Tennessee Governor Bill Lee calls photo of him in 'drag' a 'light-hearted school tradition' - as he prepares to sign law banning drag shows

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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

😆 a school tradition of dressing in drag hahahaha, oh the irony

[–]Hel 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

“Banning drag shows” would be unconstitutional

[–]jerkwad152 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It is a light hearted tradition. My high school did the same thing. Several burly and hairy varsity football players did this at some event or another. This was back in the early 90's.

[–]notafed 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Back then, dressing in drag was understood to be a joke. Klinger in a dress was funny because a man in a dress is just funny. Dressing in drag was funny because a man in a dress is funny. It's not hypocracy in any way.

[–]Dregan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

The bill specifically protects children from obscene, sexualized entertainment, and any attempt to conflate this serious issue with lighthearted school traditions is dishonest and disrespectful to Tennessee families,' press secretary Jade Byers told DailyMail.com

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So I assume if the liberals wanted to restart this lighthearted school tradition you'd be totally cool with it? Or is schools promoting kids dressing in drag only OK sometimes?

[–]Dregan 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I quoted the article and don't know how u thought I would be cool with it from that.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sorry, I must have misunderstood your intent. The other three commenters were all defending the guy, so I wrongly assumed you were agreeing with the quote rather than being ironic. My apologies