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[-] Dvixen@lemmy.world 40 points 2 months ago

Santos wrote, “I just single-handedly made the left hate Drag queens lol,”

Nah dude, we just hate you.

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

And the left wouldn’t vote for Tim Scott, that’s how you know they’re the real racists!!!!111!

[-] voracitude@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago

Or we could just stop talking about him forever. Jesus, it's worse than the Kardashians...

[-] lemmefixdat4u@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago

So glad this guy got kicked out. The fact that it took so long makes me want to kick out the corrupt politicians who supported him as well.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Any bets on her ass getting kicked out of the Drag scene, too?

I mean, it's not like the other drag queens are going to forget what he said about them... or the rank hypocrisy

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

I just want to see the drag bar full of Log Cabin Republicans pretending to be Not Gay.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I never understood log cabin republicans. like. you know?

[-] kamenoko@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Religious conservatism mixed with an unflinching need to get dicked down. Think Senator Lindsey Graham.

[-] Jaysyn@kbin.social 4 points 2 months ago

Basically Jews for Hitler.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works -4 points 2 months ago

To my knowledge George Santos practices drag but doesn't identify as trans. When in doubt it's good to just use they/them.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

while they're in drag, it's generally customary to use 'she'. Outside of drag... it's whatever they prefer. I might be out of date on that one, though.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 months ago

Different performers have different preferences - there isn't a universe rule.

Clothes are just clothes - they aren't a determiner of gender and different folks have different motivations for why they want to wear drag.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Clothes are just clothes - they aren't a determiner of gender

Except when those clothes make a character/persona. Drag characters/personas are by definition female unless stated otherwise, regardless of the gender identity of the performer.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 months ago

That "unless stated otherwise" is doing a lot of heavy lifting to keep your statement technically correct - there are plenty of drag performers that I'm familiar with that prefer masculine or gender neutral pronouns.

This all comes back to the original comment above that blithely used "she" even though I don't believe Santos has ever stated how they'd like to be referred when wearing drag.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

there are plenty of drag performers that I'm familiar with that prefer masculine or gender neutral pronouns.

Plenty but nowhere near enough to be the norm.

This all comes back to the original comment above that blithely used "she" even though I don't believe Santos has ever stated how they'd like to be referred when wearing drag.

Again, the accepted rule in the drag community is that the CHARACTER is to be referred to as female unless otherwise stated.

Referring to drag characters using male or certain gender neutral pronouns such as "it" is widely considered to be a sign of bigotry unless the performer has specifically said to.

"George" "Santos" hasn't, so the correct and non-bigoted pronouns are feminine ones.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 months ago

Obviously "it" is trash, but "they" is a perfectly fine gender neutral term. The community is a lot wider than it once was and generalizing all performers to feminine pronouns is just a bad idea. Gender neutral is a good default.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Obviously "it" is trash

Though much more rare than "they", some nonbinary people DO self-identify as "it", so it's not UNIVERSALLY trash. But yeah, you're right that it is in the vast majority of cases.

they" is a perfectly fine gender neutral term.

Yes, which is why that's the default in most contexts. In the specific context of drag, though, the characters being female is pretty much the entire starting point, so "she" is the appropriate term unless otherwise stated.

generalizing all performers to feminine pronouns is just a bad idea. Gender neutral is a good default.

Seriously, dude, do you even know what drag IS??

Defining an art form that's specifically about imitation and celebration of femininity as gender neutral is a REALLY fucking weird hill to die on 🤦😂

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 months ago

You should want to kick out corrupt politicians for other reasons.

[-] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 22 points 2 months ago

he has pledged to donate 20 percent of his Cameo earnings to charity, explicitly mentioning Tunnel to Towers and the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews in his announcement.

His lying ass won't donate a cent. What a disgrace to drag performers worldwide.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

That would be one of the things he said was fake news, right? Just checking.

[-] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

I'd watch a comedy movie (possibly also sequels) about a Santos/Ravache presidential campaign. Might just be "Mrs. Doubtfire Does D.C." but if the ridiculousness of this whole Santos thing was toned down enough to be believable, it could be entertaining.

[-] gnate@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Which one of them is the VP?

[-] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I'd lean toward Ravache as VP since these are republicans we're talking about. Could set up some references to Palin that way too.

Not sure how to work it in yet but Ravache sounds a bit like "la vache" which is French for "the cow". I'm sure there's comedy to be milked from that but it could be a load of bull.

[-] Jaysyn@kbin.social 7 points 2 months ago

The only thing I want to hear about this piece of shit is what his sentence is & when he reports to prison.

[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 6 points 2 months ago

He’s the Tammy Faye Baker of the Covfefecene.

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