Because why the hell not.
>>89459745
This episode, given that it happened right after "Brian dies" arc, is what cemented that the writing team fucking hates Brian.
They killed off his personality by writing him terribly, so they go after the last part of his popularity, furries.
>>89460003
Why did Vinnie have to get retconned?
>>89459745
gaben visits birdo
>>89460003
They hate Brian because the fans hate Brian due to those liberal soapbox episodes they gave him a decade ago.
They literally listened to you. You're supposed to enjoy Brian getting BTFO at every turn.
>>89460238
I believe FG got a new crop of writers at that time. The show now is basically these guys writing the bad fanfiction they always wanted to see.
>>89460238
Technically fans loved Brian in original Family Guy, then when modern Family Guy started they wrote him as a complete (unintentional) douche, perhaps because of what >>89460269
suggests.
Then fans turned on Brian as the show went downhill, the tipping point being when they had Quagmire of all people give him a rant on why he sucks, which flipped the mouthbreathing retard audience who need to be told what to like.
>>89460003
they cemented that they hated brian when rush fucking limbaugh told him why he sucked
they started it when quagmire did it
it's why the show became watchable again