Middle School Students Protest “Furries” At School “Licking, Biting” Peers
The school district completely denies what students and parents allege is students being allowed to don full animal regalia and lick, bite, and scratch fellow students
A school district in Colorado is on damage control mode after a group of students staged a protest claiming that so-called “furries” are being allowed to lick, scratch, and bite their peers with little pushback from school administrators.
Fox News reports that while the Nebo School District in Utah denies such incidents are occurring within the district schools, students at Mt. Nebo Middle School in Payson say otherwise.
"They bite us. They scratch us. They bark at us," one child told livestreamer Adam Bartholomew, who was alerted to the protest held by the middle schoolers against administrators they say simply tell children to be “nice” to the furries.
“Furries” are people who align with a sort of animal identity and dress and behave as such, often in a cartoonish fashion that is often associated with sex fetishes and the LGBT community.
"These kids are mentally ill, and they're trying to force their illness upon us,” another student, who said her peers dressing up and behaving as animals are between 10 and 13, told Bartholomew.
The children sported signs reading "Don't brainwash us" and "Compelled speech is not free speech,” as The Blaze reported.
According to Fox News, the school district claims that the claims of “furries” is entirely unfounded, however, attributing the story to creative wardrobe choices.
"We want to assure you that rumors circulating online about student behavior are completely untrue," the district reportedly says. "These are 11 and 12-year-old students, and while sometimes these children may come to school with a headband that has ears, sometimes with giant bows, and sometimes dressed as their favorite athlete, there have been no students attending school wearing masks, animal costumes, or acting like animals."