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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.
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Ban kids from playing pretend? This is gonna go swimmingly.
The youth are famously reasonable about complying with stupid rules. (This is sarcasm.)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swimmingly
For those that don’t know what swimmingly is
Is it an unisual word? I thought it was common, but maybe it’s a local thing
No, not an unusual word. I’ve heard The Youth™ have a different vocabulary though, so it might be an age thing?
Could be. I heard it a lot from my parents who were born in the 1940s.
I’ve heard the term plenty as someone nearing their 30s. Never used it myself though
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,”
Acting like animals is something humans do, just saying…
This is so vague it could mean any behavour. God, I hate facists.
@superkret @sundrei The law is of course unenforceable, even on its own terms. In context of centuries of legal doctrine, it’s far too vague to ever be fairly enforceable against anyone.
The reason is not nefarious, I believe. There are people who really believe this myth, and I’m strongly inclined to believe this bill’s sponsor does. You wouldn’t include the detail about litter boxes, for example, unless you really believed that was happening.
He’s just extremely ignorant.
Old MacDonald Had a Farm gets the whole class to jail in seconds 🤣
Banning 4 year old girls from wearing a headband with kitten ears. Good work.
Glad the tax dollars are being used for good old fashioned morals! I can remember in my day no one used their “imagination” as a crutch to groom others! Here here with the leadership we have been yearning for since them damn hippies took over and talked about clean energy and responsible corporate greed. I can’t remember the last time we had such a clear bearing going towards a future that is exactly like the past!
Is he painting his nails?
He’s rolling a joint.
They are obsessed with these things. I wonder why? Repressed desires, I say.
The problem is, this can affect kids following (do I even need to specify it) harmless trends like plushy overalls or hairbands with ears.
So, they are also obsessed with dominating kids and putting their fingers where they don’t belong.
Reminds me of this 43 year old song:
Laß doch die Kleinen in Ruh Laß doch die Kleinen in Ruh du kuinierst mich so du alte Sau“Small government” my ass
Oh, they’ll go there next, don’t you worry…
Laß doch die Kleinen in Ruh
Laß doch die Kleinen in Ruh
du kuinierst mich so
du alte Sau
kuinieren Aus französisch coionner. Hier in der Bedeutung von quälen, plagen, misshandeln.
So basically,
“Leave the little kids alone. Leave the little kids alone. You torment me so much, you old pig.”
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Imagine being the lawyer who gets to defend our First Amendment right to fucking meow in front of the Supreme Court
Licking oneself or others for the purpose of grooming or maintenance
Whew, so you’d still be able to lick people for other reasons.
The law would allow for exempt days, such as Halloween and other school dress-up days.
And I think they just sanctioned furry halloween. It’s gonna be wild.
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
Whew so surgically implanted tails are still good for plays
What happens if you have tourettes
The on-site police officer probably violently arrests you. And I’m only like 30% joking, from what I’ve heard of American schools
Ah yes, doing the important work. A lot less options with halloween though. Is Spiderman or Batman still ok, or too much animal reference? And what about cops, they all look like pigs. Are they going to arrest their colleagues every morning when they arrive at work?
Halloween actually got a specific exclusion.
Nice. Halloween is going to be a massive furry swarm for sure.
seriously? seems fine for the most part
Should the government regulate space aliens in school too? Why not target the infinity of scenarios that never happens, or should we just skip straight to mandating that school is only for nazi salutes?
Don’t American students already heil and recite oaths to a flag regularly?
We don’t “heil” in school… Yet.
Or not anymore.
Bellamy salute
this was before the Nazi’s and facists ruined it.
You might also be interested to know that the Charlie Chaplin style of mustache was the most popular in world until Hitler wore it.
AFAIK it was the maximum amount of beard allowed for soldiers at the end of World War 1, because of the gas masks.
So millions of men returned from the war with that moustache.
When kids do it, it’s called the Bellamy salute.
that never happens
well, furries exist and are popular especially among younger people. I wouldn’t want my kid to be exposed to that
also, that fact that they explicitly named using a litterbox instead of a toilet as an expample is telling. with a law prohibiting this and similar things, nothing of value is lost
we should always make our laws based off of propaganda and not reality.
if those things don’t exist, noone should have a problem with them being forbidden. it’d be like prohibiting you from travlling to the other end of the galaxy. why should you care?
I totally agree! That’s why I’m in favor of repealing the fourth amendment. If you aren’t hiding anything illegal in your house, then you should have no problem with the police searching it. Why should you care?
And I don’t want my kid exposed to Mormons. Unfortunately, your rights end where my rights begin
Mormon priests do the Catholic CSA thing too
I wouldn’t want my kid to be exposed to that
Better never let your kids use the internet, then
As for the litterbox thing, it was a hoax:
If you wanted to protect your kids, you’d be opposing fascism not furries.
You’re just a bigot hiding behind your kids. You’ll fit right in with the fascists.
I can and do oppose both
also nice work normalizing fascism
Free speech violations are fine when I don’t like the speech
Is this even a real problem or are they just wasting time
