Path: ...!news.nobody.at!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!panix!.POSTED.panix2.panix.com!not-for-mail From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom Subject: Re: Arrest made in bomb threat against con hotel Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 16:54:36 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 16:54:36 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="panix2.panix.com:166.84.1.2"; logging-data="13712"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 2090 Lines: 27 In article , Cryptoengineer wrote: >On 4/11/2024 7:40 AM, Gary McGath wrote: >> The hotel which hosted Motor City Furry Con had to be evacuated because >> of a bomb threat they received during the con. There was a similar >> threat during last year's con. It's reported that someone in California >> was arrested, though particulars aren't available. >> >> >https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/04/08/calif-suspect-arrested-bomb-threat-against-ypsilanti-twp-motel/73242640007/ >> >> I don't get why a subfandom that centers on animation and funny costumes >> gets so much hatred. > >They get swept up in the current right wing panic about anyone who >expresses any kind of alternative sexuality. > >Yes, I know furries aren't pedophile groomers seeking to put >gender=free litterboxes in primary schools - at least no more >so than non-furries. But that's the perception. Some furry groups have been energetic about ejecting Nazi furries, which didn't go over well with the Nazis. -- My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/ My tor pieces at https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/ My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/ My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll