(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Top Comments: What a Drag [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-04-05 We have unprecedented criminal charges over unprecedented criminality by a former *president. We have trains full of hazardous materials derailing. Bonkers weather as climate change marches on inexorably. Women and girls being denied all kinds of health care because it might harm a theoretical fetus. Carrot cake flavored Oreos. And the issue that Republicans have decided they must act on immediately is…. ...drag?! But first, a word from our sponsor! Here at Top Comments we welcome longtime as well as brand new Daily Kos readers to join us at 10pm Eastern. We strive to nourish community by rounding up some of the site's best, funniest, most mojo'd & most informative commentary, and we depend on your help!! If you see a comment by another Kossack that deserves wider recognition, please send it either to topcomments at gmail or to the Top Comments group mailbox by 9:30pm Eastern. Please please please include a few words about why you sent it in as well as your user name (even if you think we know it already :-)), so we can credit you with the find! I get what it’s about. They need to whip up hysteria over an imaginary threat to keep people distracted from the actual harm they’re doing. And I don’t doubt their goal is to make life impossible for transgender people, labeling trans women as “men in drag” and vice versa. And right-wing men have this weird mental equation of “female = sexual,” because they can’t grasp the idea of women as full human beings, so in their narrow QOP minds the mere act of wearing women’s clothes is automatically sexualized. But they have really not thought this through. Leave aside the asenine joylessness of criminalizing Mrs. Doubtfire, Peter Pan and Bugs Bunny. Is a judge’s robe drag? A kilt? A priest’s cassock? A woman in pants with functional pockets? What about a robe while playing Jesus in the Easter pageant? The latest absurdity is from (where else?) Florida, where a vaguely-worded bill is trying to backdoor ban Pride celebrations by banning permits for any parade or festival with “adult live performance,” and charging the person getting the permit with a misdemeanor if a drag queen shows up and is deemed an “adult performance.” Sure would be a shame if “adult performers” started showing up at every DeSantis rally. On to Top Comments! No submissions tonight. Folks remember to send those awesome comments in! Top mojo, courtesy of mik: Picture quilt, created by jotter, brought back by elfling & the help desk crew: [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/4/5/2162326/-Top-Comments-What-a-Drag Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/