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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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[–] MiniMoose4Free@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Kinda like this one I know the litter shit is bullshit. Though we all knew those annoying ass kids in school.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

Yeah they were annoying. So were the pseudointillectual douchebags (I would know I was one). So were the jocks. So was basically everyone. Kids are annoying. Banning child behavior for being annoying is part of the creation of a less free society for no good reason.

Alternatively, why not just.. let people be themselves and weird? Because they were annoying to you? So many people are annoying for one reason or another, do we need to discipline them for it? Moreover, should we? Or would that just be limiting our expression and enforcing uniformity?

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[–] orclev@lemmy.world 260 points 2 days ago (34 children)

Man they are still caught up on that fake story somebody sent to one of these morons claiming kids were using litter boxes in school. It never happened but they're going to try to legislate it away anyway.

The lesson here is don't troll these idiots, they'll fucking believe it and then start passing idiotic laws for non-problems.

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 71 points 2 days ago (4 children)

And when you try and tell anyone who bought it they say there is evidence, while never being able to provide any.

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[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The lesson here is don't troll these idiots, they'll fucking believe it and then start passing idiotic laws for non-problems.

Throwback to when 4chan started memeing about pizzas, and the resulting chain of events led to a real pizza parlor being shot up by a right-wing nut job who thought it was full of pedophiles.

[–] Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I don’t see how they ignored an actual case of sexual assault at a pizza parlor…oh it’s because he was a Republican mega donor.
Also, the Google results for ‘Vander Esch assault pizza ranch’ have at least five different “digital newspapers” pushed to the top of the results with a different story that does not match the record of the legal proceedings.

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[–] yoriaiko@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I bark at them using my very human vocal cords (I don't even have any other). Prove me on court that I was not using human vocal cords to bark. Or maybe I was using totally non-human made recording-speaker device?

Or maybe my 1.7m tall fursuit was designed to be weared by my cat? No way even lololong house cat could be that big. (lie, I don't own a fursuit, in any size, but point still apply).

Oh I know! Some tailed buttplugs were totally designed for pets and it is all about being pet care!

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[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 56 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

Students who bark, meow, hiss or make other animal noises that are not human speech

I'm not quite sure what it is exactly (/s), but maybe—just maybe—this is yet another attempt to fuck over and ostracize transfem and autistic people, but instead of being direct about it, using furries as the boogeyman.

[–] Akuchimoya@startrek.website 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There are very many normal human sounds that are not speech, including, but not limited to: laughter, crying, yelling/screaming/yelping (in surprise, pain, fear), groaning, moaning, yawning, sneezing, coughing, vomiting, singing, whistling.

What constitutes human speech? There are languages that have sounds that don't exist in other languages (said as someone still trying to get a hold on rolling my Rs).

In any case, we should all learn some sign language. Seriously, it's useful to be able to communicate silently or just visually (e.g. Across a noisy room), plus it makes life way more inclusive for Deaf people.

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[–] pageflight@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago

Also to arrest basically any kindergartner.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

I fully agree but it's really only associated with transfem people because of the high rates of autism in our community

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I wonder how much of this is borne out of the hysteria over kids supposedly using litter boxes.

I had some gomer on the Denver Post forums that kept insisting it was not only a thing, but an epidemic. I kept asking him for the supposed evidence of this claim, all he could say was that he "talks to lots and lots of parents and teachers" and "the media won't report on it".

[–] dukeofdummies@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's trivial to verify. Slap 20 bucks on the table and say "20 bucks you can't list a location with a litterbox for furries"

“talks to lots and lots of parents and teachers” and “the media won’t report on it”.

Ain't gonna get you 20 bucks. Need a location. If you get a location, call 'em. They'll confirm or deny. (They're gonna deny)

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

That'll get you a claim that they'd deny regardless of veracity

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[–] fedupwithbureaucracy@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Can we start torso-kicking these people? Why do we have to be civil?

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[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 62 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Texans, next time you look at the prices in the grocery store, remember that this is what your representatives are spending their time on.

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[–] regrub@lemmy.world 101 points 2 days ago (8 children)

They're going after easy targets like schools because if they targeted furries in the state government, all of the IT infrastructure would crumble.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 45 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Imposing this bullshit on children who often have vivid imaginations and like to play make believe shows just how much the Republican party actually cares about children.

[–] allo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 19 hours ago
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[–] baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 34 points 1 day ago

Filing this under “Closeted conservative so ashamed of their kink that, instead of discussing their feelings with a therapist, psychiatrist, or even a trusted friend, believe everyone must share their taboo thoughts and therefore be preëmptively punished to stamp out the contagion since the only honorable alternative is undergoing apoptosis like some malfunctioning cell”.

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 70 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Play Duck Duck Goose? Jail

Face paint? Beleive it or not Jail

Old McDonald? Straight to jail

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[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 73 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Can we still say "what's up, dawg?"

It is funny that the litter box story was taken as gospel.

What a time to be alive.

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[–] dontbelasagne@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago

So they're scared of people becoming furries. I know a few furries, not in the scene myself but furries are genuinely some of the nicest people I know. And also this bill seems ableist because I knew an autistic person that would growl whenever he had a meltdown. He wasn't a furry, it was just how he was wired.

[–] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 65 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It’s incredible that republicans can constantly waste tax dollars on worthless shit like this and still be viewed as the party of financial responsibility by their dumb ass voting base

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[–] Krik@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Licking oneself or others for the purpose of grooming or maintenance.

Good luck trying to enforce that. Most people lick a small wound on their hands an fingers. It's our subconscious that triggers that.

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