you know that these kids like sitting on santa's lap because they think that it's santa that's giving them presents each christmas, right?
they have mall santa's for the spirit of the holiday, to say 'Hey, it's forgetin' christmas everybody.' or people dressing as disney mascots in disney land are just there to promote that character as a form of an attraction in that park/whatever.
A kid sees a guy dressed as Santa, they think it's Santa. It's fun to them.
A kid sees a guy dresses as the easter bunny, he thinks it the easter bunny. It's fun to them.
A kid sees a guy dressed as a Disney character, they think it's that Disney character. It's fun to them.
A kid sees a guy dressed in an animal costume, again
same exact stuff. They think it's that character. It's fun to them.
I've been to parks where fursuiters were and actually seen this happen first hand. Not only are the kids absolutely thrilled,
so are the parents.
i fail to see what a fursuit is promoting, or in what spirit they are dressing up as animals for.
See:
The picture that sparked this was a guy going out of his way to help a children's hospital in raising money and cheer up some sick kids (reverse image search it and look around a bit). It doesn't matter if you have no interest in the way he does it, calling a guy weird for helping kids is just kinda richardish. Seriously, I've seen all sorts of people who like all sorts of things in which I have no interest in at all, but if they use it to accomplish something good, then that's awesome, and they should keep doing it
And this isn't an exception
People using fursuits to raise money for charity is very common
My state's local furry group was recently approved by the IRS as a 501c3 non-profit organization, and we do quite a bit of charity work.
MFF2014 (convention in Chicago) raised over $30k for charity in just a few days...and its not even primarily a charity event, its an event that people go to to have fun, hang out, and socialize
