that the fellow you menion seems to not be conforming to, I'm aware of those stereoypes; yes, they're very much taken for granted, and honestly, can be easy to believe because some therians do a good job of giving them solidity (much the same as the "teh hyoomans are evil monkeys who kill all the animals!"-ranting furry kids reinforce some furry stereotypes). Much like in furry however, most therians hardly conform to said stereotype for those who can actually be bothered to scratch past a brief glimpse.
Part of what makes me shake my head though, is how in some furry circles "therianthrope/lifestyler" has replaced the "furry porn fan/zoophile/plushophile" Evil Trinity that was held up a few years ago as the last set of "evil doers" who had to be ousted in order to uh, save, furry. Also, amusingly, fursuiters by some persons. It almost seems in some kind of Bizarro World twist, a lot of furries themselves weren't aware of the concept of fursuit sex 'till they saw MTV and/or CSI - I swear the inter-furry fursuiter stereotyping has been on a sharp rise since those media events.