I don't mean in the physical attribute sense, obviously scales =/= fur.
I mean more in the sense of people who are like "no no no, I'm not a furry. I'm a scaly!"
Like, for all intensive purposes, what information are you providing to me by saying that? Do you exclusively survey art of scaly characters and make a point of not following furry stuff?
TLDR, scalies and furries are the same category of people