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From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll)
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Subject: Re: Arrest made in bomb threat against con hotel
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 16:54:36 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <uv93nu$1pbbb$3@dont-email.me>,
Cryptoengineer  <petertrei@gmail.com> 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. 
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