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today's example of why modern Conservatives are weird people

“Tampon Tim is hands down the best political nickname ever,” tweeted conservative commentator Liz Wheeler. “It’s so… savagely effective. In one word tells you EVERYTHING you need to know about Tim Walz’s dangerous radicalism.”

The moniker refers to a law that Walz, the governor of Minnesota, signed last year, requiring public schools to provide menstrual products — including pads and tampons — to students in 4th through 12th grades.

Tim Walz's dangerous radical agenda of....providing menstrual products to adolescent kids that might need them? lolol

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[–] ech@lemm.ee 33 points 1 month ago (14 children)

The rest of her tweets explains why they are crying "DANGER"

He put tampons in men’s bathrooms! He’ll trans kids. He took away parental rights. He’s woke & creepy.

So linking basic caring for children with the typical "groomer" bullshit.

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 month ago (12 children)

He put tampons in men’s bathrooms! He’ll trans kids. He took away parental rights. He’s woke & creepy.

I mean, it's better than being so weird that they fuck couches.

[–] ech@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (11 children)

See, this is exactly why the whole "weird" shit is a mistake. They're straight up declaring it's "dangerous" to take care of children, and all you can think to contribute is the lie about jd fucking a couch? You really can't be bothered to address the child abuse and fear mongering? Just shitty memes?

[–] Laurentide@pawb.social 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The child abuse and fear mongering are things that they're proud of and believe are justified. Trying to address it just makes them feel more powerful.

Calling them "weird" works because their whole ideology is based on them being the normal ones. If you take that away, you also take away their entire (false) claim to authority.

[–] ech@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

I disagree with the tactic at large, but this wasn't even that. They weren't taking the wind out of the sails of someone defending the claims. They just brought up the couch shit immediately after seeing people talking about the well being of children. People are losing the thread and quickly.

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