Ep. 762 - Conservatives truly need to leave drag queens alone. They are about the least harmful group of people in America.

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 2 March 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Do you know who the FBI and Department of Defense says the single biggest threat to the safety and security of America is? It's damn sure not drag queens? It's conservative white supremacists. But somehow, instead of thinking about how they can address the violent racists in their own home, conservatives have decided to do what they always do... play a dangerous smoke and mirrors game where they make their base think the biggest threat to them, and to their kids in particular, are people dressed up in drag. This is what they always do. They used to focus on Muslims, then immigrants, then someone else, and someone else, and now it's drag queens, but it's all a dangerous ruse to get their base riled up and angry. And I think it could bring real harm and violence upon people who don't deserve any of it. Let me unpack and explain it. To listen to today’s FULL EPISODE of The Breakdown go now to Apple Podcasts or Spotify and search for “The Breakdown with Shaun King.” Subscribe there for FREE and listen to the whole podcast. If you are already on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, please subscribe, listen, share, leave reviews, and listen daily to the entire episode. The more of it you listen to, the better it is for us.Love and appreciate you all.Shaun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.0	If you haven't heard about this, you should. And it's deeply problematic.
1:06.0	And there's a tendency for a lot of us to not care about something that we think doesn't really impact us directly.
1:13.0	Obviously, I'm not a drag queen. I've never been to a drag show.
1:17.0	I am friends online with a few drag queens.
1:22.0	But for some reason, another Republicans are now obsessed with them.
1:26.0	And have decided that drag queens are going to be one of their primary political enemies,
1:33.0	which is fundamentally preposterous and really even could be dangerous and I'll explain why in a minute.
1:40.0	But they have now, instead of Tennessee, they signed a bill into law, banning performances by drag queens.
1:47.0	Like what? Like, that's your new focus.
1:51.0	Because drag queens have literally hurt nobody.
1:55.0	Only to find out that leading conservatives in Tennessee and now we see in Texas
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