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Title: The GOP’s Constant Attack Ads May Be Teaching TX Kids the Word “Transgender”
Post by: Jessica_Rose on October 23, 2026, 10:47:27 AM
Post by: Jessica_Rose on October 23, 2026, 10:47:27 AM
Streisand Effect? The GOP's Constant Attack Ads May Be Teaching Texas Kids the Word "Transgender"
https://www.them.us/politics/james-talarico-ads-transgender-term
Mathew Rodriguez (22 Oct 2026)
Is Ken Paxton looking to make an omelette? Because he may be cracking quite a few eggs.
Some parents in a conservative sub->-bleeped-<- are upset that the ubiquitous GOP-aligned ads in targeting Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico, specifically those that highlight the Democrat's political advocacy for transgender people, have inadvertently led to, well, kids learning about the existence of transgender people in the first place.
One ->-bleeped-<- user, who says they are a Texas parent, claimed in a Wednesday post on r/conservative that "every commercial break has 4-6 political ads" attacking Talarico, complaining about the side effects within their household.
"I understand the angle they're going for, but dang. My kids didn't even know what transgender meant until these ads started airing," the concerned parent wrote. "Now they're hearing about it constantly, and not because they went looking for it."
The parent added that they were irritated that they had to explain trans identity to their kids on a timetable that they weren't expecting. "Constantly talking about the things we oppose is actually giving them more attention than they would otherwise receive," the poster continued. "Again I get the angle, keep these people away from influential positions within our government and advertising it. But we're practically talking the very things we don't want into existence."
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@Sarah B
https://www.them.us/politics/james-talarico-ads-transgender-term
Mathew Rodriguez (22 Oct 2026)
Is Ken Paxton looking to make an omelette? Because he may be cracking quite a few eggs.
Some parents in a conservative sub->-bleeped-<- are upset that the ubiquitous GOP-aligned ads in targeting Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico, specifically those that highlight the Democrat's political advocacy for transgender people, have inadvertently led to, well, kids learning about the existence of transgender people in the first place.
One ->-bleeped-<- user, who says they are a Texas parent, claimed in a Wednesday post on r/conservative that "every commercial break has 4-6 political ads" attacking Talarico, complaining about the side effects within their household.
"I understand the angle they're going for, but dang. My kids didn't even know what transgender meant until these ads started airing," the concerned parent wrote. "Now they're hearing about it constantly, and not because they went looking for it."
The parent added that they were irritated that they had to explain trans identity to their kids on a timetable that they weren't expecting. "Constantly talking about the things we oppose is actually giving them more attention than they would otherwise receive," the poster continued. "Again I get the angle, keep these people away from influential positions within our government and advertising it. But we're practically talking the very things we don't want into existence."
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@Sarah B
Title: Re: The GOP’s Constant Attack Ads May Be Teaching TX Kids the Word “Transgender”
Post by: Laura Squirrel on October 23, 2026, 11:09:16 AM
Post by: Laura Squirrel on October 23, 2026, 11:09:16 AM
This reminds me of a Bill Maher clip that I saw. Apparently, he has a show where he ties one on, or appears to, and talks to children. He had a boy and a girl on there, and he asked them if they were trans. They both looked completely confused and replied, "What? What's that?" Maybe it's all a ruse. Hell if I know. But it's just another layer on this disgusting cake of bigotry, misinformation, disinformation, and deceit.