That’s definitely a line I don’t want to cross. Whatever the outrage about the company itself, purity testing their customers is not going to lead anywhere productive.

I don’t necessarily think that the handling of animals in itself constitutes abuse. It’s that involving live animals crosses a line in a way that, for example, “feral art” doesn’t.

The way I see it is that it caters to a clientele that shouldn’t be catered to. Someone who wants a life-cast toy is getting off on animals who can’t consent in a way that someone who wants an artist-rendered version of a similar toy isn’t.

These are some of the screenshots going around most frequently bsky.app/profile/pits...

I don’t know if it was a tweet or an Instagram story or what but people are, after years of this being a known problem, finally getting in MFF’s grill about it

Every tweet of their that doesn’t have replies turned off has a dozen “Address Me” elephants under it

I’ve seen them at this con going back years and at other cons multiple years. Idk what it’ll take to get any of the con staff to care

the lyrics on the TV screen are just ??? the whole time

This is a huge part of why so many people think we're in the middle of a widespread "anti-woke backlash": Small movements opposed to social progress are collected into trend stories by conservative media. Far larger movements that want more diversity are ignored or cast as threats.