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GOP candidate who called drag queens "pedophiles" caught partying with drag queens
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this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2024
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Sounds like a confession.
Imagine being so young and having so much hate in you.
I pity that woman.
Nah, she deserves every single ounce of hate and pain that gets delivered to her.
Every accusation is a confession.
Yes. Literally every single one.
I wonder who of them eats cats and dogs. Probably RFK
RFK Jr. has had to literally make a public denial that he ate a dog. And yet he seems to have no sympathy for Haitian migrants.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4753486-rfk-jr-vanity-fair-article/
Well, he said he ate dog and also at the very least tries to eat bear.
NGL, I've met 3 people in my life that are/were drag queens. All 3 have tried to get in my pants even though I'm not gay. HOWEVER COMMA, that was just 3 people in that community. That doesn't define the whole demographic. A person that didn't grow beyond their narrow upbringing probably wouldn't have that kind of perspective. It creates fear and shame for who those people really are. Granted I also was not friends with those people. I didn't know them beyond their persona's and they didn't know me beyond barroom shenanigans. But digressing back to my point, if you grow up in a household where your true feelings of how you should live are suppressed, then that creates shame which puts people like this in this position. It's a way of thought that is quickly diminishing and people are beginning to be able to live how they want regardless of personal opinion. The people who scream against those acts and get caught participating should definitely be criticized, but criticized still with open arms because that's a victory for all parties.
But, I'm a white cis male, so my opinion should be taken with a grain of salt
Not sure what that first point was about. Drag isn't as much of a life style as it is a recreation(at least within the context of the Queer community). When Drag Queens go to work, they aren't doing it in drag. Not sure where you met those three drag queens, but I would guess it was at a party and that you've met many, many more drag queens in your life.
I was trying to express that I understood how and why people would be bothered by drag queens themselves. Very narrow minded perspective mind you, but I still understand it and found a way out of it. I m certain those 3 people didn't mean anything by it. Nor did I mean anything really by saying the number. That's just how. I don't let them represent the entire demographic, but I also understand the perspective of those people that have been acclimated to oppose it
Why do use an example of 3 drag queens hitting on you as an example of them doing something bad? I've been hit on by other guys even though I'm straight, and I find it flattering more than anything. It's not like people know your sexual preferences by looking at you.
What I'm getting at is I understand how closed minded people would be upset about it
You said it yourself that you didn't know them beyond their personas and they didn't know you beyond the bar. Regardless this doesn't make them pedophiles
Wholeheartedly agree. That was my point
I love how she said she gets along with everyone and still went on to say that it's "impossible to walk around New York City without running into a mentally ill fa***t." Like, who do you think you're referring to with that statement? Because it seems to me she's referring to the drag queen she "gets along with." At least the hypocrisy remains consistent.
drag queens have a right to... drag? personal life doesn't impact professional life or affect any parties not involved. People should be able to find their happiness in this fucked up world.
And to be more clear. I'm criticizing people who have let their upbringing convince them that something that is none of their business somehow impacts their personal life
It shouldn’t, but the reality is that it does. When someone has a bad day and Karens out, maybe says some especially heinous stuff, maybe says some racist stuff. They usually aren’t at work. They are usually fine at doing their jobs but quite a few people have been fired over stuff like that. That is definitely personal life affecting professional life.
I could keep going, but the reality is that it has become quite acceptable these days to get in professional hot water for what you do when you aren’t on the clock.
Hell, even drug tests at work are usually getting punished in your professional life for your personal life.
Yeah. I might have misspoke in that regard. What my ultimate opinion is that if your personal life isn't impacted by what stranger's do, then you have no position to properly speak on it
Absolutely, it's also completely ridiculous that she seems to recognize that drag can be fun and chill, yet continues to double down on the phobia.
Ew, why would they party with him?
Him?
Her?
Did you just assume their pronouns?
Valentina Gomez's pronouns are well-known.
No one's bothering to read the article or even the summary before commenting.
It's a She and her name is Valentina Gomez.
I'mma guess there's good reason he got...exposed.
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