Sure you may have encountered furries that sexually harassed you online, but that doesn't mean almost the entire fandom is like that, You said it yourself, you have friends that are furries and had fun with them on VR chat roleplaying, alot of them are like that including some of them that have an addiction, You've just been focusing on the bad side to much and believe whatever the internet tells you, Well for dang sure that wasn't my experience with them, I used to be a Anti Furry myself, like you guys, then I saw these people going to conventions and having a interview with them, then realized they are just misunderstood people and they are actually pretty creative and really nice people, so I got into research what a furry was and its just about liking/cosplaying anthropomorphic characters, so the reference word "Furry" isn't even their actual group name thats the funny part, they actually originated from science fiction about humanoid morphed characters, It had nothing to do with zoophila, pedophilla, or any of that crap, those are just people who came along and joined the fandom, and put a very bad reputation on the community, And they aren't the only ones who have a side that involves sexualizing things, ever heard of "Hentai"?