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Child identifies as a wolf ... WTF?

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Portakalkedi · 27/09/2024 12:15

Just on Radio 4 now, discussing a child in secondary school who identifies as a wolf, and the school is going along with this. AIBU to think the world (or at least the UK) has gone mad? If said child is living in the woods, catching its own prey etc etc, howling and running with other wolves, which I doubt, then why the hell is anyone going along with it? They are also saying that some others identify as dogs or cats etc. And here was me thinking men 'identifying' as women was bad.

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ChungKing · 27/09/2024 13:20

HowardTJMoon · 27/09/2024 13:17

Sure, furries exist. That's not the point. The point of these bullshit stories is to make people scared about "wokeness" infiltrating schools and indoctrinating children.

It's a conveyor belt of radicalisation. First you get them scared/offended about kids with litter trays at school. Then it's scared/offended by trans people. Then it's scared/offended by drag queens. Then it's scared/offended by gays and lesbians. Eventually you end up at scared/offended by anyone who isn't exactly like you. It's dog-whistle politics all the way down.

Surely, this is only happening because of the trans issue though? If you are who you say you are, even though it is not really true ie. a man claiming tobe a woman ,then why can't a child be a cat or the boy I knew as a teen be a vampire? They're all equally impossible, right?

I agree people should not be adding on extra bollocks like litter trays, but it's the logical conclusion (in some confused people's minds) that you can be anything, and it's also the logical conclusion that you can't say "No you're not that thing" if all identities are equally as valid.

ChungKing · 27/09/2024 13:18

MaryBeardsShoes · 27/09/2024 13:16

I mean, cats absolutely do not do this. But go on.

A cat keeps shitting in the holes dug by my terrier. Lazy bastard doesn't bother to cover it up though -would save me filling in the holes if it did.

BenditlikeBridget · 27/09/2024 13:17

There’s a kid who wears a tail at my kids’ secondary 🙄

I have no idea why it’s allowed.

HowardTJMoon · 27/09/2024 13:17

ChungKing · 27/09/2024 13:07

But there are kids who identify as animals, aren't there? I absolutely agree the stuff about litter trays and letting them shit on the grass is made up but furries are very real, and there are actually people who think these identities should be respected - one of them was featured in the Radio 4 discussion!

Sure, furries exist. That's not the point. The point of these bullshit stories is to make people scared about "wokeness" infiltrating schools and indoctrinating children.

It's a conveyor belt of radicalisation. First you get them scared/offended about kids with litter trays at school. Then it's scared/offended by trans people. Then it's scared/offended by drag queens. Then it's scared/offended by gays and lesbians. Eventually you end up at scared/offended by anyone who isn't exactly like you. It's dog-whistle politics all the way down.

ChungKing · 27/09/2024 13:17

It's not even a new thing. A boy I knew at school around 2004 was claiming to be vampire well into the sixth form!

MaryBeardsShoes · 27/09/2024 13:16

KnittedCardi · 27/09/2024 12:32

Cats don't go to the loo on the grass. They dig a hole, cover it up. Then lick their paws and arse clean. If they are not doing that, they are not a cat.

I mean, cats absolutely do not do this. But go on.

FrankWelker · 27/09/2024 13:16

Blusterydaytodaypoohbear · 27/09/2024 12:27

The world has gone bonkers... Maybe the school cook should offer up a dead rabbit and tell them to eat it all up or they will get detention..

I dropped my fork laughing at this one!

eddiemairswife · 27/09/2024 13:16

I knew a boy who used to be a tram. He would chug along the road with one foot in the gutter. He ended up as a C of E priest.

Catdoorman · 27/09/2024 13:15

Tranquilise it load it into a steel box, drive it to the Cairngorms, release it into the wild. when it regains consciousness It's natural hunting instincts will kick in. They want to rewild there anyway, It's cruel to keep a wild animal in an urban environment like a school.

SonicTheHodgeheg · 27/09/2024 13:15

araiwa · 27/09/2024 13:08

Because there are clearly transsexuals in society.

Zero evidence of this bullshit

Using transsexual in place of transgender is considered transphobic - just saying.
There are children claiming to be furries/therian in Western countries- fact. Litter boxes in schools aren’t true but who knows what’s going on in homes?

Wheresthebeach · 27/09/2024 13:15

JaneEyreLaughing · 27/09/2024 12:28

But why not?

What did we think would happen if our leaders nod along saying a man can be a woman.

If one impossible thing, then why not others!

This is where the madness has led us.

exactly

Domainedor · 27/09/2024 13:13

BunnyLake · 27/09/2024 13:00

Good parenting 👏🏻👏🏻 well done them.

What a lot of self indulgent nonsense this is. I wanted to be a mermaid when I was young. If I’d insisted I was and they threw me in a pool I’d have probably drowned because I’d be the world’s only mermaid who couldn’t swim!

I very much doubt this is true but, even if it were, what a waste of time building an enclosure just to make a simple point.

ILoveAnnaQuay · 27/09/2024 13:13

marmiteisnttheonlyspread · 27/09/2024 12:48

Was it on R4 or R2 and Jeremy Vine?

I've not listened to it yet but wonder if it's like little girls pretending to be horses?

You go along with it and normality soon pops back into view.

I spent a lot of school playtime pretending to be a pony. I took turns with my friend Lucy - one of us "riding" and the other one being a pony. Most of the girls in my class played as well.

We'd grown out of it by Y6 (top juniors in those days!). Crucially, we always knew we were PLAYING at being ponies, we didn't think we were ponies.

XenoBitch · 27/09/2024 13:13

I have a friend who spent some time in psychiatric units as a teen. She told me about a teen boy there who said he was a cat. He would meow and climb the furniture.
That is where these kids should be... in hospital. Not being pandered to in schools.

TheKeatingFive · 27/09/2024 13:11

araiwa · 27/09/2024 13:08

Because there are clearly transsexuals in society.

Zero evidence of this bullshit

How are you defining transsexual?

There are men who present as women and vice versa, but that doesn't mean they actually ARE the opposite sex. You know that, right?

And furries do exist. A quick google and you'll see sufficient evidence of this.

Why is a furry so different to a man presenting as a woman?

ExquisiteEmelda · 27/09/2024 13:11

HowardTJMoon · 27/09/2024 13:05

It's culture-war stuff. A lot of which is amplified and encouraged by Russian disinformation to encourage division and so destabilise societies.

Yeah let’s blame the Russians for our utter inability to raise our children properly. We need to being back a bit of fucking discipline to these little darlings.

TheSandgroper · 27/09/2024 13:11

@ChungKing Yeah, furries are real. Always have been. They belong upstairs, in a seedy club in King’s Cross or Soho as adult men doing stuff good women ought not to think about.

Teenage girls joining this club is a dream come true for these men. Look up Jon Uhler on YouTube.

Domainedor · 27/09/2024 13:09

araiwa · 27/09/2024 13:08

Because there are clearly transsexuals in society.

Zero evidence of this bullshit

Unusually, there does appear to be a basis to this wolf story (though quite what the truth of it is, who knows).

Settingson · 27/09/2024 13:09

I am so puzzled again. How/why is the school allowing a wolf in school amongst the children? Surely that’s dangerous like “oh our dog wouldn’t hurt anyone” type dangerous?

TeapotCollection · 27/09/2024 13:09

I’m going to start identifying as a bird, flying around wherever and whenever I like and if anything or anyone pisses me off I’ll just shit on it

eqpi4t2hbsnktd · 27/09/2024 13:08

I want to identify as a rich lady with no job or children... just for a little while though.

araiwa · 27/09/2024 13:08

TheKeatingFive · 27/09/2024 13:04

I'm never quite sure why this is clearly 'made up bollocks' whereas men identifying as women or vice versa is treated as deadly serious.

Any thoughts?

Because there are clearly transsexuals in society.

Zero evidence of this bullshit

Gettingbysomehow · 27/09/2024 13:07

If that was my teenager I'd be pointing to the local woods and saying that's your home now. Bye. I have no truck with this nonsense.

Izzy54321 · 27/09/2024 13:07

my DSD has a child in her class that identifies as a wolf, I haven’t listened to the show but I am already thinking is it the same school?. My DSD has told us about this child growling at her and other children. Also her family are all furries including the adults (yes I know)The school in question have drawn the line at her wearing a wolfs outfit to school, the child did try once. But I still think it’s utter madness to condone this behaviour.

ChungKing · 27/09/2024 13:07

HowardTJMoon · 27/09/2024 13:05

It's culture-war stuff. A lot of which is amplified and encouraged by Russian disinformation to encourage division and so destabilise societies.

But there are kids who identify as animals, aren't there? I absolutely agree the stuff about litter trays and letting them shit on the grass is made up but furries are very real, and there are actually people who think these identities should be respected - one of them was featured in the Radio 4 discussion!