They did this shit to a close friend of mine, one of the nicest and kindest people I know, and it's made their trying to have a social life (as a furry) in the Boston area real difficult. Fuck 'em.

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They did this shit to a close friend of mine, one of the nicest and kindest people I know, and it's made their trying to have a social life (as a furry) in the Boston area real difficult. Fuck 'em.
love you shel. thank you for never wavering in being kind and cleareyed in this unending trashfire
I don't feel like I'm being those things by posting this but hopefully it'll do something to help the people who are trepidatiously trying to improve their own situations but are afraid since unlike me their livelihood is tied into furry
Now I feel lucky that this person decided to dislike me for online screencap reasons before any real proximity formed
...people who saw this happening still decided they'd rather [other thing] than idk fucking talk to me about [it]...
ugh I'm so sorry you gotta deal with shit. I know nothing about this situation other than what you've shared, but I hope you're able to find some peace and happiness away from cults of personality or people who don't have your best interests in mind. Take care 💜
Thank you shel. It sucks how bad it’s not just about these people but how the scene lets this happen.
I also didn’t know how many people were pressuring you to leave their target, jfc.
I don't know what new developments there have been and I don't think I really want to know but between a bunch of friends I have in Boston, I have been semi-aware of some of this stuff for a long time. Absolutely bonkers shit.
Thanks for talking about this. I think a few of us have been aware of various tensions and were just not ready to say anything out loud...
Tangentially I also want to just like generally thank you for being accepting of me way back when I was choosing to be a furry again... I get why it's a thing you're through with & I support you - just want to acknowledge and express gratitude bc having someone to share that with made a big difference for me and I probably wouldn't have done any of that if it weren't for you and Nicky. <3
After having recently been through “being cast as an abuse victim by someone with a bone to pick against my own will” i can say it fucking sucks and I’m sorry you’ve been going through that and more. Your distance from all of this is very understandable
There's literally nothing you can say to people to get them to stop too because everything you say just gets reconstructed as "see that's just how manipulated she is...."
I don't participate in the furry community, but this is pretty damn local so I'm concerned
you didnt deserve anything that happened to you there. that whole incident less destroyed furry for me and more just lessened my faith in humanity in general. the way everyone closed ranks around you, and then also me, and then those same people all got axed out for various reasons anyway...though i didnt leave furry my attention and effort since has gone towards union organizing for a reason. im glad they're getting whats been a long time coming, but unfortunately i have little faith that whatever organization replaces it will be any meaningfully different. it will be some power hungry person who wants to live out their college popularity fantasy they never got to have who knows how to get scared autists who are looking for the first group to actually connect with them to do their bidding until they're disposable