>>122841483It's a non-threatening, 'anti-toxic masculinity' look which they think will appeal to women. Moreover, persons of that particular political persuasion tend towards a similar appearance. Applies to women, too.
>>122841484Autism. I know it's a response which gets thrown around a lot (and emptily so), but in this case, it's absolutely true. Since they view reality through a rational / literal prism, they lack imagination, which renders them incapable of accepting anything out of the ordinary. Take for example, an avian character with mammalian boobs. That's a huge no-no, because even though it's a cartoon, the anatomy of real life still has to be honored, or else it drives them batty.
Honestly, though, most people just have a problem with her being brown, myself included. You could still make a humanoid animal Latin without having the alter its plumage.