Could they get out of kids pants and get to fixing the country?
this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2024
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"Think of the children, all ways."
-- #maga
Its the wrong kind of thinking about them though
It always is.
oh god fucking forbid we help out adolescents who aren't allowed to know about menstruation until they're running to the bathroom crying and dripping blood
jfc i still can't comprehend how GOP can possibly get worse every. fucking. day.
Cruelty is the point
Then all the kids laugh at you and make you feel shame about basic bodily functions, just like Jesus would've wanted.
guilt, fear, and shame are pretty much baked into the foundation. no matter what you do, if you were born human, then you're a sinner, and the only hope is jesus. all this make-believe crap works best when shoved down the throats of kids who dont know how to think for themselves yet. hence their rabid relentless tooth and nail battle to force jesus into public schools. it's not enough to indoctrinate their own kids. they want yours too. also the jesus kids can bully the less than jesus kids without fear of consequence
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As a kid, I had frequent nosebleeds. Both from natural causes and homophobic bullies. Tampons in the boys bathroom would have been great for me, and I'm not even trans.
Just like curb cuts, making an amenity available for everyone helps * checks notes * everyone
For anyone who might need to hear this, plugging a nose bleed might be one of the worst ways to stop it. You have a high chance of ripping it back open when you remove the plug.
Pinch right under where the cartilage meets the bone for a full 60 seconds. Rinse and repeat until it stops.
Don't tilt your head back either, as this causes the blood to pour into your stomach which can cause nausea and potentially vomiting (which can restart the bleed).
Source: used to get daily nosebleeds every winter for like 20 years.
You know, maybe I’m getting old but I remember a time when the Republican Party wasn’t running on a platform that consists of nothing but batshit crazy. I’ve never been a Republican but there was some semblance of sanity there and not this soup sandwich of bathrooms and genitals. Jfc.
Bruh, my political memory goes back to Iran Contra. They were always fucking insane, it’s just that they used to apply the thinnest veneer of normalcy. Newt Gingrich accelerated their unmasking.
Newt was most definitely an OG hypocrite, but hindsight makes everything even more clear: Nixon, Goldwater, McCarthy, Strom Thurmond, the list goes on.
Roger Alies and Roger Stone were on the Nixon staff. Helll, even Eisenhower is mostly responsible for the GOP co-opting Christianity. Before that they leaned left cus of the charity and and helping the needy.
Nixon was where it got wild. But yeah there was until the tea party and Trump a thin mask of civility.
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I legit think Sarah Palin was when the GOP jumped the shark.
W was at least on the ramp approaching the shark in that case
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All the problems going on in this nation and this planet yet their minds are hyper-fixated on the inside of children's pants...that's creepy as shit.
Bunch of fucking weirdos. Constantly whining about government overreach yet they are all up in everyone's private parts, sexual orientation, and dictating how schools/parents/doctors should treat trans/intersex children as if these bunch of ignorant Trump cultists have any clue about the medical/mental needs of these children.
Pretty sure, we have a word for people who are fixated on children's genitals.
Republican?
I was going to say child molester, however Republican works just as well (page 50 out of 50).
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Wow they are so fuckin’ weird for making a big deal about this
Wasn't #45 wearing a tampon on his ear just a few days ago? So weird that they would focus on this when there are really problems at hand.
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Walz doesn't even have to campaign. All the Republican "attacks" make him sound great!
Believe it or not the Conservative rank and file love this kind of attack. My sister, who lives in the states but can't vote there (and flew back to Canada to have her kids, who needed medical care they could never afford stateside) , Is all on the Trump train and was just last night going on and on about how "there ain't no boys on my daughters gymnastics team in south Carolina" and "the other side wants tampons in boys washrooms". They're so obsessed with it, it's fucking bizzare.
But honestly I should have known she was getting this from somewhere, the girl has never had an original thought in her life, a personality sponge if I ever saw one, always has been.
I've listened to Trump speak, and it's clear he doesn't know what to do with a period, so this doesn't surprise me.
The republicans are weird.
Booooom! Trump campaign SLAMS Walz for . . .checks notes . . Ah! “basic humanity”!!!
Ha haaaa! Take that, liebruls!!
Oh shit they slammed him? That means it’s serious
How dare he want to try and ensure that the basic needs of children are met? He probably also supports giving those children lunch and access to public libraries where they can learn.
I hate that any of the above are even remotely controversial and yet here we are.
Don't you fool liberals know you're just encouraging young girls to be sluts!
/s
If people are dumb enough to criticize Walz over this kind of thing I really need to use /s.
Diapers for Adderall-addicted smelly criminals though - that’d be fine with Old Diaper Donald
Bob Dole spent his last years shilling for viagra, and that's considered normal and cool. Gingrich is on his third wife after cheating his way through the Clinton blowjob impeachment. Donald Trump is out there shedding donor cash to hush up the porn star he took to pound town on the campaign trail.
But god fucking forbid a teenager girl have access to a sanitary napkin in a public setting.
Only a male idiot would come up with something like that. There's no short supply in the Republican party.
ending period poverty is bad according to republicans
Look at this guy actually helping people, lol!
Shit like this is why they're getting called out as weird.
What do you think is at the bottom of these weirdo's barrel? Do they just try to claim that Harris and Walz are both secretly gay? Or trans? Or both?
Gay, trans, commie, fascist, marxist, pedos, mean, dumb, elite, weak, powerful…
Take your pick, I guarantee every ‘slander’ you can imagine is on its way or already being used.
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I feel bad for people who have to become culture war targets just so the republicans can have a platform because god knows conservatives don’t have any real standards, morals, values or ethics. Or if they do, I’d like to see that in their behavior
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Shame on you for checks notes caring about youth for being hygenic and safe in a socially stressful environment.
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Obviously this is bad, but a lot of the people commenting here are missing the fact that this is specifically about accomodating transgender students by providing mentrual products in all bathrooms.
Of course we've all probably heard/read conservative men who don't understand female anatomy argue agaisnt providing free menstrual products at all, but that's not what this article's about.
Its good for trans kids, but also we should be doing it just to normalize menstrual products. I remember being a young teen and driven to the grocery store so I could shuffle in, bent over double with pain to buy what I needed because my father didn't want to be seen touching the package. Seems a small price to destigmatize it.
Republicans: "We should be very concerned about childrens' genitals!"
Tim Walz: Provides sanitary products to children in school
Republicans: "Not like that!"
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