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Prithee, harken and attend as we bring joyous tidings of the rapid renewal and shifting winds in the New World that some call "America."
OK, that's enough of that. What we're trying to say is that the cultural shift in the United States is delightfully still proceeding. The latest news about taking America back from the degenerates who want to destroy it comes to us from, of all places, Maryland. Specifically, the Maryland Renaissance Festival, which had been invaded in recent years by the collection of degenerates known as "furries."
But Forsooth! No more!
The annual festival, which began on August 29 and runs through the end of October, issued new attire guidelines for 2026, and "fursuits" have been banned after many festivalgoers expressed that they were uncomfortable celebrating medieval times among people who had no interest in that and only wanted to display their animal fetishes.
🚨 FURRY BAN: The Maryland Renaissance Festival has banned fursuits this year, saying they don’t fit the Renaissance theme and that some patrons complained about feeling uncomfortable around them. Organizers also cite past issues with unauthorized performances. (City Cast DC)…
— MDBayNews (@MDBayNews) September 4, 2026
According to USA Today, the organizers of the fair stated that all attire must be appropriately themed and also family-friendly.
"All headwear must be removable, thematic to the event, and appropriate for a family-friendly venue," the festival says, adding that non-thematic headwear will not be allowed.
Patrons had complained about furries at the festival, telling staff they felt "uncomfortable by those wearing fursuits," Julius Smith, the Maryland Renaissance Festival’s general manager, told City Cast DC.
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If you've ever attended a "pride" parade in a leftist city, you know that family-friendly is the LAST thing that many furries are.
Festival attendees also complained about furries conducting "unauthorized performances." Frankly, the less we know about those, the better.
While weirdos who wear animal costumes complained about "discrimination," normal people celebrated the new edict.
Based
— Heidi (@HeidiBriones) September 4, 2026
wackjobs want to ruin everything
— Eric Menefee (@4real_Emenefee) September 4, 2026
go have your little fury festival somewhere else
As the initial post above states, the Renaissance Festival is a private event. It can require a dress code. And it can exclude costumes that are not in line with the festival's theme.
The furries were scaring the Maryland locals 😂 https://t.co/IDGa9NoeSt pic.twitter.com/8suUU1lTkE
— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) September 4, 2026
We don't seem to recall anyone dressing like that during the Renaissance.
Even one self-described "fursuit dancer" agreed with the new guidelines for attire.
You may be suprised to hear it but I actually fully agree with this decision and I wish my local renfaire would do the same. I don't mind the realistic ones but the technicolor foxes are horrifically distracting. There's a time and a place for these things and this is not it https://t.co/2b99b8IHPJ
— uhhhhhh @MPLX 2026 (@Armored__Sloth) September 4, 2026
We're not sure WHAT the time and place for furries is, but a Renaissance Festival ain't it.
Also, medieval towns would’ve burned furries at the stake, so they should take this a win. https://t.co/XdqDImpphB
— Amy Curtis (@RantyAmyCurtis) September 4, 2026
HA!
If any furry were transported in time back to the Renaissance, we're pretty sure they would not enjoy the experience.
The other attendees should get crossbows to hunt the furries. Immersive medieval experience for everyone!
— Kruw | BIP459 (@Kruwed) September 4, 2026
Hey, at least that would be realistic and more historically accurate.
There you go, someone in Maryland actually operating with common sense
— Don emario99 (@emario99) September 4, 2026
We were as shocked as everyone else.
Maryland, after all, is best known recently for the Francis Scott Key Bridge that still isn't even CLOSE to being rebuilt and for Chris Van Hollen, who likes to enjoy margaritas with MS-13 gang members.
A video of some guy in his furry suit complaining about being banned this year came across my feed. I remember seeing the same guy at the festival last year and thinking how weird and out of place he looked.
— Brett Stevens (@runningmoron) September 4, 2026
That's because it IS weird and out of place.
The Maryland Renaissance Festival has a stricter dress code than the Libertarian Party National Convention…👇😂 https://t.co/MDaVMAFgVA
— Libertarian Party of Maryland (@LPMaryland) September 4, 2026
HAHAHAHAHA!
Welp. He's not wrong.
Baltimore resident Brian Connelly, aka Colonel PupRavage, hardest hit https://t.co/lvRWbMEH8f pic.twitter.com/xj0KppY0nU
— NOVA Campaigns (@NoVA_Campaigns) September 4, 2026
Thanks to Pete Hegseth, we don't have them in our military anymore either.
You know you're insufferable when the ren-fair crowd puts their foot down
— Gilbert Dice (@AyitsAyAyRon) September 4, 2026
It's not like furries don't have their own gatherings. Pretty much every weekend, if not every day.
The Renaissance Festival was just an excuse for them to impose their weird fetish subculture on people who wanted nothing to do with it.
Do you have any idea how much I spent on this Fur Lancelot costume? https://t.co/MGaNFWHhDO pic.twitter.com/JYoeiPz50o
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) September 4, 2026
"Fur Lancelot" ... LOL.
Hey, at least that one is period-specific. They might still allow it.
Good!
— AdornedInThorns (@AdornedInThorns) September 4, 2026
No one needs to be wearing fetish wear to these events!
That's what the entire city of San Francisco is for.
Vibe shift? https://t.co/U3U1nYgjdd
— Casey Mattox (@CaseyMattox_) September 4, 2026
Yep. Vibe shift.
We are healing… https://t.co/Vn4fu9jdXI
— Vincent Charles: Roi De Tout, (Ret.) (@YesThatVCharles) September 4, 2026
Yea, verily.
Slowly but surely, America is healing.
Somehow, we feel like Sydney Sweeney, Sophie Cunningham, and the U.S. men's hockey team deserve a lot of the credit for this.
In the meantime, we hope the Maryland Renaissance Festival returns to somewhat normal after banning all of the knaves, varlets, coxcombs, and wastrels.
And probably Beto O'Rourke.
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