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<\/a>In the annals of the truly disturbing, it always seems that reality of the human condition outpaces the most inventive imaginations that fiction has to offer.<\/p>\nCase in point, The Furred Reich<\/a>, AKA Nazi Furries:<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s just a piece of cloth, that\u2019s really what it is.\u201d<\/span> \u2014 XVX La Flare (@powerxslave) January 31, 2017<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2014 Foxler Nightfire (@starfoxACEFOX) January 27, 2017<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Make it stop.<\/p>\n For the love of God, make it stop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is some seriously bent sh%$. If you click through, you have been warned. H\/t JR at the Stellar Parthenon BBS.In the annals of the truly disturbing, it always seems that reality of the human condition outpaces the most inventive imaginations that fiction has to offer. Case in point, The Furred Reich, AKA Nazi Furries: …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[506,704,364,629,448],"class_list":["post-180683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-bigotry","tag-costuming","tag-evil","tag-fascism","tag-sex"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180683"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/span> Foxler Nightfire is calling me from his home in Fort Collins, Colorado. Over the last few days, the 29-year-old has faced a torrent of online abuse after posting a picture of himself dressed as a fox on the social network Twitter.<\/span>
<\/span> Though furries \u2013 people who dress up as animals, occasionally for sexual purposes \u2013 often face criticism, it is something other than Foxler\u2019s fur-suit (known as a \u201cfursona\u201d \u2013 fur persona) that has drawn the internet\u2019s ire. The problem? On his left arm he is wearing a red armband, emblazoned with a white circle, in which sits a black symbol.<\/span>
<\/span> The accessory looks like a Nazi armband.<\/span>
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<\/span> \u201cIt\u2019s obviously not a swastika,\u201d claims Foxler \u2013 who also insists his furry name is a portmanteau of \u201cFox\u201d and his real surname, \u201cMiller\u201d, not \u201cHitler\u201d, as many online argue. Foxler says he first began wearing the armband \u2013 which features a paw print in place of a swastika \u2013 after he dropped out of high school and started playing the online role-playing game Second Life, in which the band was available as a character accessory.<\/span>
<\/span> \u201cI didn\u2019t take any consideration because of my lack of World War Two knowledge,\u201d he says. \u201cI don\u2019t think I could ever take it off at this point, it\u2019s so ingrained into my character, my fursona.\u201d<\/span>
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<\/span> Foxler’s story sounds very convenient, and I searched his name on Twitter along with the word “Jew” to see if he had made hateful comments. Although I initially found nothing, some other furries – who are against Nazi furries – message me some screenshots of comments they claim Foxler has made on YouTube, in which he says “I hate black people” and “I stand by Hitler”. <\/span>
<\/span> Foxler admits he made these comments but tells me he was just “trolling”. <\/span>
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<\/span> But just because Foxler claims not to identify as a \u201cNazi furry\u201d, it doesn\u2019t mean they don\u2019t exist. In 2005, a LiveJournal<\/a> page was created for those who were both furries and fetishised Nazi uniforms. Since then the group has spread, with illustrations and roleplays across the internet. There is now even an erotic novel, The Furred Reich<\/i>, available to buy on Amazon<\/a>. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n