ShippoFox said:
There are "bad apples" in every group. Sadly, people are too dumb to realize this sometimes. They assume that everyone in a given group is just like those bad apples. It doesn't help if they have some sort of prejudice against the group in the first place.
Well said .
There are some that will try to make a group look bad also by doing things that hurt the other said's group reputation.
Which happened at rainforest when they spread diapers all over the parking lot not knowing that we would never wear those type of diapers.
Other things happened also which is why swiftfox came up with a code of ethics at Con's
No exposed diapers.
Binkies were borderline.
No BM in public .
Change as soon as possible to keep smell down not to affend other's
Double bag your used padding take out to dumpster your self.
Tip your hotel house keeper generously keep room clean.
Take showers to keep odor down.
Really mostly Common Sense stuff.
Because someone said that the baby Furs were leaving diapers out in the hallways of the motel
Having bm's in the elevators while wearing diapers.
This gave us a bad reputation which we never wanted to have repeated.
But then not everyone cares to do the right thing.
But those that were IC it's understood that you can't help or control what happens.
It just takes one bad con to get a bad reputation and then we spend years trying to straighten it out.
Has anybody seen a real change in the furry fandom where we're not so much tolerant of one another like we used to be.
Kind of sad.