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Y'know, as a straight male and non-furry, I have to say that I find furries similar to how I do gays.
I'm sure that the vast majority of them are people who enjoy their fetish in private (like all fetishes should be, excepting exhibitionism, because by nature that one is public), and they don't kick up a huge stink about things, they're otherwise 'level headed' individuals, regardless of my opinion on their 'lifestyle'. But similar to gays, furries have a large vocal minority who are just a loud fucking obnoxious waste of human flesh, embarassment to the group they belong to and they ruin it for others in the 'group' - so badly that its impossible to take them seriously (Not that I could take a furry seriously at any level). I guess a similar principal applies to the LBGT community with their 'die cis scum' shit and such.
Doesn't mean I still don't fucking hate furries though, all a bunch of fucking manchildren. I've had/known a couple cool gay/lesbian/trans friends and a vocal minority really ruins a lot of shit for them.