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Wow, some jackboots really feel threatened.  I guess being so easily confused they are afraid they may find men that dress like women "accidentally"  hot, oh the shame. Straight as an arrow been to plenty of drag shows, been fooled a couple times for a minute and just had to laugh at myself.
This was a problem in no one's life five years ago. I just think it's super strange how so many people care about this so much, and how much republican politicians talk about this issue. It really comes across as a "won't someone think of the children" type of scenario. People need to live and let live and not be such crybabies over what other people choose to do with their time. >

This is exactly a moral panic and a distraction from a lack of having any coherent policy or even will to govern. >

They just seem like a bunch of busybodys. It's just never ending temper tantrums. Don't these people know, they can just completely ignore drag shows if they want, and then have a nice a pleasant day themselves. Just seems dumb to get so angry about things that don't matter and don't impact you in anyway. >

Were they just busybodies, that would be something, but they are scapegoating vulnerable minorities, which is a step toward fascism. >

Good, those cars go way too fast, somebody is going to get hurt! Your car shouldn't need a parachute in order to stop! >

"small government" >

Considering that women have the right to wear pants, this basically means that any show at all would be illegal. >

That just means they’ll have to arrest any congressmen that wear blazers or cardigans. >

That should help with those pesky egg prices and inflation! >

They really need to look into Pool Halls next. >

Child beauty pageants, if 'grooming' no longer means keeping hair and nails neatly trimmed. >

But if they ban those, where are Republican legislators going to find their next wives? >

It’s a distraction. Plus they really need to highlight who to hurt so the domestic terrorists know who to go after. Make unconstitutional laws and then place targets on the “violators” so they either get killed or live with the fear that someone is trying to kill them. >


It’s a distraction.

its really depressing how effective it is tho. their base isnt known for nuance or critical thinking >

That’s exactly it. That’s why the GOP pushes religion so much. It’s easy to weaponize it in order to manipulate the masses. Think about all the people who send money to televangelists. It’s “believe and do what I say or you’re going to hell” and true believers follow right along. >

This is the desperate behavior of a group that knows it's already lost the fight and is just trying to delay the inevitable.
Conservatives spent years trying to convince the country to be broadly afraid of all gay people - particularly of a world in which gay people were allowed to get married and have kids.  Polling shows that they've failed spectacularly at that.  An overwhelming majority of Americans now support basic things like marriage equality.  And that number has been going up steadily and consistently for years.
So what do you do if you're a homophobic activist?  Focus on increasingly specific subsets of the LGBTQ community who you think you *might* still have a prayer of getting people to be frightened of.  At this point in time, that means transgender people and drag queens.
It's a strategy that's as transparent as it is cowardly. >

They're even reusing the same tired stereotypes. It used to be "the gays are pedophiles that want to groom your kids." Nobody bought that so now it's "The trans people and drag queens are pedophiles that want to groom your kids." This is still false and nobody (apart from their base) buys it, but they'll continue screaming this until they have to move on to a new group to demonize. >

Sounds like something the Taliban would do. >

All of these drag queens need to start putting on Passion Plays, so when GOP governments shut them down they can go to the media saying that the GOP is trying to censor Christianity. >

thats funny, i had the same thought earlier. do a gender swapped passion play without an once of irony or humour, just a very literal presentation >

Honestly do not understand how they can jerk off to the founding fathers so much when all of those guys wore wigs and more makeup than a two penny hooker. >

There's your answer right there. They get off on drag (and it makes them uncomfortable), so they think that everyone, including children, gets off on drag. >

oh fuck >

This is the American Taliban.  All those who understand and appreciate the Constitution must oppose using laws to criminalize identities that are not mainstream. >

What do kids see more often in their classrooms? Drag shows or their fellow classmates getting killed by guns?
But do go on, about how drag shows are the problem. >

Couse they do. >

Can't wait for the flood of complaints about women performing publicly in, GASP!, pants. >

They can only solve problems they create. Good luck to anything happening in reality.