The Forbidding Unlawful Representation of Roleplaying in Education, or FURRIES, Act, filed by Austin-area Republican State Rep. Stan Gerdes, would “prohibit any non-human behavior by a student, including presenting himself or herself, on days other than exempt days, as anything other than a human being.”
The law would allow for exempt days, such as Halloween and other school dress-up days.
The law defines “non-human” behavior as “any type of behavior or accessory displayed by a student in a school district other than behaviors or accessories typically displayed by a member of the homo sapiens species,” with provided examples being:
Using a litter box for the passing of stool, urine or other human byproducts
A personal or outward display, except during a school play or by a school mascot, through surgical or superficial means of features that are non-human such as using tails, leashes, collars or other accessories designed for pets
Using fur, other than naturally occurring human hair or a wig made to look like human hair
Artificial, animal-like ears
Other physiological features that have not historically been assigned to the human race through a means of natural biological development
Students who bark, meow, hiss or make other animal noises that are not human speech
Licking oneself or others for the purpose of grooming or maintenance.
And that’s why Sen. Stan Gerdes had all those URLs in their browser history!
I think we’re running into a phase where Republicans are proposing laws based on shared boomer facebook posts and the like rather then actual concrete issues.
A grown ass man had to write this for the express purpose of stopping kids from playing at school.
Stan Gerdes what the fuck is wrong with you dude? Who hurt you?
Using a litter box for the passing of stool, urine or other human byproducts
They put that in the law because they want people to think it actually happens.
It reminds me of the time that a proposed bill outlawed “critical race theory” in schools, which it defined (in part) as teaching that present-day white people must feel guilty about past slavery. But nobody had ever taught that.
If enacted, I’m guessing the main effect of this would be to make “meow” the new standard greeting among a large fraction of the student population in Texas high schools.
Lots of students with verbal communication issues about to be illegal. As are students with artifical limbs or organs or even glucose monitors. Also who gets to decide this: “other than behaviors or accessories typically displayed by a member of the homo sapiens species”?
It’s vague, specifically so they can invoke it against any child they consider part of the “out group”- like trans, n/b, autistic, developmentally handicapped, socially handicapped, awkward, queer, “strange,” brown, wrong religion, wrong clothes, wrong facial expression… the list can go on. The cruelty is the point. Fascists are literally comic levels of evil. If you are not one of “them” you are evil, bad, and need removed. Same for the ideologically impure. Shit is going to get extremely crazy within the next few months to year.
This is why I like public schools, they really dont have a lot of choice when admitting students. Kids are little over-creative sociopathic people with some hints of empathy, that can and will cause trouble just because they are bored. Without a public school systems, where we are going, the private school systems will be way pickier and choosier with whom they allow in. Any record of disturbance will probably get a student banned and theyll have to go to another school out of state or further to get an education befitting them.
They’re already underhandedly targeting autistic kids with it as-is. Vocal stims like meowing or nonverbal communication like growling are covered directly.
Lol most furries are plane engineers or somthin so they’re angering the wrong ppl
This seems to be like a recent moral panic here in Finland about therian kids in schools.
Goth girls wore collars when I was in high school, before furries were a thing.
FWIW, furries have have been ‘a thing’ since at least 1980. (just trivia: I know you’re talking about trends in your area)
I love how there’s exempt days. You can dress up like a furry once in a while as a treat.
On exempt days, parents should send their kids to school as a wolf with tits and giant balls.
Jesus Christ, someone buy these guys a fursuit already. I’ll chip in. We can do a GoFundMe.
Artificial, animal-like ears Other physiological features that have not historically been assigned to the human race through a means of natural biological development
Great outrage in the anime community following catgirls ban.
It’s just one of several modern versions of satanic panic used to distract the dummies while they fleece them.
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