Politician resigns after controversy from his love of Furries

[ANiMUS]

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NEW MILFORD — Town Council member Scott Chamberlain had never made a secret of his deep involvement in Furry Fandom, a subculture of adults who dress in mascot-like animal costumes, attend role-playing conventions and interact regularly online.


But an uproar ensued when a town resident posted on a community Facebook page several screenshots of Chamberlain’s profile from a private website catering to “furries,” many of whom participate in or write about unusual sexual practices. The profile includes a list of Chamberlain’s “loves,” “likes” and “hates,” some sexual in nature, but also said that he “tolerates” rape.

In an interview at midday Thursday, Chamberlain explained his involvement in the “furry” community as a harmless hobby.

“It’s nothing to do with ***; it’s an interest in cartoon animals," said the first-term Democrat, who was up for re-election.

But Mayor David Gronbach, saying elected officials should be held to a “higher standard,” called for Chamberlain’s immediate resignation, and within two hours party officials said he would resign all his town and party positions by Monday morning.

Town Democratic Chairman Peter Mullen said Chamberlain had told him previously that he had written what he called “science fiction adult literature,” but that the Facebook post showed him a side of those activities that shocked him.

“Literature is one thing, but this kind of stuff takes on a whole different level,” Mullen said.

Chamberlain did not respond to a follow-up call and email Thursday afternoon.

In the midday interview, Chamberlain had said the private site, sofurry.com, requires users to sort topics into four categories — “loves,” “likes,” “tolerates” and “hates” — to manage the content sent to them.

“It’s basically a search feature,” he said.

Chamberlain, whose avatar is a foxlike character named “Gray Muzzle,” said his participation in furry fandom is mostly about appreciating animal characters with human behaviors and features, such as Tony the Tiger and Mickey Mouse.

But many of those commenting on the Facebook post — which has since been removed — said even suggesting that “rape” is tolerable was out of line.

“Anyone is free to pursue any hobby of choice,” one commenter wrote, “however that doesn't mean they can represent me as an elected official and endorse the things that are seemingly endorsed on that page.”

Chamberlain also writes what he calls a “soap opera” read by hundreds of users that includes furries in some sexual situations. He said these writings are posted to a site open only to adults, and that he writes under a pen name to keep his public and private lives separate.

I just want your opinions, and to ask what would you do if your search history became public :th:

 

[Pumpkin Ninja]

The future of politics, folks.

 

[Umari Senju]

This is classic...and sad

If my search history became public I doubt it would surprise anyone. It's not like tons of porn is Some rarity on the net:bdpf:

 

[Sagebee]

He didn't do nothing wrong:lol

 

[Lightbringer]

Unless if he were into bestiality or if his obsession with furies affected his work ethic, then I don't see any reason to resign.

What he does in his own time is his businesses. What he stands for is what matters.

 

[ANiMUS]

Unless if he were into bestiality or if his obsession with furies affected his work ethic, then I don't see any reason to resign.

What he does in his own time is his businesses. What he stands for is what matters.

<_< yeah ppl don't think that way usually. Freaky fetishes often =sexual deviant in the minds of most. It also could be tied to the guy saying he was into rape >_> though he probably meant rape porn/ fantasies. I would bet $10 That this dude was into hentai.

 

[Bacillus]

now, do we have the technology to erase memories from existence so i never read that article in the first place?