What is your opinion on the term "Furfag?"

[Count of Cutesy]

Down at this other furry forum I go to, people SWEAR that furfag is a compliment or a greeting, but frankly it will always be an offensive term to me. And besides that, they don't even use the term in friendly sentences. They use the term in incredibly rude, stereotyping, OFFENSIVE sentences and then act like they're joking about it.

...But what I want to know is what your guys opinion on the term is.

[Timmy Fox]

By pure definition I'd say it means no more than "gay furry". Although I do class it indeed as a fairly offensive word due to the way it's often used and thus its profane nature.

I would really not class it as how you explain they use it. It is for me an offensively intended word at core.

Just thought I point this out, fag means a a cigarette. Faggot means pile of sticks.

Actually I believe faggot (also) means cigarette end, as in the end you discard when finished smoking.
Additionally it's also, in fact, a traditional dish in the UK.

[Nrein]

I've honestly never been bothered by the term. Not many people have called me it (in fact, maybe two people have?) so I don't have much to go on, but as I'm not gay and apparently only "half-furry" to some people, even then it wouldn't bother me to be called it x3


If I was around someone who was offended by it, and people were calling them it, I would probably defend them, but only to the degree of "They don't like that, use something else" as opposed to defending the whole fandom from the phrase.

[Count of Cutesy]

Just thought I point this out, fag means a a cigarette. Faggot means pile of sticks.

This post reminds me of that scene from the Clerks cartoon.

British Guy: Pack of fags.
Randal: You're a fag!
British Guy: It's a cigarette, mate.
Randal: I'm not your mate, fag!
*Starts fight*

Dante: It wasn't until later when we found out what fag really meant.
Randal: You're a fag!
Dante: No, a fag's a cigarette.
Randal: You're a cigarette!

[Timmy Fox]

To add to my previous post; Modern culture has turned many previously "good" words into something completely different and more offensive.

How many words to describe people with dark skin or immigrants and generally people of certain nationalities wouldn't get you called racist if you say them? Yet were perfectly normal words before?

Here in Sweden, we have a confectionery called "Chokladboll" (literally chocolate ball) which in fact was originally called "Negro ball" (in Swedish of course). This was however changed in the early 2000's at some point because of how said N-word has become so discriminative (it was less so in Swedish than it ever has in English afaik). There's many elderly people here in Sweden who refer to these chocolate balls as their original name.

I'm also fairly sure the word "retard" at some point was purely a medical term and not something of vulgar or discriminative nature. I know for a fact that the Swedish word "retardation" (same literal meaning as English) is in fact the Swedish word for deceleration, the opposite of acceleration. In another form it becomes "retarderad" (literally retarded) but in fact is also a synonym to the word for being retrogressive.

[Deleted Profile]

I see furfag as a term used both in an offensive way and/or just to identify furries. Some think of it as an insult, and others proudly hold that term. It's sorta similar to Nic's situation (except a bit more intolerant). I don't mind being called "furfag" that much, but if someone call one of my friends a furfag trying to insult him, I will eat his soul. People who bully or hate on others for being fans of anything DESERVE to have their souls eaten.

[anoni]

FurFag was originally used in an offensive way to, obviously, refer to furries as homosexuals. As homosexuality is supposed to be insulting in some internet communities calling all furries homosexuals would be considered insulting. The problem is, a lot of furs actually DO tend to be homosexuals, so now that times have changed and homosexual hate is seen as a tad more taboo around the internet, a lot of gay furries call themselves fur fag to be funny and ironic. Calling each other furfag in jest is, I consider, more a "HATERS GONNA HATE" kind of approach, essentially showing that they don't care about haters and what not.

I'm personally indifferent to it

[Armalite_]

Just thought I point this out, fag means a a cigarette. Faggot means pile of sticks.

And the reason both of those terms are considered offensive is because homosexuals were round up and BURNED TO DEATH until about a century ago. Now they're stoned and hanged instead in places like the Middle East.


Calling someone either of those terms directly implies that they're homosexuals and should be killed...Just thought I point this out. Don't think that calling someone that crap is OK by giving it's literary definition.


As for Furfag, well I've definitely been called worse. I'd prefer to embrace it rather than mope about it. Furfag4Lyfe.

[Magical Machine]

I never was planning on calling anyone like that. Even with its literal definition. As a matter of fact, I've never even called some anything close to the word faggot.

I also just realized I forgot to put my opinion in my last post . Which I deleted because I felt as if I said something wrong that was bound to get me on someones bad side and make them shoot me if they could. Anywho, my opinion is that I wouldn't care, at first, but after I give it some thought, I wouldn't exactly appreciate being called a homosexual what so ever. So I would say no to the word Furfag...

I have a feeling someone is going to call more a hypocrite after what I just said.

[Count of Cutesy]

In all seriousness, guys. There is absolutely no proof that most furries are gay. I don't know where this stereotype came from or how it came to light, but like a lot of stereotypes it is generally untrue.

[Alexei]

I don't actually use the term but I don't take offence to it either.


Using fag as a prefix isn't always meant to be a negative, 4chan users use it quite frequently without the intention of making fun.

[anoni]

In all seriousness, guys. There is absolutely no proof that most furries are gay. I don't know where this stereotype came from or how it came to light, but like a lot of stereotypes it is generally untrue.

Well, when you say "absolutely no proof", I'd disagree. There is some proof that most furries are gay OR bisexual and that generally a minority are heterosexual. (I want to point out that this isn't PROVING it with 99.999% certainty, but merely provides evidence for it which could be considered as some "proof", of course the only way to prove it was the assess every single furry in the world and that would take a whole lot of time).

  Anyway, A while back I made a furry statistics thread found here, which took from 6 different sources (all linked in the thread). Each source generally agreed that most of the furry fandom are bisexuals, with the second most being heterosexuals and the third most being homosexuals.

[Count of Cutesy]

Biased sites prove nothing. Sorry.

[anoni]

Well then it's impossible to prove anything because everything is bias xD (Strictly speaking)

Ah well

[Georgisaur]

Depends on the context if I'm honest. If it's said in jest, then it doesn't phase me. If it's meant to be offensive then I'll obviously take offence to it.
And from my experience; I've found that the majority of furries are either bi or gay.