There seem to be some people on Lemmy who genuinely believe that they are an animal. They say they are an “unperson” or discuss conversing with “animals” who “happen to be born in human bodies”. They see their struggle as on par with the struggle for trans people, and their right to be recognized as animals as a part of a broader societal struggle for queer acceptance.
Well, this is fucking stupid.
First of all, comparing “I’m a puppy uWu” to gender dysphoria trivializes what trans people go through. Furries are not struggling like trans people. They are simply mocking trans people (whether that mockery is intentional or not is besides the point).
Second of all, you’re not a fucking animal bro ffs. Being an animal isn’t a state of mind. It isn’t a vibe. It isn’t a social construct. It isn’t something you’re assigned at birth. It’s about DNA. You have 50% of DNA from a human mom, and 50% of your DNA from a human dad, so you have 100% human DNA (granted maybe you have like 0.1% Neanderthal DNA but whatever). So you’re a human. This shouldn’t be a hard concept to grasp.
If you can speak a human language, and have the mental wherewithal required to use the internet, then you have a HUMAN MIND. And if you “just so happen to be born in a human body” then you have a HUMAN BODY. HUMAN MIND + HUMAN BODY = HUMAN. IT’S ALL HUMAN. YOU ARE HUMAN. Just because you have a bestiality fetish does not make you a fucking bobcat ffs
This is called “pursuit of happiness”.
They are doing and saying things that make them happy. Things that have zero practical effect on you, dear OP.
When you see people enjoying things that confuse you, yet cause no harm to you or to anyone, the only acceptable course of action is for you to walk away.
Feel free to roll your eyes, but make sure you bite your tongue as you depart.
It could also be called “fursuit of happiness” :P
If someone is delusional, affirming that delusion is actively harmful. That is why ChatGPT leads to mental breakdowns. What do you want me to do? Say “you’re absolutely right, you actually are a zebra fish”? Because I won’t. Saying stuff like that is actively harmful. And I won’t tolerate being called a bigot because I refuse to go along with an adult’s game of make believe
They aren’t delusional. You said so yourself:
You know they aren’t delusional. You know this is a game. You know they are playing. They are LARPing.
What you are doing is roughly comparable to seeing a group of people playing a board game in a public park and deciding that you should sweep the board off the table. There’s plenty of other tables available for you; they aren’t doing a fucking thing to cause you any sort of harm. You could just mind your own fucking business and walk past them. You’re free to silently judge them as you do so. But no, you’re hell bent on interfering with other people just because you don’t like the way they choose to enjoy themselves.
What the hell is wrong with you?
I feel like I was pretty fucking clear on that point:
They aren’t doing anything to you. They are enjoying themselves. You’re trying to interfere with their enjoyment. You’re interfering with their pursuit of happiness with no justification.
You’re pretending like you have some sort of agency in the decision. You don’t! As soon as you opened your mouth and started spouting bigotry, you didn’t just tolerate it: You invited the designation.
If you don’t want to be called a bigot, you don’t actually have to change any of your bigoted opinions. If you don’t want to be called a bigot, you do have to keep your bigotry to yourself.