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A Texas bill, known as the FURRIES Act, would ban non-human behaviors in public schools, including the use of litter boxes and wearing animal accessories.

Rep. Stan Gerdes, the bill's author, claimed schools were providing litter boxes for students acting as "furries."

When pressed, Gerdes could not find an example. The bill was left pending in committee.

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[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 37 points 1 month ago

Need a new Texas bill banning Rep. Stan Gerdes from being 10 miles near any school because dude is a fucking creep.

[-] MantisToboggon@lazysoci.al 32 points 1 month ago

This guy absolutely beats his dick to furry porn.

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 26 points 1 month ago

I can provide examples of these sickos wearing animal accessories at Texas schools.

[-] Stamau123@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago
[-] saltesc@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

If they don't include a clause for mascots or other performances, then they've fucked that up lol

Just some kids in uniform standing around reciting Cats because they can't act any of it 👍

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[-] Sumocat@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

To be clear, cat litter buckets in classrooms is a real thing in some schools but only to use in active shooter lockdowns if needed. When a classroom of kids is trapped for hours, someone will need to poop, and they’re going to want to cover up it and not smell it the whole time. So unfortunately there’s a perfectly valid reason for kids to poop in litter buckets at schools that these conspiracists, who are probably the same nutjobs who think school shootings are fake, are twisting into furry accommodation.

[-] preussischblau@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Hey, America, what the fuck?

[-] kescusay@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

We're pretty stupid over here right now. Sorry, world.

[-] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 month ago

Tbh, kitty litter sounds like a practical idea in case of a lockdown. I was just cautioned to make sure my office trash bin doesn't have any cracks.

[-] Bunbury@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago

Here I was laughing at a silly man trying to forbid something that never happens. Now I’m sad again. How on earth is this the lived reality of so many children? Can’t do much from over here in Europe but what the heck.

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Slight misinfo here.

I was not able to find anyone selling or providing kitty litter buckets for active shooter response kits. I think kitty litter would not be an idea lchoice because it relies on absorbing moisture, swelling, and covering the feces via the cat's natural scraping behavior.

However, their are a number of classroom lockdown kits that do include a 5 gallon bucket to shit in, and a deodorizer tablet/solution.

[-] Sumocat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It was a DIY solution, not a kit, but great to know the idea was monetized.

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago

Uh... citation needed 🤦🏼‍♂️

[-] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 month ago
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[-] malloc@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

In a few years, this guy will probably get picked up for human trafficking, CSAM, soliciting sex from minors or some other degenerate activity.

Anybody remember that shit stain from FL, Matt Gaetz?

In 2020, Gaetz was accused of child sex trafficking[a] and statutory rape. After an investigation, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) decided not to charge him. In December 2024, the House Ethics Committee released a report which found evidence that Gaetz paid for sex—including with a 17-year-old—and abused illegal drugs during his tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives. The committee report did not find sufficient evidence that he had not engaged in sex trafficking as defined in federal law.[2]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Gaetz

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Anybody remember that shit stain from FL, Matt Gaetz?

Mostly just his child victims.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 month ago

This is a perfect example of politics honestly

[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago

litter boxes in school would have been an upgrade over the basement level bathrooms

[-] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

Nothing is more pathetic than a politician who believes their own propaganda.

[-] projectsquared@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Do they really believe it or do they know how fucking gullible a large swath of their electorate is?

[-] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

The Conservative Propaganda Machine has been recruiting and indoctrinating consrvatives since Rush Lbaugh hit the airwaves in the mid-80s. We are now 2-3 generations removed from that, and people who were raised on hearing conservative propganda at the dinner table, and conservative "values," have grown up and run for office.

Some of them recognize that its all a long con, but quite a few of them believe the propaganda as well. Then there are those who believe the propaganda, and and also see conservatism as a life hack to get what you want by immoral, unethical, and illegal behavior.

[-] KiwiFlavor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago

Beyond the blatant stupidity of the bill, the most concerning part is the definition of "non-human behavior." I would not be surprised if some schools interpreted queer people, those with disabilites, and those from minority ethnic, religious, or racial groups to be exhibitong "non-human behaviors." These groups have already been dehumanized historically.

[-] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Absolutely. Any vague language has a way of being misinterpreted by the most fanatical and used for evil.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago

That child is dressed like a plant! Arrest him!

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

The litter box in schools thing happened in all of my dad's WhatsApp friends schools, but there's no pictures of it 🤔

[-] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It started because of school shootings, ironically enough. If you’re in a lockdown for hours while the cops take their sweet time, (coughUvaldecough), there’s a near 100% chance that at least one of the children in your class is going to need to use the restroom during that time.

Luckily, camp toilets are a thing:

They’re basically a 5 gallon bucket with a snap-on toilet seat lid. You use a trash bag to line it, then sprinkle an alginate powder in, (the same powder used in diapers) and it turns into a gel when it gets wet. This helps avoid the smell and splashing, and a single small sachet of alginate powder is enough for the entire bucket.

As an added bonus, you can use the bucket to store other things that might be needed in a shooting or extended lockdown. Tourniquets, gauze, protein bars, etc… It’s all there in a single grab-and-go location. Lockdown starts, you pull the bucket out of the closet, dump all the supplies out, and set it in the corner for kids to use if they need to pee.

But this very quickly got flipped around, because conservatives didn’t want the left to start using “schools need toilets in the classrooms because school shootings are so frequent” campaigns. So they flipped it around, and said schools were providing litter boxes to furries. There’s also a heavy anti-trans lean on the litter boxes messaging, which just plays into the conservative fear mongering even more.

[-] helloyanis@jlai.lu 2 points 1 month ago

If anyone wants the wikipedia article about this litter box in schools thing, here you go+

[-] kshade@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

One thing I'd like to see under Reactions would be one from furries, because we don't want litter boxes. That's not a thing. The whole premise is broken.

[-] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago

It's wiki entries like this that clearly label it as a hoax which is why Republicans think Wikipedia is woke.

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 1 month ago

Unless animal control can run up to 60mph, that cheetah kid is getting away.

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Cheetah kids can only maintain 60mph over a short distance. If animal control can follow at a steady pace, they'll catch up eventually.

[-] pleasegoaway@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago
[-] Eddy@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

You can't even meow, so no learning about the noises animals make

[-] spizzat2@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The bill makes exceptions for mascots, school plays and Halloween.

Source

Or starting on page 4 of the bill

Edit: Don't get me wrong, the bill is still a terrible idea, but it appears that a miniscule amount of thought went into it.

[-] sowitzer@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Almost every school mascot today is some sort of non offensive animal. Puma, panther, golden eagles, a few others. Probably setting up the magas who want to go back to some real non woke “American hero” names. Gen Lee Slavemasters, red injun killers, white supremists, things like that. lol.

[-] HeyJoe@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

There are probably hundreds of actual issues to dedicate time to, yet this is what he chooses to focus on?

[-] Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

So countdown to Republicans planting furries in schools

[-] KonalaKoala@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I wonder if this topic needs to be x-posted to !furry@lemmy.world

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

We truly live in the dumbest timeline. Seems like ~50% of the population has no "bullshit filter".

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

They have an “actively seek out bullshit that props up my radical beliefs and hatreds” filter.

[-] JPSound@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

At no point I do I think bullying should be allowed in schools but the reality is that if a kid was demanding a litter box in which to relieve themselves, they would get ostracized, bullied into oblivion, and that behavior would stop right away. No legislation required. Humans have a way of self correcting themselves in group environments. It's an evolutionary trait from our days as tribes.

Again, bullying is a huge problem that needs to be taken far more seriously in our school systems... Buuuut, humans will act like humans, especially human children, when it comes down to things way outside the norm. Its just the way we are at this stage in evolution.

[-] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

bullying is a huge problem that needs to be taken far more seriously in our school systems

I fear the reason bullying isn't taken seriously in schools is because those in positions of power frequently use bully tactics to get there. Fascists and bullies are one and the same, and on some level, corrupt school administrators know that. School bullies provide useful extensions of fascist behavior, applied by peers to encourage conformity in environments where adults are absent. Why would fascists in charge ever want to stop that?

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