The law never mentions drag, but refers to performers as “male or female impersonators,”
Following that logic, cover bands are also illegal.
So long, Elvis impersonators
Pathetic. Drag is a political statement and social commentary. These idiots act like they’ve never heard of Milton Berle.
Not the Fifth Circuit for once.
Still, I’d like the judge to show us on the doll where the drag queen hurt them.
I’m their mind, they made it up.
Someone should start a company selling dresses and makeup marketed specifically at men.
Banning clothing and makeup is insane. Any judge who upholds such a thing should be removed by any means possible.
How the fuck do you ban drag? People can dress however the fuck they want.
Things to note:
- The Court heard the case en panel. Only three judges heard the case. Plaintiff has asked the case to be reheard en banc, with all the judges present.
- The Court did not rule on merit. The ban was not ruled Constitutional. Instead the case was ruled on procedure in that Plaintiff had no standing.
- The 6th District is 6-10 Judges appointed by Democrats vs Judges appointed by Republicans. Of the ten Republican Judges, six are from Trump specifically.
- The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee case is still on-going. There the Judge has ruled a temporary injunction on the law.
If the case reaches the Supreme Court it’ll be “en mountebanc”
Did they seriously just ban people from wearing clothes and putting on makeup?
Will this extend to the performing arts?
Are they completely repressed or just depraved?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Are they completely repressed or just depraved?
Neither. They’re fascists with a cult that lacks empathy.
ban people from wearing clothes and putting on makeup
They’ll remove the right from the vulnerable group.
Will this extend to the performing arts?
Then, they’ll leverage the precedent to remove the right from everyone.
Arts that produce material goods can be best commodified. Arts as a service only inspire and educate, which is bad for short term economic growth.
Art as a service can also spread propaganda. Something North Korea knows all too well, as did Nazi Germany.
Make no mistake, I do not want any restrictions on artists and I am a big believer in public arts funding, but I’m under no illusions that the right government can twist that sort of thing for their own use.
I entirely agree with you. After learning about the propaganda of Goebbels and how the concepts were applied to US mass media, the propaganda ingrained in everything is overwhelming.
Saturation is a core tactic, now empowered by communications technology. I’ve had to filter my intake heavily: no Facebook, no reddit, limited Lemmy, no video news, filter articles based on writing complexity, etc.
Seems we both favor trusting others. If I say Engineering of Consent and Manufacturing of Consent are core texts on propaganda then some will read. If I say Hamilton is a genius work of art then some will watch. Propaganda wears off over time. But, wisdom is forever.
I edited my comment above. The clarification you made needed to be there. Thank you.
I don’t think it was absolutely necessary since you already clarified in your reply, but it was probably a good idea anyway.
I sometimes need a couple drafts to accurately and responsibly adapt to an online audience. I mostly live and communicate in contrasted bubbles nearer some extremes.
As featured on Dropout, wrestling counts as drag.
There’s heavy makeup, glittery costumes, fake drama, and both are for entertainment.
Did TN just ban the WWE?
Next up.
Police!
Open up we have a search warrant!
We suspect you’re harboring copies of Mrs. Doubtfire!
I are goddamn right I do
The idea of “standing” has never really sat right with me.
“Sure, the law seems pretty unconstitutional, but until it actually hurts someone, why should we fix it?”
Maybe because you have the power to fix a bad thing.
