Author of Texas bill to ban 'furries' in schools cannot come up with examples of it happening

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.
- Hey, America, what the fuck?
  
  We're pretty stupid over here right now. Sorry, world.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
  
  It was a DIY solution, not a kit, but great to know the idea was monetized.
- Uh... citation needed 🤦🏼‍♂️
  
  Well, looks like it's a real thing.
  
  "The only known official instance of cat litter being placed in school classrooms for potential use by students was in the late 2010s by the Jefferson County Public School District in Colorado, where the 1999 Columbine High School massacre took place. Some teachers were given "go buckets" that contained cat litter to be used as a toilet in an emergency lockdown situation, such as during a school shooting.[4][43][44]" — Note: official instance. I’ve been told it was popular enough for someone to sell premade “go buckets”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litter_boxes_in_schools_hoax
- Yup.
  And they'll do this dumbass shit before addressing gun violence or police who hang out scrolling on their phones during school shootings instead of stopping them, every single time.

I can provide examples of these sickos wearing animal accessories at Texas schools.
- FREAKS!
- pass, pass, maybe would
  
  For some reason, I thought that was 4 choices.
  And you were passing on the lizard head, and the man wearing a lizard costume.
  But that bee...
- 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 👍
  
  I thought of these things.
  Imagine the fun lawsuits you could launch over mascots and drama performances just to be a dick.
  
  Neither can the cast, so the kids are doing great!
- Oh no. I guess disneyland employees are sick freaks. 😱

This guy absolutely beats his dick to furry porn.
- I might know a select few bears that'd do more than that for free. Special discount, just for him. The woiks, I tell ya.
- Or the dude is a zoophiliac

Need a new Texas bill banning Rep. Stan Gerdes from being 10 miles near any school because dude is a fucking creep.
- Seconded. Does this mean we can put it up for a vote now?

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
- Anybody remember that shit stain from FL, Matt Gaetz?
  Mostly just his child victims.
- Based on all recorded political history and conservatives love of projection, I'm guessing he is one of the more extreme kinky types of furry himself. Nothing illegal, but really disgusting to other people.
  
  no, I'm a furry and i can tell that guy is into diapers or something instead

So, no school mascots?
- You can't even meow, so no learning about the noises animals make
- 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.
- 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.

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!

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
  
  No need to complicate things. A couple handfuls of sawdust eliminates the smell too
  
  I read a very different thing. Classes were putting medical supplies in them and other emergency gear, but again, for mass shootings.
- 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.

- 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.

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

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.
- Yup..and the democrats are worse. Such controlled opposition
  
  I prefer controlled opposition to uncontrolled fascism.
  
  Like what? You got some examples?

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.

This is a perfect example of politics honestly
- First they came for the Venezuelans, trans people, furries and Harvard University. If that doesn't tell you they're just looking for scapegoats I don't know what will.

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

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

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

There are probably hundreds of actual issues to dedicate time to, yet this is what he chooses to focus on?
- The great part of tackling problems that aren't real is that nobody can see you haven't solved anything.
- He's a Republican. All the real problems are literally beyond his comprehension.
- “The evil queers are coming after your kids!” goes next to “the migrants are gang members” as a way to keep the base in perpetual fear all of the time. Shrieking about something that doesn’t actually happen wastes the lefts time - because people who care about the truth have to take the time to debunk. Then the fuckers turn around and say - “look at you protecting pedophiles” when you debunk their insane shit.
  The “big lie.”

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

what, have they have been finding examples of trans kids in school sports?

So countdown to Republicans planting furries in schools