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.
Hey DOGE, these are the dumbasses wasting taxpayer money.
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.
I find this law hilarious. And incredibly dumb. Hilariously dumb. Maybe spend more on education and childcare. There’s always going to be the “wild child” in school.
It’s just one of several modern versions of satanic panic used to distract the dummies while they fleece them.
Students who bark, meow, hiss or make other animal noises that are not human speech
The cow says “you’re under arrest”.
It’s actually the pig that says that.
The party of small government
Small enough to fit in your bedroom
And to make sure you don’t own more dildos than the legal limit
Apparently the legal limit for sex toys in general (in texas) is 6.
As far as I am concerned, my ass can know no legal limit.
Personally, I’m not a fan of dildo, but if any government tried to tell me, I couldn’t have 1000 in my asset any time, I would write it. And I have under similar constructions.
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.
that in turn reminds me of https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/19/opinion/the-horrors-of-secular-humanism.html
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”?
You don’t expect them to have thought it through, do you?
Homey, they about to defund and empty the DoE, every single person in need of an IEP are about to be screwed. The students wont be illegal, they just wont be allowed in the new private school system for espousing anti-social behaviors.
Edit: I do not adhere or condone destroying the public school system in any way. The fact that the US has been defunding and legislatively attacking public schools since the 60s is deplorable behavior
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.
Okay, obvious queerphobia/freedom of expression issues and “how are these malignant societal tumors still on the debunked litter box thing” aside… Do none of these idiots remember that children often role play as animals because they have imagination and they are children? Have they even met children?!? Pretty sure “horse firefighters” or “we’re all evil cats today” etc. are a common type of game played at recess or whatever. They have nothing to do with being a furry and everything to do with just regular human development? Are these people really paranoid and threatened by childhood make-believe games?
You raise an excellent point, and it honestly makes me think of Tyson Yunkaporta’s perspective on the actual historical purpose of free public elementary education: to retrain the human mind toward total obedience to the state. In order to mold a person into obedience, you have to take away their sense of agency, their ability to think for themselves, and their creativity. Children increase their understanding of the world and express their creativity through play, which includes pretending to be elements of the world such as animals. In removing the natural ability to be creative through play, you wrangle tighter control over how they think.
So I’m not saying the creators of this bill are actively intending to further force ingrained obedience in American
servantscitizens, but I’m also not saying that they’re totally unaware of the possibilities.When and where I went to school it was basically self-policing. The bully and urge to conformity was so blatant and oppressive that anyone that didnt fit the mold outwardly were ostracized anyway. This is just codifying that behavior into law. Its gross and unnecessary to make laws based on lies and manipulation because every fear-inducing news headline is blasted via the loudest megaphone humanity has ever created.
Is this happening so often that it requires a law?
Why not put that money, time, and effort into providing sexual education so people better understand how to not get pregnant, reducing the occurrence of abortions?
Is this happening so often that it requires a law?
Not in any amount worth anyone’s energy.
Why not put that money, time, and effort into providing sexual education so people better understand how to not get pregnant, reducing the occurrence of abortions?
Because the law must have those it binds, but does not protect..
It’s wild how often it helps answer “why are they doing this?!”
Is this happening so often that it requires a law?
Not in any amount worth anyone’s energy.
Why not put that money, time, and effort into providing sexual education so people better understand how to not get pregnant, reducing the occurrence of abortions?
Because the law must have those it binds, but does not protect..
It’s wild how often it helps answer “why are they doing this?!”
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.
Jesus Christ, someone buy these guys a fursuit already. I’ll chip in. We can do a GoFundMe.
Silly of you to think that they don’t already have many of them, especially because the masks obscure their fucking shitty IRL identities.
I love how there’s exempt days. You can dress up like a furry once in a while as a treat.
Yeah fr. There’s nothing stopping every school from just saying “every day is optional dress up day”
On exempt days, parents should send their kids to school as a wolf with tits and giant balls.
I bet they classify homosexual behavior as not part of normal homosapiens behavior.
