Nothing is more pathetic than a politician who believes their own propaganda.
this post was submitted on 03 May 2025
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Do they really believe it or do they know how fucking gullible a large swath of their electorate is?
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.
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.
Absolutely. Any vague language has a way of being misinterpreted by the most fanatical and used for evil.
That child is dressed like a plant! Arrest him!
So, no school mascots?
You can't even meow, so no learning about the noises animals make
The bill makes exceptions for mascots, school plays and Halloween.
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.
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.
Unless animal control can run up to 60mph, that cheetah kid is getting away.
Cheetah kids can only maintain 60mph over a short distance. If animal control can follow at a steady pace, they'll catch up eventually.
The litter box in schools thing happened in all of my dad's WhatsApp friends schools, but there's no pictures of it 🤔
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.
The U.S. needs stricter gun laws, imo. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/school-shootings-by-country
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I had an idiot teenager working for me who insisted it was happening at his school, but couldn't tell me which classroom or teacher was allowing it.
We truly live in the dumbest timeline. Seems like ~50% of the population has no "bullshit filter".
They have an “actively seek out bullshit that props up my radical beliefs and hatreds” filter.
He is probably a furry in secret, very effective way to make these things happen.
It takes real dedication to make a career in politics as republican with a single plan to turn kids into furries by goading them into protesting anti furry bill
If anyone wants the wikipedia article about this litter box in schools thing, here you go+
It's wiki entries like this that clearly label it as a hoax which is why Republicans think Wikipedia is woke.
Oh no, look! A website gathering from various quotes and sources and citing them to build a complete and comprehensive page of information about something!
Even if anyone doesn't "trust" wikipedia, you can look at the sources or do your own ressearch.
But for any subject keep in mind to cross-check the info of your sources with multiple other sources and see if they tell you the same thing!
I understand that most people won't do it for news feeds they see online but if someone passes a law about this, it's the absolute least you can do!
Sometimes (most of the time lately) I'm happy to not be a resident of the US to avoid stupid stuff like that
Edit : Just added the link to the furries act article in the see also section!
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.
Of course not. Like most of their "anti-woke" ideas, they are based on lofty ideas.
They do this to misdirect you from the real problems, those that they usually caused all by themselves.
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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.
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?
Furries are notoriously stealthy, it's not like they walk around in bright furry colours or anything
what, have they have been finding examples of trans kids in school sports?
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