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Speaking of culture, I grew-up with "drag story time" as did everyone watching Milton Berle as Auntie Mildred & other characters, Flip Wilson as Geraldine, and Wayland Flowers with Madame. Mix-in a little Shakespeare and that argument should not even be on the table.

If you do not approve of someone's lifestyle-don't live it. If you do not want an abortion-don't get one. Married or unmarried-who cares? They have lost the culture wars and refuse to face it. No one is going to put people back into the closet or change how we choose to live, but they'll try by using the children.

I think it's time for us to call them out, and start accusing them of hiding behind 10 year olds. Let's do just what you said and call it what it is.

The prigs really are missing out on the drag thing---people have been having fun with cross-dressing since, well, forever. Kids do it every Halloween. They should ask a 10 year old, it's fun! Milton and Flip were fun.

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Couldn't agree more; just don't live that lifestyle. We still have to put up with those who, like Putin, Trump and other authoritarian figures want/force everyone to be like them. Putin wants Russians to fall into line with his idea of what it means to be Russian, when modern Russian citizens just want to be part of a global society, via the internet mostly, but also via travel. Now, they find they can't travel as freely because so many despise Russians. Global citizens were moving along fine in this direction until Putin, with Trump's aid, pulled us into our current quagmire.

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