there are no prosthetic genitals in ( this)drag show. GTFO
We know why that is.
I guarantee you the queer community is losing sleep over this. And we know why that is as well.
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The article description of what took place in the show would not rise to a NC-17 rating, so you can stop using that as standard. There was no nudity or actual sexual acts.
What was described is something that woukd be a mild R, if not lower rating.
Parents can legally take their kids to R rated movies in all jurisdictions.
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How the fuck did twig go on for that many posts just straight up disingenuously claiming what occurred at the show was “NC-17” level of vulgarity.
I refuse to believe that she has that bad of reading comprehension.
The parents nor the show did anything wrong, except stepping foot in the fascist state of Florida.
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That is true.
But that is also a strawman.
Good job arguing against something that no one is supporting
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You can take your kid to a KKK meeting in FL
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Well, until the part of the meeting when they pull out the prosthetic genitals…
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I was extremely careful to never once make that claim.
What I said was that it appears to be in the same legal category.
Uh, that was basically agreeing with someone. You don’t seem to be doing a very good job of comprehending my posts.
Desantis is punishing a business for a bullshit reason.
Parents had every opportunity to not get their kids in the door in the first place or to leave if they thought the show was inappropriate for their kids. They knew the content of the show would be on the edge.
Last week tucker carlson aired a segment on his show covering a drag show he found offensive and included actual video. So is his show NC17? Is the point that it’s ok if the viewers are there to be offended rather than to be entertained by the show?
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But the onus has been put on the schools to deal with it. Maybe FL should have drag show drills where the kids practice covering their eyes.
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If you want to make an argument that the Florida law is bad then that’s a different argument from saying that it was wrongly applied in this case.
YT seems to think that there should be no rules on what parents can take their kids to see. Perhaps you agree.
But… despite YT’s (and your?) opinion on the topic those laws both exist and are common. Florida doesn’t seem very unique to me in that regard.
Or perhaps you are ok with the concept of those restrictions but think that Florida has drawn the line in the wrong place. That’s a different opinion that a reasonable person could hold.
Or perhaps you think that Florida applies their law unequally to drag and non-drag shows. That would be bad if true, although I haven’t seen any evidence that it is true. If such evidence were presented I could be convinced that the drag show was being unfairly singled out.
I see a lot of outrage without much support for the outrage. YT has a consistent position but seems to be inconsistently upset about it from what I can tell.
BTW, that response was directed at ThePresident.
You keep referencing FL laws to protect what kids can see. Can you cite what specific laws you are referring to?
DeSantis has repeatedly tried to stop drag shows only recently as he gears up for a Presidential bid. If these shows were such a serious violation of FL law, why were they happening for years under his watch? The answer is they weren’t illegal, other than a shaky old state supreme court precedent
The legal grounds for coming after drag shows is a 1947 state supreme court case that said “men impersonating women” constitutes a public nuisance. That’s THE legal argument that his staff has cited in multiple cases including this one
It’s red meat for his culture warriors, not some great or even misguided FL law protecting kids. These shows are not pornography. They do contain adult content, and restricting tickets to adults and only allowing children accompanied by parents seems pretty reasonable to me.
Of course the FL GOP is actively working to outright ban drag shows without relying on this shaky ancient precedent.
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You’ve misrepresented the content of the drag show.
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This, and x2 on ArthurItas’ post.
It may be hard to prove the law is disproportionately applied to drag shows, but i think when a governor is tallying up his points on this specific issue, it’s fair game to assume that he is doing exactly that.
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The article said it was against the law. If it’s not actually against the law then I would agree that the action was not appropriate. I am not familiar enough with Florida law to say, nor was I aware that there was a claim that there wasn’t actually a law against admitting children to a sexually explicit show.
Well the claim in the article is that it’s not that the show itself is illegal; it’s that admitting children was.
Well I certainly wasn’t there… I specifically stated
Is it your contention that the following did NOT occur during the show?
- Performers forcibly penetrating or rubbing exposed prosthetic female breasts against faces of audience members
- Intentionally exposing performers’ prosthetic female breasts and genitalia to the audience
- Intentionally exposing performers’ buttocks to the audience
- Simulating masturbation through performers’ digitally penetrating prosthetic female genital
- Graphic depictions of childbirth and/or abortion
Not really. The article had a quote from Desantis’ press secretary who said it was against FL law. You ran with that as fact in many posts.
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