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.
Fascists are so stupid, they start to believe their own propaganda. Can’t even remember, or at least be bothered to remember, that they made this up to scare normies.
The law defines “non-human” behavior “any type of behavior… [not typically] displayed by a member of the homo sapiens species,”
NATHON!! STOP ACTING LIKE A HOMO ERECTUS YOU NEANDERTHAL!
also im pretty sure “human” means ‘under the homo genus’ not ‘homo sapien’ but its not like it matters to them
These are the same people that defined us all as female afterall.
So we can report anyone wearing leather now?
i cannot begin to describe how utterly fucking stupid this is.
I genuinely thought i died and went to hell when i first read this, this bill doesn’t even make any fucking sense. Child exhibiting “non human behaviors” could be considered “child abuse” according to this bill.
How the fuck do you even enforce this?
Overreaching Authoritarianism.
Standard Republican kit.
pretty much.
‘non-human’
this could go much darker than anti-furry biotry, which already isn’t great, real fast. is your nose too big? in a non-human way? does a man have tits that are too large? in a non-human way?
Is your skin too dark to be considered human? Are you acting in a manner that the white elite deem
thuggishnon-human?Considering this is a Texas bill it’s not hard to see how it will be abused.
Why on earth are they pursuing this. We all know this is not a real problem.
If it was a scare crow to attack trans rights, they have achieved that. They have pulverized trans rights in many places, especially bathroom access.
Who stands to gain from this? It is not a real problem!
Fascists are always trying to enforce their idiotic worldview as a display of power - it also has a bonus of distracting people from their disasterous economic policies.
They’re
stupidsimple.The rage machine requires fuel.
This is at the very core of everything that is happening.
not all of it! some of it is just exploitation and pillaging.
I swear to fuck; nobody ever gives pillaging the credit it deserves.
the rage is the point. the feeling of a win is the point.
the cost to the tech industry is an acceptable cost; these people do not connect cause and effect.
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In these trying times republicans are banning ghosts and bigfoots, which are real and legitimate concerns and not fake anecdotes that have spiralled out of control in some kind right wing fetish news circles.
Rent free.
There’s about to be a fire sale on Mickey and Minnie Mouse headbands.
Dude is going to flip if he ever watches Miracle on 34th Street.
no but see that doesn’t count. because jesus.
Oppress furries Get cyberhacked
Fuck how the heck they find double entendre.acronyms for any shit they pull. Coincidentally eat shit assholes what the fuck did those poor people do to you? I don’t consider myself a furry but have friends that does.
“Backronym” is the term I’ve always heard- starting with the acronym then coming up with what it stands for
LLMs are good at that. It could be a tool in their toolbox.
Surgical means‽
Also why are they legislating about this. Texas schools have real problems like gun violence and illiteracy. Furries and animal role play are just things some people have always done that don’t really harm anyone and given how they persist across so many cultures and times could actually be considered a natural behavior of homo sapiens like parrots’ mimicry
and if parents are whining about THE FURRY MENACE and don’t want their kids to learn how computers work, then they won’t be making a fuss about the difficult or expensive problems, like keeping their children from being murdered or giving them an education.
Furries are the ultimate dorks. I know I am very furry affiliated and most of my friends are furries… but this makes being a furry badass nyao.
Other physiological features that have not historically been assigned to the human race through a means of natural biological development
Does that forbid earrings as well? They’re non-biological extensions/modifications of the human body.
It forbids whatever they want it to forbid in order to fit their purposes for whatever it is they’re doing.
im trying to figure out why surgical is even in this? Does it outlaw shit like burn victim as well?
WHO WROTE THIS BILL BRO
Better yet. Simply wearing glasses?
technically all clothing is illegal now?
No because earrings are not physiological.
none of these things would count, because none of these are relevant to the living human body, even in reference, a tail would be fabric, foam, and fur, maybe some other shit as well, that’s it.
Unless they mean animal physiology, which is loosely adopted for “furry” rules, in which case it wouldn’t apply at all. Maybe they mean literal surgically implemented “physiological” adaptations, in which case, why is this for children???
