Melissa Harris-Perry Wears Tampon Earrings On Air (MSNBC desperate for ratings)

Newsbusters ^ | 7-21-2013 | Noel Sheppard

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July 21, 2013

Melissa Harris-Perry Wears Tampon Earrings On Air

Noel Sheppard

Are there absolutely no standards of decency at MSNBC?

On Sunday, in a bizarre protest of the Texas state legislature, Melissa Harris-Perry actually put on a pair of tampon earrings in the middle of her program (video follows with transcript and commentary):

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MELISSA HARRIS-PERRY: I just have to show these. My producer Lorena made for me last week some tampon earrings because of course you’re remember that the Texas state legislature said that you couldn’t bring tampons in when they were going these women to in fact stand up for their own reproductive rights. You weren’t allowed initially to bring tampons. So, just in case that ever happens again ladies, you can just bring them on your earrings.

For those as confused as they are disgusted, the Washington Post reported July 12:

WAPO: I can understand if they took away knives and guns. But tampons?

That’s what happened to women who wanted to watch the ongoing debate over proposed abortion restrictions in the Texas senate Friday when state troopers tried to confiscate their tampons and other feminine hygiene products.

Why? Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, the senate president, reportedly didn’t want the women to have any items that could be thrown from the gallery at the lawmakers during their discussion. To be fair, that’s about anything a woman could carry in her purse, and one Twitter photo showed a box of energy bars in the box of confiscated items.

But there’s an ugly side to what sounds like a ridiculous story: According to KETK news,Texas Department of Public Safety officers inspecting bags found one jar suspected to contain urine, 18 jars suspected of holding feces and three jars suspected to contain paint.

So they weren't just confiscating tampons.

I guess that was an inconvenient truth for Harris-Perry.

[CincyRichieRich]

How can anyone take GE seriously. Pravda.

[Fightin Whitey]

A giant butt-plug for her mouth and she’ll be set.

[VeniVidiVici]

They would have looked better in her nostrils.

[FlingWingFlyer]

How do these seriously, mentally ill people get these good jobs in the state-controlled “media”?

[3Fingas]

That is one very classy woman — NOT!

[Irenic]

Texas Abortion Activists Plan to Throw Tampons, Pads at Legislators

http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/12/texas-abortion-activists-plan-to-throw-tampons-pads-at-legislators/

As the Texas state Senate gears up to debate the late-term abortion ban and cast its first vote on it since a pro-abortion mob took over the state Senate weeks ago, abortion activists have devised a new way to disrupt democracy.

They plan to throw tampons and pads at pro-life legislators — and they have already been warned by state troopers who protect the state capitol that throwing objects at legislators is not allowed.

[Tax-chick]

These people are so stupid.

[Stentor]

How can anyone take GE seriously. Pravda.

That's Comcast's prize possession now.

[elcid1970]

You...cannot...make...this...s#$%...up...!!!

Does this woman even know what she sounds like!!?

Or looks like with those ‘ear pendants’?

[slipper]

Just when I think I’ve seen everything.....

[Sarah Barracuda]

Too bad Melissa’s mother didnt go to a Planned Parenthood office when she spawned that vermin

[bigheadfred]

Her head IS a giant butt plug.

[nuconvert]

Who?

[Venturer]

Another idiot Hybrid.

Why is it we have to put up with a news readers racism and liberal bent.

They are supposed to read the news ,not make their personal feelings a part of the act.

[Essie]

Gross! How can anyone take this network seriously?

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

They have been used for nosebleeds. :)

[catfish1957]

Glad MSNBC isn’t on our watch list. Kinda tough explaining a tampon to 6 year old grandkids.

[Dilbert San Diego]

These people are nuts.

I realize that some people oppose any restrictions on abortion, which they refer to as reproductive health and other such euphemisms.

But, do these people really think that they will gain support from undecided or unknowledgeable people by pulling stunts like this????? seeing a girl wearing tampon earrings is really going to attract support to their cause? It’s going to gain a positive image for their cause? What the heck am I missing here???

[Irenic]

Ya know, somebody could probably make a fortune selling these ladies Laminaria jewelry.