The Irony of Republicans' 'Tampon Tim' Insult

I'd love that opportunity to grab him by the ear and explain why it's so beneficial for our society to actually cater to the needs of humans.

That's most narratives from most of these goofballs that get their conversation-starters from the likes of Faux, hate radio, Breitbart (does that still exist?) for several decades now, and I'm all too happy that many people of prominence are now acknowledging just how weird that truly is.

From the article:

And finally, as Walz reminds us—anyone who thinks that period jokes are appropriate or funny is just plain, well, weird.

Nah. Period jokes can be funny. The problem here isn't a joke. It's the anger they're trying to stir up about the Boogeyman of transgender students.

Ok if Harris and Walz win I am going to memeify a picture of Tim heroically stopping the 'Red Tide' with a massive sanitary product. I'm sure others are planning the same.

We're definitely not going to outlaw abortion, though.

Eh, it'll work well with the TERF-y types, and the general right wing transphobes.

They must want high school students who have a uterus to free bleed all over the place.

They know. It's just that this is all they have left to try. They've alienated all the decent folk.

Their entire brand is being brash and unwashed hatred. They just haven't quite figured out they are the minority and the swing/independent voters who prevously supported them were hoping they'd do more than talk. Now that they are starting a new offensive on their war on women Im waiting hopefully that it'll just give Dems a safe majority in both houses so they can finally enact legislation.

I feel like they were trying to have a response to Diaper Don and this was their best.

The other ones I've seen going around are that he doesn't own any major stocks or investments outside pensions and that he got arrested for DUI and speeding...30 years ago. They're really trying hard and failing.

Right?

One time I had some friends over, one of the gals suddenly got very anxious, and privately asked if I had tampons in the house. Luckily an ex had left a box, and seeing the relief was incredible. If helping others in that way gets him the nickname Tampon Tim, I'm celebrating that shit.

The ones who think it's a pejorative are the ones that refuse to buy feminine products for their partners because they're so "manly".

IQ is stable throughout your life though

Imagine boys picking up tampons for their girlfriends or just good friends because they couldn’t.

Transmasc students who use boys toilets still menstruate unless on some serious hormone therapy.

Really this country should gave gone to unisex toilets generations ago

This guy also doesn't support free lunches for kids in school. Says the majority don't need them, so we shouldn't provide them at all.

I gotta say, you sure have some terrible takes, my friend.

Who actually gives a shit? Not the least because transboys do exist, but also because having people reduce the stigma around feminine hygiene products is a net benefit to everyone.

Oh, so not only do you not want people who need them to have access to menstrual supplies, you also seem to think bigotry against trans people is an acceptable reason why.

Actually, he didn't explicitly do so.

"The products must be available to all menstruating students in restrooms regularly used by students in grades 4 to 12 according to a plan developed by the school distric"

That sounds like a perfectly reasonable phrasing.

There is no particularly pro-trans wording or explicitly declaring mens rooms to also have it, the phrasing is supremely neutral.

Back at my school, we use to have fight club in the bathroom. If we had tampons it would have saved a bunch of TP to stop bloody noses. We weren't so forward thinking back in the 90s sadly.

some boys do.

Thank you for revealing your transphobia so I can block you.

It's not weird if you have non-binary kids using the boys restroom.

Here's the Republican logic:

Trans kids shouldn't exist.
Trans kids shouldn't be allowed to transition.
Trans kids shouldn't be allowed puberty blockers.
Trans kids shouldn't have access to basic health products necessary for human dignity.

Republicans want to do everything they can to marginalize trans kids, make life difficult for trans kids and, ultimately, make it even more likely that trans kids will try to kill themselves than they already do, and that rate is damned high enough as it is.

Let me put it to you another way maybe you can understand...

Are you going to tell Buck Angel he's not allowed to have tampons in the men's room? 'Cause I have news for you...

I'm not deleting your comment just so you see how many people disagree with you and keep reading the replies. It's 2024, not the nineteenth century, and transphobia and misoginia only makes you and everyone else worse off.