Comment on 'Dragula' star attends government hearing in drag, slams anti-trans bill

• wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You don’t show up to a government hearing looking like a clown.

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  • BadEngineering@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No you should never show up looking like a clown for government functions, acting like one is standard practice for republicans though.

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    • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If you are trying to change minds, be respectful and dress for success. Showing up dressed like that, just makes the average rural person say, yep, we need this law. Missouri also made strippers wear bikinis. I was born in Missouri and while I don’t go there often, I have seen a shift further to the right on social issues. I am less socially conservative.

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      • BadEngineering@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I don't really think it would make a bit of difference if they showed up in the finest suit and tie ever made. You can't sweet talk a bigot by dressing nice and presenting a logical case against their illogical beliefs. FWIW I'm not saying all republicans are bigots or anything, but the ones behind this bill definitely are. I grew up in an extremely rural area and have been around these types of people all my life, hell there are several of them on my family unfortunately. Most of them need no other motivation than "gays make me feel yucky" to start calling for bans and worse. From my perspective, it wouldn't matter if Jesus himself showed up in a gleaming suit of gold and testified against this bill. It wouldn't change the minds of the people trying to pass it.

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      • PizzaMane@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The average rural voter was already voting to ban drag.

        The fence sitters seeing a drag performer being a normal human is good enough for me.

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