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Utah School Walkout Ignites Over Furry Rumors, but Facts Tell a Different Story
Trendy Digests ^ | 4/20/24 | Jacob Miller

Posted on 04/21/2024 1:22:17 PM PDT by DallasBiff

However, a message circulated by the administration to promote respect and tolerance was wildly misinterpreted. The school’s intent to foster “Outstanding behavior might demonstrate curiosity, understanding, patience and tolerance,” as Sorenson conveyed, was lost amid social media speculation and sensationalism. A Change.org petition titled “Students for Humans at School, not animals aka furries,” demanding the school ban furry costumes, gained traction despite the district’s clarification that no such costumes were worn or allowed at the school.

Conservative social media personalities and local political figures stoked the flames. For instance, Adam Bartholomew, a radio host whose wife is running for a seat on the Utah State Board of Education, attended the student protest, capturing footage of students voicing their concerns about purported furry behavior. The Libs of TikTok account further amplified these claims with statements such as, “Students claim that the furries bite them, bark at them, and pounce on them without repercussion.”

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WTH? Gawd even back in the Clinton era of the 90's, furries showing up at school would be taken to a mental institution.

1 posted on 04/21/2024 1:22:17 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

Those furry costumes look expensive...


2 posted on 04/21/2024 1:27:08 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630

And if they are hand made an adult probably helped


3 posted on 04/21/2024 1:29:30 PM PDT by cableguymn
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To: DallasBiff

Well, I’d recognize that awful carpet anywhere...


4 posted on 04/21/2024 2:06:35 PM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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To: Jamestown1630

Up to $4000.


5 posted on 04/21/2024 2:11:54 PM PDT by Jonty30 (He hunted a mammoth me, just .because I said I was hungry. He is such a good friend. )
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To: DallasBiff

Not a high school, looks like a hallway at a hotel during a Comic-Con style costume event or party


6 posted on 04/21/2024 2:16:17 PM PDT by The Louiswu (Pray for Peace in the world.)
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To: DallasBiff

If you would have showed up in one of those costumes at my high school, you would have received a knuckle sandwich.


7 posted on 04/21/2024 2:18:31 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: DallasBiff

Is that from the remake of the remake of Snow White? Looks very diverse.


8 posted on 04/21/2024 2:26:58 PM PDT by Bernard (“God's cruelest punishment is to let you reap what you sow.”)
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To: Jonty30

In my day, we’d be saving up for a really cool bicycle or our first car...


9 posted on 04/21/2024 2:32:13 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: DallasBiff

Back around 1990, we had a big utility meeting with about 400 utility executives at a major downtown San Jose, CA hotel. The “FurCon” was going on at the same time. We all had to walk by a furry crowd such as you show in that photo. It was the most bizarre thing ever. Everybody got a big laugh out of it.


10 posted on 04/21/2024 3:01:06 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward SnowdenA)
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To: DallasBiff

This response sounds like more CYA BS. The story on Twitter was convincing. This stuff sounds like a Joe Biden presser.


11 posted on 04/21/2024 3:10:25 PM PDT by madprof98
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