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I pretty much tune out of any argument as soon as it devolves into "think of the children".

Maybe parent your children so when they go digging around in open source code and find some furry art it doesn't somehow destroy them.

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That would certainly cause issues if you ever let them loose on the internet unsupervised. Much easier to teach them that there’s nothing inherently wrong with images like that.

That is pretty much my point. People freak out like this will somehow irreparably damage their children, which is complete nonsense. The reality is these people just don't want to have an uncomfortable conversation with their child, so they choose to make it everyone else's problem.

Becoming a furry does constitute irreparable damage.

Not being happy with your kid's sexual preferences when they grow up sounds more like a you problem

There’s much, much worse things to get excited over. Anthropomorphic cats seem kind of benign.

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