Group chats viewed by The Daily Beast reveal that parents were involved in planning students’ anti-furry protests—and securing right-wing media attention.
Last Wednesday, dozens of students skipped class to gather outside a Payson, Utah, middle school for hours and chant, “We the people, not the animals!”—a protest launched over the dramatic accusation that their classmates were running wild as “furries” and attacking other students without consequence.Footage from the scene showed them hoisting signs declaring, “Compelled speech is not free speech,” “We won’t be compelled,” and “We just want to learn.
What started as a bullying complaint and school-wide reminder to be respectful to peers has become a right-wing cause célèbre and has ignited at least two bomb threats. Yesterday the school district said it had received even more reports of threats against staff and that police had again swept the building for explosives—though nothing was found., and Fox News picking up the cause.
In a private Facebook chat about the protest, the parents discussed what kids should say at the event, and revealed that the Blaze, Glenn Beck’s media company, was in touch with them.The chat also included Bartholomew’s wife Cari, who is running for the Utah State Board of Education and hasOne parent of a student organizer insisted that her daughter single-handedly planned the protest and a petition that collected over 1,000 signatures. “If you are hearing otherwise, YOU ARE BEING LIED TO.
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