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.

  • MiniMoose4Free@lemm.ee
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    12 hours ago

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

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      4 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.

    • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      4 hours ago

      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?

    • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      8 hours ago

      Yeah some kids are annoying, but they’re young and learning how to behave in a society. They shouldn’t be handcuffed in school and sent to jail. Nor should other kids live in fear of having what they witnessed happen to them (although that’s probably the whole point of this).