It do be that way.

There's a lot of anti-furry sentiment here comparing it to beastiality and zoophilia which is nothing new, but it's too early in the morning for this.
To all those arguing this: You do not understand what being a furry is.
The furry community is firmly against fucking real animals as they obviously cannot consent. Any sex that happens in the community is among consenting adults. It isn't a "stepping stone" to fucking animals either. The community has worked hard to expel zoophiles (people actually fucking animals) and Nazis (different tangent but also interesting).
The sensory experience of fur (or scales or feathers) is nice, and wondering what having a tail or multiple appendages would be like is fun, but some people have a problem with it when adults want to enjoy that with other adults.
This video is the best explanation I've encountered on the topic and has way more information than what I can put in a comment. NSFW and there's a lot of sex jokes strung throughout.
https://youtu.be/ws9g3igw51s?si=pcILDYodPTi-0ZuU
TL; DW: There is a common experience of being dehumanized which the LGBT+ community experiences as well as those who are autistic which is one of many reasons both groups are drawn to the community. Animal comparisons are a good way of contextualizing how you would like to be interacted with. Furry is nothing new, and we have plenty of depictions of gods seducing people as animals because of the juxtaposition of power dynamics, divinity, humanity, masc, and fem.
- I credit the fediverse, specifically Mastodon with ahem "humanizing" furries for me. I never had any exposure to them outside of memes and jokes before that. Now they are just members of another harmless subculture to me. Furries (and trans peeps!) also seem to be overrepresented in the fediverse and infosec communities, so respect and thanks to all the rad furries out there!

I combine them. Gimme a bright, rainbow colored dog suit.

I have friends in both panels. As a 6-foot goblin I am less fabulous than either, but love and regard you all as a point of principle.

In my experience people like on the left tend to be upper class so that's probably why they're marketed to. There's a lot of jokes about furries all being engineers and aircraft technicians and stuff but there's not really enough rich ones to be worth marketing to for massive corporations. No offense but that kind of "gay pride" stuff is bougie as fuck these days.

My friends look like the left panel.

Well, the comments of this thread show me that it’s time to leave this lemmy community
- Trust me. No one is going to miss you.
  Permanently banned for bigotry, hatred, and a failure to follow rule 1.
- Close minded how, exactly?

- the unfortunate reality is that animal fuckers are becoming more and more commonly accepted on the internet as a whole -- and expressing any opinion to the contrary is likely to get angry dogfuckers ranting and raving in your inbox.
  tis a disturbing future we live in.
- I've had to block so many furry, hentai, and furry hentai communities on here... What is it about Lemmy that brought so many users who get off to dog dicks?
  
  Ooh, I actually know this, and it's kinda hilarious. Lemmy tends to trend more techy, with a lot of emphasis on Linux communities. Furries are generalized as being stereotypically prevalent in IT, with a general joke of a plane crash full of furries could cripple an IT sector. Over 50% of furries are in STEM fields, with 28% of those surveyed in IT, 12% in science, and 12% in engineering (these numbers are from 2011, and a later survey was done in 2019, but I haven't been able to find results).
  Additionally, Lemmy tends to lean left politically, with a lot of emphasis on communities that are for trans rights, such as servers like blahaj.zone. Furries lean very much left politically socially, though they tend to skew right economically (numbers from 2013).
  In short, furries are here because Lemmy matches their interests beyond the furry community. Aside from their love of dog dicks, you'd likely get along pretty well with them.
- As far as I know being a furry isn't about sexual attraction to animals, that's a misunderstanding on your part I'm pretty sure.
  
  The anti-furry dogwhistle is overwhelmingly used for anti-LGBTQ+ sentiments. The furry community is almost fully LGBTQ+ (80%+), and the idea that the LGBTQ+ community would be at odds with them shows that you are really misunderstanding the point of the rainbow flag. As the OP meme notes, furries have part of the LGBTQ+ community for a very long time and if you think this is some new phenomenon I really wonder what you're doing trying to speak for us.
  
  Ignoring everything else I could say about your comment: What's wrong with RPing non-consensual situations?
  
  Thank you! Someone finally said it
  People who don’t think furrys are sexual haven’t accidentally been invited to a furry party in San Francisco like I have. Trust me, they are pretending to be dogs fucking, and it crosses the beastiality line.
  Furrys are not a part of the LGBTQI+ community.