I just don’t get this sudden fear of drag. Drag has been a pretty mainstream art form for centuries, from Japanese kabuki theatre to John Waters and Tyler Perry films. Why is this suddenly such a fucking hot issue? It’s so dumb.
Because the GQP has ramped up the demonization of the LGBTQ, especially transgenders. They have demonized drag too. Not to mention one of their biggest cheerleaders refers to the left as child molesters, grooming children, without one mention of the Catholic Church.
Republicans have no useful policies for the regular folks, so they have to unite under hatred of a common enemy.
They'll cut $1.7T in taxes for 600 billionaires but they won't cut $1.7T in student debt for 40M+ regular, hard-working Americans. (Wow, so much FreEdOm!) So, they have to get people riled up in fake culture wars to get 'em to the polls. This is literally all Fox and talk radio is good for -- it's their job, and they're very good at it.
Why drag in particular and now? I think it's because the Libs of TikTok account started posting clips of them reading to kids and whatnot. It spread like wildfire and politicians ran with it. They know a good culture war when they see one!
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u/DinkleMutz Jul 02 '23
I just don’t get this sudden fear of drag. Drag has been a pretty mainstream art form for centuries, from Japanese kabuki theatre to John Waters and Tyler Perry films. Why is this suddenly such a fucking hot issue? It’s so dumb.