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Our own Grateful Calvin did a VIP post this week on a student walkout in Utah. The students were protesting being 

The students complain that the furries bite them, bark at them, and pounce on them without repercussion. As Calvin wrote:

Most of the students [reporter Adam] Bartholomew talked to are middle-school-age or younger. Many of them may be exaggerating or even just making up some of the details. Lots of them seemed to be laughing about the issue, so it's possible they're playing this up for attention. Kids do that sort of thing (so do many adults, as social media shows us every day). The school district's PIO Seth Sorenson has denied all of these allegations, calling it all a misunderstanding based on a memo the school sent out asking students to be respectful of others no matter how they dress. 

However, Bartholomew DID also speak to some adults and parents during his interviews, who confirmed at least some of what the students said.

The Blaze picked up the story, and cable news legal analyst Jeffrey Evan Gold discredited The Blaze by pointing to a fact-check in The Salt Lake Tribune.

Nebo School District spokesperson Seth Sorenson said that claim was false. He also said students at the middle school are not wearing full-body animal costumes to class, as “furries” — part of a subculture of people who sometimes dress up like animal characters but act like humans — are known to do.

But by about 4 p.m. Wednesday, Bartholomew’s video and claims had been picked up and spread by Libs of TikTok, an account on X that shares anti-LGBTQ posts and other clips geared at generating right-wing outrage. Bartholomew is married to Cari Bartholomew, who is running as a far-right candidate for the Utah State Board of Education in District 13.

Leon Wolf is the managing editor of The Blaze:


A school spokesperson denying the story is not a fact-check.

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