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Logo of the main conservative American party (the GOP, or Grand Old Party).

American conservatism is a political and social philosophy.

Principles[edit]

Stew Peters laying down the blame of the Buffalo massacre on furries

Kandiss Taylor's Twitter post about furries (#11)

Reuters news and Furscience fact checks extremist conservative propaganda

American conservative Dan Proft's fake newspaper/tabloid, the Chicago City Wire, and furries in local Chicago schools

Conservatism characteristically prioritizes American traditions, republicanism, classical liberalism, and limited federal governmental power in relation to the states, referred to more simply as "limited government" and "states' rights". Conservative and Christian media organizations along with American conservative figures are influential, and American conservatism is one of the majority political ideologies within the Republican Party.

On social issues, American conservatism typically supports Christian values, moral absolutism, traditional family values, and individualism, while opposing abortion and same-sex marriage.

On economic issues it is generally pro-capitalism and pro-business while opposing trade unions. On national issues it often advocates a strong national defense, gun rights, free trade, and a defense of Western culture from perceived threats posed by communism and moral relativism.

Conservatives are substantially more likely than moderates and liberals to distrust science, particularly medical science, climate science, and evolution (on this last one defering to Creationism).

History[edit]

Some of this page is derived from Wikipedia. The original article was at Timeline_of_modern_American_conservatism. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WikiFur, the text of Wikipedia is available under CC-BY-SA and the GFDL.

Although conservatism has much older roots in American history, the modern movement began to gel in the mid–1930s, when intellectuals and politicians collaborated with businessmen to oppose the liberalism of the New Deal, led by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, newly energized labor unions and big-city Democratic machines.

After World War II, that coalition gained strength from new philosophers and writers who developed an intellectual rationale for conservatism, further ratified by Richard Nixon's 1968 United States presidential election win, the Vietnam War loss, and President Ronald Reagan rejuvenation of the conservative Republican ideology, with tax cuts, greatly increased defense spending, deregulation, a policy of rolling back communism, a greatly strengthened military and appeals to family values and conservative Judeo-Christian morality (also known as the Reagan Era).

Americam conservatism and furry[edit]

The fandom[edit]

Based on studies/surveys taken online or at furry conventions,^{[citation needed]} plus personal confirmation of their political leanings, there is a well documented contingency of conservative furries within the furry fandom itself, which includes some notable people such as Scott Ruggels, Ralph Hayes, Jr., Grubbs Grizzly, Alex Spastic, Cigarskunk, etc.

Mainstream[edit]

Although mainstream US conservatism and the fandom have had, at most, no direct interactions in the past, most of it has been satirical and/or comical in nature (see: The Rush Limbaugh Show), but at the beginning of 2022, some conservatives parental rights advocates started to target furries in general based on the unfounded allegations that American school's educators were giving special treatment to furry students, which conservative viewed as further proof on indoctrination of the political left on their children.^[1]

Even though all allegations were dismissed by these school principals, the "claims" continued on in the first half of 2022, getting more ridiculous by the post:

Cafeteria tables are being lowered in certain @RoundRockISD middle and high schools to allow 'furries' to more easily eat without utensils or their hands (ie, like a dog eats from a bowl). Post by Michelle Evans

...To the point that some extremist conservative influencers, commentators, and politicians^[2] were blaming furries on all the ills of society,^[3] such as holding them accountable for the 2022 Buffalo supermarket shooting:^[4]

The Feds knew about the NY shooter, who was a mentally-disturbed 'furry', and they let it happen. They WANTED it to happen. - post by conservative political commentator Stew Peters

The gun didn't do it. A "white supremacist" didn't do it. A sick and demented furry did it. When Kandiss Taylor is elected governor, GA will be furry-free. - post by conservative political commentator Stew Peters

It turns out that the Buffalo shooter yesterday was a furry. In my list of executive orders, I explicitly addressed and received blowback for tackling the perversions of the furry culture. Twisting the minds of Generation Z MUST END! - post by former candidate for the Governorship of Georgia, Kandiss Taylor

Final solution[edit]

American extremist conservative Republican and pastor Mark Burns (who was running for the 2022 Congress in South Carolina but lost), had a more extreme solution towards 2SLGBTQIA+ youth supporters, parents, and (furry-loving) teachers:

After terminating (and jailing) Senators Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham, the supporting parents of 2SLGBTQIA+ youths, as well as:

Any teacher that is teaching LGBT, transgenderism, furries, the groomers, any sexual orientation communication in the school system should be immediately terminated but [teachers should also] be held (in prison) for abusing young children.

He would then bring back the House Un-American Activities Committee (HCUA, popularly known as the House Un-American Activities Committee [HUAC]), and prosecute any the people above mentioned because:

We need to hold people for treason, (...) and start executing people who are found guilty for their treasonous acts against the Constitution of the United States of America, just like they did back in 1776.[5]

References[edit]

1. ↑ EVSC talks furries, critical race theory in new video article video on YouTube. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
2. ↑ The furry days are over when I'm governor. Public school is for academics not fairy tales. post by Kandiss Taylor on Twitter, Retrieved May 19.
3. ↑ Fur-mongering. Fake news about children "identifying" as animals is the latest stunt being pushed by so-called parental rights advocates. article on Slate. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
4. ↑ Furries To Blame For Buffalo Shooting, Say Stew Peters And Kandiss Taylor article on Wonkette. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
5. ↑ MAGA Congressional candidate promises to "start executing people" who support LGBTQ youth article on LGBTQ Nation. Retrieved July 2, 2022.

See also[edit]

• American conservatism on Wikipedia
• US Republican Party (GOP) on Wikipedia
• Litter boxes in US schools hoax on Wikipedia
• AltFurry
• Burned Furs
• Furry Raiders
• Furrygate: The Furrying
• Improved Anthropomorphics
• The Legion of the Headless Unicorn
• Rabbot the Red

Bills[edit]

• SB943‎ (Oklahoma Senate Bill 943 [2023])
• OK HB3084 (Oklahoma House Bill 3084 [2024])

Media[edit]

• Jesse Watters Primetime
• The Rush Limbaugh Show
• The Joe Rogan Experience

External links[edit]

• The Origins of the Modern American Conservative Movement by the The Heritage Foundation.
• A History of Conservative Movements article by Newsweek

Media[edit]

• Demons, Furries, and Transgender People Focus of CO Springs Candidate article on the Colorado Times Recorder
• Did Salem-Keizer allow a student who identifies as a cat to bring a litter box to school? article on the Statesman Journal
• Furry Panic Is the Latest Dumb GOP Attack on Public Schools article on The Daily Beast
• Fear of "furries" in schools grips conservative parents fooled by absurd Facebook rumors article on Salon
• Litter Boxes for Students Who Identify as Furries? Not So, Says School Official article on The New York Times
• A Texas GOP Candidate's New Claim: School Cafeteria Tables Are Being Lowered for "Furries" article on the Texas Monthly
• Fact Check-No evidence that U.S. schoolchildren are self-identifying as animals and disrupting classrooms article on Reuters
• Origins of an urban legend: "litter boxes for furries" joke gets revived for moral panic article on Dogpatch Press
• "Furries in Schools" Hoax Map documents a moral panic to attack LGBT people by proxy. article on Dogpatch Press
• School officials deny students attending class in dog and cat costumes article on The Record Courier
• Right-wing preacher says a "furry" teacher uses a litter box in front of his class article on the LGBTQ Nation
• "Furries" threatened with death in SL article on the White Mountain Independent
• Superintendent: No, EVSC doesn't provide litter boxes for students who identify as cats article on the Courier & Press
• How Furries Got Swept Up in Anti-Trans 'Litter Box' Rumors article on Snopes
• Inside the world of the Furries: Why is the number of children claiming they're cats on the rise - and why are teachers indulging the new subculture to the alarm of parents? article on the Daily Mail (UK)

Media (critical)[edit]

• Gutfeld: Furries push for LGBTQ+ acceptance video article on Fox News' YouTube
• Matt Walsh: Ep 1351 - Students Protest As Their School Becomes Infested By Furries episode on Apple Podcasts