But thats beyond the scope of this blog, which is to celebrate cats, have a laugh and occasionally put the spotlight on animal welfare. By "I'm grateful for the people who reached out and asked me about it, but I'm disappointed how fake news is made. Reynolds announces funding for ISU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory project, Google dings stories about 'furries,' ineffectiveness of COVID vaccines as violating standards - The Iowa Standard. All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes. Like, you want your house to smell like human pee? Yeah, if this were indeed happening, then youd think the local health department might have an issue with such arrangements. There have never been litter boxes within MPS schools. He did not deny that students were coming to school acting like literal animals, only that a litter box was placed in the bathroom for them by the school. The schools superintendent, Michael Sharrow, was forced to do damage control with a public statement, telling parents its a source of disappointment that I felt the necessity to communicate this message to you., There is no truth whatsoever to this false statement/accusation, Sharrow wrote. The enabling of this behavior is halping people with legitimate mental health issues get applause instead of the medical help they truly need. [It has been] circulating around the internet for more than a decade: This claim that there is a pandemic of furries in schools eating out of dog bowls or barking and hissing in class, said Plante. "The students are told they cant wear hats or Budweiser shirts in school, but they can wear cat ears, cat tails, masks, leashes. "I realized. Midland Public Schools Superintendent Michael E. Sharrow took to Facebook on Thursday to deny the claims, insisting no litter box accommodations had been made for any students who identify as a "furry." AUSTRALIAN schools are facing claims that students are being allowed to identify as cats in what a senator labelled a symptom of the 'radical left'. In one of a number of cases recently reported in the . #substituteteacher #substitueteachers #genxkid #genxtiktokers #over50andfabulous. It doesnt make sense," she added.But according to Superintendent Mark Martin, a petition isnt needed.He said the costumes violate the school dress code:"A small number of Meade County High School students have violated the dress code policy during the early part of the school year. Follow this author to stay notified about their latest stories. Whos doing it? And this little girl in the very front row says, You have to meow back at him; he identifies as a cat. Are you kidding me?, The student stormed out of the classroom when she laughed at him, she said, and the schools administration fired her: They said We no longer need your services if you cant identify with all the children in the classroom.'. School provides litterbox for students who identify as cats? Any cats involved? AM 1380 / 99.9 FM WNRI. Its like that show and South Park are sort of grandfathered in and get away with things due to their success, but new shows wouldnt be allowed near some of these topics with a 10-foot pole. He can be reached at anewman@thenewamerican.com or throughLiberty Sentinel Media. An Iowa newspaper reported some students in a small town identified as cats. Being too OPC is retarded. Ultimately, when you allow people to transition or identify as something they are not, by enabling these mental health issues instead of trying to resolve them, the natural progression is for people to start identifying legitimately as other things, such as cats. As usual, left-wing ideologues have created larger societal problems by refusing to address the main issue. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. But as of right now, I have not been able to verify a single one of the claims. Who was Suzanne Morphew's brother David Moorman. Kat told Barcroft TV: "I have always been different. "I was hearing rumblings of this last year, but it really got bad when they went back to school this year. website:https://t.co/MPw6FiMZbz, Wisconsin Bids for a Flat Income Tax - WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/wisconsin-bids-for-a-flat-income-tax-badger-state-progressive-migration-savings-budget-surplus-11673802108, Framingham Police searching for missing woman https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/middlesex-county/framingham-police-searching-missing-woman/HRPPQVET3ZFQHPZJZZ5PBFSPZI/?taid=63c62b6a878c9f0001f3806f&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitter, Copyright John DePetro. Minnesota Republicans repeated debunked tales about schools providing litter boxes for students who identify as cats during debate over the House education budget bill Wednesday.Reps. These people will hiss at you or scratch at you if they dont like something youre doing.". Though the TikTok post itself received only around 13,000 total interactions, the video was extensively re-shared by Twitter users, influencers on YouTube, posted (and later removed) on Reddit, and picked up by a number of media outlets, including the Post Millennial, Christianity Daily and NewsPunch. "And so I heard yesterday that at least one of our schools in our town has in one of those unisex bathrooms a litter box for the kids that identify as cats and I'm really disturbed by that.". After we confirmed North Kingstown is allowing students to identify as cats, we have now learned another school district is allowing a student to identify as a dog.The school is trying to deal with a student who dresses as a dog, lays on the floor, eats food out of a bowl on the floor and barks and growls at other students. In a clip from What is a Woman?, a documentary by right-wing commentator Matt Walsh, interviewee Sara Stockton, a family therapist based in New York, says schoolchildren are self-identifying as animals and disrupting classrooms. I was bullied a lot for wearing the ears and just being a . Minnesota Gubernatorial Candidate Scott Jensen Falsely Claimed Kids Were Identifying As Cats. Similarly, youve got to take Rogans story with a litter box full of salt until he provides more specifics that can allow everyone to actually double-check what he had said. Im convinced theyre trying to suck us up into their world of crazy . Urinating and dedication in a litter box, for others to clean up is unsanitary and quite frankly disgusting. Regarding the Norwegian woman, that one startled me as I have a cat named Nano. According to the U.S. Massive Backlash To New Claims! Proof would be a letter home to parents, a notice on a district website, a copy of a school policy, that sort of thing. Top image: A 20-year-old Norwegian woman who identifies as a cat. Please! USA Today, "Fact check: No, a Michigan public school did not provide litter boxes for students identifying as cats," Jan. 30, 2022. In a follow-up video the teacher admitted she made up the story to create awareness of what kids are going through at school. She didnt elaborate, so its not clear if she was criticizing school policies for allowing students to identify as different genders or arguing that kids needs arent accommodated. "So, now in schools, if a kid wants to identify as a furry, . No, a teacher did not get fired for failing to "meow back" at a student who identifies as a cat. Reuters has fact checked claims around furries in U.S. schools in the past and found no evidence of them disrupting classrooms or schools developing a policy of including them as a formal identity (here) and (here) and (here). Go to the fifth roweverybody's there. You guys are truly ignorant. Click on the conversation bubble to join the conversation, On the October 11 episode of his Joe Rogan, Experience Spotify podcast, Rogan claimed that a school had to install a litter box in the girls room because there is a girl who's a furry, who identifies as an animal. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images), At a Mesa County Republican Women luncheon, U.S, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) asserted that They are putting litter boxes in schools for people who identify as cats. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images). ", #greenscreen Crazy times to be a substitute teacher. Plante and other researchers who spoke to Reuters all said the Facebook clip from Walshs documentary conflated furries with therians. The same falsehood also circulated in an Iowa district, and a congressional candidate in Texas tweeted that school cafeteria tables were being "lowered" to accommodate students identifying as . I was not fired," she concludes. The students are minors so their names are not being released and it is unknown if they identify as male felines or female felines. The superintendent claimed it was not truea denial that left-wing establishment bootlickers parroted mindlessly to allay fears of upset parents and taxpayers. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment . And if you truly believe that all of this has become a crisis, maybe commission a study on it. Furries are people with an interest in anthropomorphism, who may create their own alternative animal personality known as a fursona. For more information, see the International Anthropomorphic Research Project, also known as Furscience, a group of interdisciplinary professors who have researched anthropomorphic identities for more than 15 years and studied over 40,000 furries (furscience.com/whats-a-furry/). He is going on 16 years old this year, and has been with us a long time. "And not only are they wearing ears, whiskers and meowing in class, they are demanding that there be litter boxes placed in the bathrooms. Dr Locke said the behaviour should be addressed if it was disrupting classroom learning or taking a toll on the wellbeing of the student. Did this litter-aly happen? A SCHOOL in Michigan has bizarrely been accused by outraged parents of installing litter boxes in bathrooms for students who identify as cats and dogs. We have excellent schools here. Excuse me?' The claim: A Michigan school put litter boxes in bathrooms for students who identify as cats. A Michigan school district has debunked a wild claim that a school provided litter boxes for students who identified as "furries" people who dress up as anthropomorphic animals. Bizarre moment woman turns up at McDonald's drive-thru on a HORSE. Everyone should be sympathetic to her plight, but people should not be enabling her delusions. Author lied. Guess who's stroking it here . She said it could also be used by students who were delaying 'age-appropriate developments'. Follow, Radio host/breaking news Facebook Live stream. Do they perform a naked fat test on an animal? Girls have been caught 'preening' themselves, licking the backs of their hands and walking around with their arms hanging towards the ground 'as if they're on all fours'. Happy first of the month crowds in Rhode Island, Video: Hero stops impaired driver on Cranston PD Live. Rep. Mary Bentley's bill would let teachers ignore students' preferred names and pronouns, and she says the state should do more in case a youth identifies "as a cat, as a furry." By Trudy Ring . This is about stupidity not transphobia. University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, accessed April 7, James (Duke) Pesta. USA TODAY, Jan. 30, Fact check: No, a Michigan public school did not provide litter boxes for students identifying as cats . The Herald Sun reports the "phenomenally bright" child has been allowed to assume the identity, with the behaviour linked to the 'furries' subculture that has been adopted by some teen circles. The Meade County School district is dealing with an unusual situation: a group of high school students is attending school acting like and dressing as cats. Many feel a pervasive sense of discomfort with their own human bodies.. This article was originally published on FreedomProject.com and is reprinted here with permission. [] More people are discussing students identifying as cats in schools []. The bizarre trend has sparked concern among parents who have been left speechless by the 'woke' behaviours. Website development by. I just always had a fascination with cats and I felt myself, I'm a cat. Jared Polis next month, said in a radio interview last week that "schools are tolerating" students "identifying as cats." She then doubled down on that position in subsequent interviews over the past several days: She told Fox31 that she'd received more than 100 messages . Therians believe deep down inside that they are trapped in a human body but were meant to be some other species. said Dr Kathy Gerbasi, a psychologist specializing in studying both. "The grandmother is urging parents and family members to attend the Meade County School Board meeting on Sept. 14 to request further action. Who's doing it?' In the demented . ', "Let me be clear in this communication. Students at an elite private school are walking on all fours and cutting holes into their uniforms for tails as they identify as cats or foxes. Lisa Hansen asked other parents to join her to do some investigating into the policy, Im all for creativity and imagination, but when someone lives in a fantasy world and expects other people to go along with it, I have a problem with that, Hansen told the Midland school board. 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