Editing Furry (section)

== Furry politics ==
Contrary to popular belief, furries are not a monolithic block when it comes to a lot of things, just as their fetishes are varied, so too is their ideological bent.

The subculture can trace it's origins to 1980s American nerd/geek culture so a lot of the original (and current) members are imbibed with distinctly American brand of politics. It took until 90s however for distinct brands to start emerging. The most notable would either be right-of-center libertarians or left-of-center milquetoast socialists. The fandom at this time was too busy getting shit for being furries in order to really care about politics much (ancient administratum net-records indicate 'Skunkfucker' as being a popular name at that time).

This all changed when Al Qaeda attacked on 11-09-2001. which acted as a catalyst for larger polarization within American society and thus furries who at this time were still predominantly based in USA.  An upsurge in patriotism, nationalism/jingoism, and the beginnings of racism started to show gradually. Flash forward to the New 10s and you start to get some furries that are pretty righty and lefty.

The political makeup of the Furry Fandom as of the New 10s/New20s is majorly left-leaning and consistent with modern liberals - economically conservative and socially liberal with some who are far-left. A vast majority is also supportive of the LGBTQ and other minority and/or marginalized groups.  A minority however hold a distinctly right-wing views and some can be said to be related to or part of the Alt-Right phenomenon that arose in the late 10s.  Long story short - the majority of furries are various flavors of leftists with all that entails while a minority is various flavors of right-wing with all THAT entails.

Okay, you can stop laughing. Firstly, Nazifurs (aka Furzis) are furries who support Nazism. Yes, they do exist and yes, they are just as terrible as you imagine. The movement started much earlier but gained popularity in the late 2010s. They are still a minority within a minority for now, thankfully. There are also Soviet Furs on the opposite side, but like the Nazifurs nobody gives a shit about what they have to say. The rest are either Libertarians (of the ˝privatize everything and let the Invisible Hand sort it out˝ brand), SJWs, hardcore socialists/communists and anarchists. The fandom has done a relatively decent job of keeping it's nuts down and out though so there's that.