I think this is the wrong approach. You can't legislate kids to stop being weirdos. I think you'd have better luck by allowing open mockery of it. This requires a cultural shift to it being a shameful thing again so that they keep their weirdness hidden from public view. Once you drive it into hiding it stops being a social contagion. I just don't think this sort of heavy handed legislative approach is going to do anything other than backfire and continue to entrench government overreach into every aspect of daily life.
The UK Government is now reviewing terror legislation that will target "lone individuals" - a,k,a, incels - in order to "prevent terrorism and keep the public safe" from "misfits" and "loners". So it turns out the Government is going to legislate not just kids, but everyone, who is a "weirdo".
you'd have better luck by allowing open mockery of it
The Internet enabled them in the first place and they'd still be their fursonas online and at meetups even if they kept it secret at school. Then again making it illegal at school only accomplishes the same.
Adulthood is realizing how dangerous (((movies))) really are - the bully is the good guy and the "quirky, relatable misfit" lost in his own head who's framed as the story's hero is everything wrong with society.
I think this is the wrong approach. You can't legislate kids to stop being weirdos. I think you'd have better luck by allowing open mockery of it. This requires a cultural shift to it being a shameful thing again so that they keep their weirdness hidden from public view. Once you drive it into hiding it stops being a social contagion. I just don't think this sort of heavy handed legislative approach is going to do anything other than backfire and continue to entrench government overreach into every aspect of daily life.
The UK Government is now reviewing terror legislation that will target "lone individuals" - a,k,a, incels - in order to "prevent terrorism and keep the public safe" from "misfits" and "loners". So it turns out the Government is going to legislate not just kids, but everyone, who is a "weirdo".
Great, so if you have any kind of mental issues, keep it to yourself.
This won't backfire at all.
The Internet enabled them in the first place and they'd still be their fursonas online and at meetups even if they kept it secret at school. Then again making it illegal at school only accomplishes the same.
Adulthood is realizing how dangerous (((movies))) really are - the bully is the good guy and the "quirky, relatable misfit" lost in his own head who's framed as the story's hero is everything wrong with society.
Yes but you'll notice those are social pressures being applied to those misfits rather than legislative ones.