Even though federation has led to racists and/or NATO defenders showing up, I’ve also encountered a number if very cool people from other instances posting things like helpful advice on federation stuff, vivid descriptions of getting vored by a pack of anthro-hyenas, interesting insights and opinions on Star Trek lore, etc. I still haven’t found much in the way of active hobby communities, but it’s pretty cool to see more Star Trek and furry stuff in the timeline, and I feel it makes having to deal with the occasional deranged lib worth it.
Anyways, to all the genuinely cool people who wander into Hexbear threads, I’m very glad you’ve showed up to bless us with your wonderful posts and I hope you stick around.
I’m sure someone will write it up for you, or link to our usual statements on the matter. But I would like you to read this article. It’s not written by one of us. It’s actually written by a liberal who “escaped” East Germany and worked as assistant UN secretary general.
Ideologically, he’s pretty far from us. But his editorial here hits a lot of the same major points as us, just from a western point of view.