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I wanted to draw something demonstrating peace, unity, and anti-discrimination ever since the Charlottesville (Virginia) attack on the weekend of 8-12-2017.I don't usually do "political" artwork...and I don't consider this "political". It's more anti-hate than political.
Anyways, there's a lot going on in the USA recently.
The basics of what happened supposedly had to do with confederate statues in the southern USA, but these statues (though they should be in a history museum) were not to honor anyone on them, but had been put up during the Civil War as a pride thing on owning slaves.
The states had recently been talking about taking down the statues since they are a representation of hate and discrimination.
Between that and increased sparks of hatred across the country, a group of white supremacists and neo-Nazis called "Unite the Right" stormed into Charlottesville chanting "Jews will not replace us", "Heil Trump", and other hate speech as they wielded lit tiki torches and marched on the college campus in VA (and surrounded a group of Black Life Matters peaceful protesters who were in front of the statue).
The day after that, there was another rally in Charlottesville, VA...where a group of white supremacists (possibly the same one) came along wielding confederate and Nazi flags; one of those Nazis then jumped in a car and ran it into a group of peacefully protesting pedestrians. This killed a young woman and injured at least 19 others.
Fighting erupted sometime in the chaos, but in the end, America was left aghast that this was happening IN OUR COUNTRY.
I mean, I've been to the Holocaust Museum in DC; I read up on the history of the rise of Nazi Germany (mostly forced on me as a kid because I grew up Jewish, but I didn't protest learning about it since it's good to know history).
The same exact things are happening right here, right now, in America. We just haven't gotten to the "point of no return" quite yet.
Besides the Nazis, it took our "president" Trump 48 hours to respond to the white terrorist attack (some people have taken to calling these Nazis "White ISIS")...a huge difference to how he responded within the hour when France and Spain were attacked by terrorists of color.
His teleprompted response was good, but then he ruined it by saying things like "there was violence on both sides", "not all of them were Nazis; there were many fine people among them", and just a general refusal to label it as terrorism from white supremacists/neo-Nazis.
This, of course, has sparked even more outrage. Some people argue that his statements were fine, while others (like me) feel that by failing to call out the white supremacists for what they are and call it terrorism and call them Nazis, his silence has proven that he has no moral issue with what transpired.
In other words, his silence equates to him being a Nazi sympathizer.
The former leader of the KKK even came out and praised Trump, and other white supremacist groups were at first stunned that they weren't reprimanded, then happily posting on their public blogs that they had Trump's support.
For all our "Tweeter in Chief" has had to say on Twitter, I have yet to hear him deny these presumptions.
He also walked out on a reporter when asked if he supports white supremacy.
You either do, or you don't; there's no gray area. Because Nazis aren't like bullies; you aren't "safe" if you just stand to the side and watch without taking sides. You HAVE to take a side...because if you don't, then you're no better than the ones spreading hate.
That doesn't mean that you have to go out and counter-protest or do drawings, but just be ready to stand up and defend what it means to truly be a patriot.
Now, the people of Boston, MA, certainly went above and beyond as around 40k people came out to protest a neo-Nazi rally the other day (8-19-2017). There was minimal violence (out of 40k, only around 30 arrests), and nobody was murdered.
It took Trump almost 1.5 hours to (obviously begrudgingly) commend those people for standing up to hate...further proving what side he's on.
Now, I really don't care what party anyone aligns themselves with when it comes to Republicans and Democrats. I'm unaffiliated, but I know people who belong to both parties. Being a Republican doesn't automatically make them an evil Nazi sympathizer, and being a Democrat doesn't automatically mean they're a goody-two-shoes.
A lot of people are using party lines to divide people further, but here's something to remember:
It doesn't matter if you're "left-wing" or if you're "right-wing"; Republican or Democrat. What matters is if you support the ideals of the Nazis or not...it's that simple.
Though, for anyone I know personally, it also matters to me if they support Trump at this point. I don't care if they're Republican, but I'm uneasy of anyone who still supports Trump after the events of the past week.
On the artwork:
All characters featured belong to me; from left to right: Jayde, Kairy (human), Toby/TJ, Trevor
I tried a new effect in Photoshop to try and really bring out that they're "chibi", as well as a different shading technique.
I also changed Kairy's eye color; whenever I have to create his character in human form, I always give him aquamarine eyes. Combined with the amount of characters in orange (meaning his usual amber eyes don't really stand out), I think the aquamarine went well. I know his hair seems a bit short; I didn't want him to be taller than Jayde.
If you like this artwork and wish to help support me in doing them, please take a look at my patreon page at www.patreon.com/mdchan
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Oh children, the "See cute, must hug" fangirls are here to see you! Are you busy?
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Also a furcon that happen just not too long, was crazy:
Someone had a nazifur suit sprouting nazi stuff and got arrested(was made to take off suit and have a sheet over him)
Some brought a real fox to the con and it was terrified
also there was a north korean wannabe(had a north korean soldier outfit)
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for that con here is what i understand:
A group/groups of nazifurs where going to show
someone jokes about punching those nazifurs
nazifur threatens to bring gun
the person that a jokes about punching nazifurs reports gun threat
con sends a C&D to reporter of the threat for defamation(for calling it a nazicon) and for the joke
con gets canceled over bad publicly and over tax stuff
the person that made the joke was never going anyway
the one that sent the C&D was a SovCitFur(Furry Sovereign Citizen) who was part of the staff. He is also a sex offender over sexual contact with a minor
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It would be better without the white people honestly.
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I didn't say my race is superior.
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An anti-racism piece would be better not depicting the group that started it.
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The entire point of anti-racism is to include ALL races, religions, beliefs, ect. To exclude all white people just because a few crazies uphold the deadly ideals of the Nazis would make me (and anyone who thinks it should be so) no better than the Nazis.
One can't claim to be anti-hate and anti-racism and exclude someone based on skin color. In fact, that's also racist.
The group that started it was a "Unite the Right" group of white supremacist Nazis, but that doesn't mean that ALL white people fall into that category. The woman who was murdered in Charlottesville was also white; you can't lump them together.
I'm white; I have friends who are white, black, brown, ect. Know why? Because I don't give a flying frack what the color of someone's skin is, or what religion they follow, or what their sexual preference is, ect. What matters is what's inside...their moral compass, their attitude, their beliefs, and if what they currently believe in is hurting anyone or not.
Heart and soul; that's what is important.
Do you now hate me because I'm white? Even though I'm for equality, against Nazis, and am anti-hate/anti-racism, do you hate me since I admitted I'm white?
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I never said I hated anyone. You put those words in my mouth. No, excluding white people is not racist. It's the natural response of people of color against the centuries of subjugation, humiliation, dehumanization and outright murder. We aren't the aggressors. We aren't the racists. Not all whites are racist, but all racists are white. Yes, ALL. It's a white creation that didn't exist before the age of colonialism around the 1600s, and was used in Europe, the Americas, Africa, India, the Far East, and even Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Whites were the oppressive class in every continent. EVERY one. And people of color live with that humiliation, either explicitly or implicitly every day. Am I saying other races were all saints? No, but none had a social hierarchy that legitimized the rape, murder and exploitation of millions based on their skin color. I challenge you to scour the history books to find an example. You won't. I'm sorry you deal with "white guilt". Maybe you've earned it. Since you have no hope of ever undoing the enormity of the horrors your race has inflicted on every other race on earth, maybe the least you can do is feel bad about it once in awhile.
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Excluding a race from a picture on UNITY and ANTI-RACISM is racist, and is also called "segregation". This drawing was made to show that we can all get along no matter what our skin color is.
Then, you came along and said that it shouldn't include white people because they supposedly created racism (I'll get to that in a minute). After saying things like that, and how I apparently should be grouped in with the minority of other white people who carry hate in their hearts (and wave around Nazi flags, most likely) and that I should feel bad about it...
How is that not racist?
I don't feel "bad" about it because I did nothing wrong. I feel disgust towards those who participate and further hate, but I personally have nothing to be guilty about because I, personally, did nothing wrong.
I don't even know ANYONE who participated on the side of the white supremacists in Charlottesville...so tell me, why should I be lumped in with them and told to feel guilty about a crime I did not commit?
Disturbed?
Yes.
Appalled?
Yes.
Disgusted?
Yes.
Angry?
Yes.
But guilty/bad?
No.
Because I have done nothing wrong.
I didn't JOIN OR MAKE any of those people march on a campus chanting "Jews shall not replace us" (and as someone who grew up Jewish and has visited the Holocaust Museum, saw plays and read "The Diary of Anne Frank", ect...I found it immensely disturbing).
I didn't MAKE that horrible racist man get in a car and plow into a group of peaceful protesters (by the way, many of them were also white), killing one (white) woman and injuring 19 others just because I'm also white.
Did I find it horrifying?
Yes.
Did I find it disgusting?
Yes?
Appalling, sad, ect?
Yes, yes, yes...
Did I feel guilty?
No...because I was not the one who jumped in that car with the intent to commit murder, nor do I support (or will ever support) any of the white supremacist views.
Don't lump me in with them.
Don't tell me I should feel "white guilt" just because some people in the past who happened to be white committed atrocities and crimes against other races (as well as other white people) when I had nothing to do with it.
Don't tell other people that they should feel "white guilt" because they happen to be white.
What the heck is "white guilt", anyway? I don't look at people by their skin color, so I actually have never heard this term before and had to look it up.
History is to be learned from, not used to blame INNOCENT PEOPLE for the crimes of others.
And yes...by telling me that I should feel "white guilt", you're not only being racist, but you're telling me that I'm no better than those you listed in your response (rapists, murderers, and racists of the past and present).
And yes...you DO hate me for being white, or else you wouldn't be telling me that I should feel "white guilt". Or, perhaps not strong enough for "hate", but you at least resent me. You resent me for being white because of what you read in a history book and because it was white supremacists in Germany (as well as other countries) and right here in the USA who have committed atrocities against people of color.
You seem to resent me for being white because of what some other white people have done.
They did those things against other white people, too. Would you tell a white Holocaust survivor that they should feel "white guilt" because the white Nazis tried to kill them?
Do you think that makes any sense? Does that really make sense to you, that because someone is white they should feel "white guilt"?
Do you think I've never been discriminated against due to being Jewish? What does it matter if I'm also white?
In middle school, some girl I had never met before (who wasn't white; I don't recall her exact skin color because I don't really care about those things) called me "white trash". I did nothing to her or her friends; never met them, never saw them before, they were never in any of my classes, but she just came up to me and demanded if I was a lesbian, and when I shook my head "no", called me "white trash" and a few other nasty words which made me retreat to the safety of the bus.
You know what? People of color commit hate crimes, too. Do I lump every colored person in with them?
No.
I don't give a flying fudge what their skin color is. If they hurt or killed someone, or committed an act of terrorism, that's on THEM. I don't care if they're white, black, brown, or purple!
I had nothing to do with their crime, and I should not have to feel guilty or take responsibility for something that SOMEONE ELSE DID, no matter what their skin color or religion is.
Look, I'm giving you a chance here instead of outright banning you from my page for such a racist comment on an anti-hate drawing: a chance to realize that your comment was racist.
You don't have to admit it to me (though an apology would be nice for your previous accusations) if it's a matter of pride, but as long as you can realize that not all white people are bad and admit that to yourself, then fine.
If you can't...well, I have zero tolerance for racists and will ban you. Not because of whatever skin color you are (I have no clue what it is, and I don't really care), but because of your WORDS...which, online, speak as loud as actions.
I'm taking the time to try to talk to you about it instead of outright dropping the banhammer. However, if you are not willing to change your hatred towards all people of a single color because of the actions of a bunch of immoral buttholes who happen to be that same skin color, you're not welcome on my page.
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I didn't say all whites are bad and I don't think that. I am sorry.
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Apology accepted. I'm not usually a confrontational sort, but topics such as racism are things I take very seriously (especially considering the state of the USA right now).
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This whole scenrio is why I don't trust people and have no faith in humanity. We just insist on making things worst for each other for the slightest differences. I'd rather be some other animal....
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That's why I prefer being a furry.
I know a lot of people stereotype furries as folks with fetishes, who yiff (sexual activities), or are into diapers/wetting, and none of those are anything I'm into...but I'd rather be associated with harmless stuff like that than humans who so easily discriminate based on something as silly as the color of one's skin.
I've never met any (true) furry who discriminates based on the color of another furry's fur...and if they discriminate as a human, then they're not a true furry IMO.
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I am hearing there has been a rise in alt-furs/nazi-furs. One time they got a furry con canceled.
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-_-
Welp, in that case, I think I'd prefer to be stereotyped with diapers and yiffing. >.>
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Amen Nikki!
AMEN!
I lost two friends because they wouldn't stand against the hate. I broke away from them because they told me "you should defend the rights of free speech to white nationalists and Neo-Nazis because not doing that means my rights could be tramped."
I was so pissed at him. I broke off the friendship right there and deleted every-single chapter and picture that had us together in my story archieves. He tarnished our friendship by syphathizing with "protecting the free speech rights of Neo-nazis and white supremacists" Yet, when I asked him if he supported free speech of radical muslims and not the Klan or Neo-Nazis, he got pissed and went on a rant...further proving my point that he has no problem with Neo-Nazis and white supremacists because they won't hurt him (because he's white) while radical Muslims hurt everyone.
So yeah, I condemn the hate. I also eliminate friendships of anyone who support such ideals.
I hate that we even have to have such a decision in America. it's crazy.
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Yea. I'm disgusted that this sort of thing is happening in America. I mean, I know there has always been hate out there, but we're dangerously close to how Nazi Germany got started.
Though, there is one exception to that...and that's the fact that most people aren't staying silent about being anti-hate.
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Exactly.
and I just reread my comment and realized I said
"I hate that we even have to have such a decision in America. it's crazy."
I meant to say discussion.
But I was upset and well yeah.
sigh
Another reason why I wish my story world was real. Alas, it isn't.
Although, that brings me to a different question
Have you ever roleplayed before? And would you like Kairy to meet my little self?
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I used to roleplay, but I don't anymore.
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Awww
well...maybe you could tell me Kairy's personality and I could write something up?
I've been strapped for ideas and I really wanna write something.
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I'm sorry for your loss
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Two good friends reveal their true selves to me.
I...I was just in shock that he basically said he had no stance on something that's blatantly obvious to be wrong.
He...he basically didn't care because the hate group that's roaming America "doesn't affect him"
And he claimed to be a Christian.
ugh
If this election and all this shit had never happened, I would have never known how he truly thought.
He's purely selfish and just... ugh. I'll never talk to him or my other friend again.
It...it's just appaling that he actually wanted to defend the rights of the most evil of people and claim that I should do the same because "my rights could be trampled."
Basically trying to equate white supremacists and Neo-Nazis with normal people. WTF?!
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