A person who holds an intense and irrational fear of people who illustrate, cosplay as, or otherwise relate with personified animals. This fear often manifests itself as intense hatred toward the large-scale community commonly known as "Furries." Anthrozoophobes openly mock and demean people not only in the community but also other people who do not harbor this phobia. Anthrozoophobes often conflate the furry community with Zoophilia which is a strawman argument intended to discredit diverging viewpoints from their own. As the furry community is incredibly diverse, Anthrozoophones also can be transphobic, homophobic, and ableist as they don't understand the intricacies of such a large, shared sense of community.
Person 1: "Can you even believe your friend? I thought they were cool!"
Person 2: "What do you mean? They've found a neat outlet for their creativity they would not otherwise be able to express normally."
Person 1: "Why would they ever want to identify with furries though? They're so disgusting and vile!"
Person 2: "Don't be such an anthrozoophobe. I thought you were good friends."
Person 2: "What do you mean? They've found a neat outlet for their creativity they would not otherwise be able to express normally."
Person 1: "Why would they ever want to identify with furries though? They're so disgusting and vile!"
Person 2: "Don't be such an anthrozoophobe. I thought you were good friends."
by CPU0NRD January 23, 2022