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GarysCrispLettuce t1_j2fndm0 wrote

Drag queens have been a traditional element of kids' pantomime in the UK since the Victorian era. The kids love them. They are extremely camp and flamboyant and they throw sexual innuendo over the kids' heads at parents who laugh heartily. There's never been any controversy or hysteria and there's never been any suggestion that any child has been harmed by it in any way. So the idea that men dressing as women is a "sexual fetish" and that kids are sexualized just by the sight of them is obviously just deranged garbage and we can set it aside.

But as for these clearly lewd drag shows at which kids have been filmed, well yes, it was inadvisable of the parents to bring them. I wouldn't expect the kids to walk away harmed, however. The moral outrage is way over the top - I'm sure you could have found instances of kids being brought to inappropriate events or movies in every era since the war. Shit, how many kids were dragged to hippy festivals in the 70's where they got multiple eyefuls of rampant drug use, nudity and open air sex? Plus, churches have been grooming kids since the invention of bricks & mortar. These right wing asswinkles really need to stop making fools of themselves.

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