Politics is a funny thingā¦ I donāt know if he was being hateful, or just genuinely believes that drag is inherently political. Iāve certainly seen it discussed in political news lately, along with every other aspect of anything that could possibly be considered related to gender or sexuality. I do find it more than a little funny that dressing in drag could be this controversial, considering that Victorian England - a society so conservative that the words ālegā and ātrousersā were considered horrifyingly rude - had men dressing in drag, on stage, every day. Nowadays, we call that Shakespeare. 
When I was a kid, our eighth-grade class had some of us in drag for a school play. No one thought it was a big deal, or any kind of deal at allā¦
I refuse to pretend to try to manage what qualifies which person for which special interest group.
I refuse your right to grade me on my ability to appropriately assign who belongs to what group.
I donāt care about any of the identity politics and special interest groups, and I donāt know why the insistence on discussing themā¦ Iām not required to support them. I donāt see how you can say your support of them is not political here.
This āYouāre either for us or youāre anti usā tribalism is exactly the reason the topic itself is incendiary. No. Iām not a gay bashing bigot for suggesting children at drag shows doesnāt
belong in this thread as a topic. 
Which is all that actually happened. By the way. Yes. I think itās political. I think the fact that it has immediately been divisive and incendiary for the room and results in talk of in and out groups is a pretty damn good proof of that fact.
Maybe leave that, and the character accusations
out
No problem is addressed and no issue is solved in addressing someone with a list of accusations instead of requests. I can be as respectful as you please. I wonāt be bullied into only expressing your views. If you canāt discuss it civilly, thatās the reason not to bring up that topic.
Iām not an ideologue and Iām not here to defend any set of beliefs. Iām willing to discuss anything.
Iām not willing to be told āHe indicates he might think something other than me and so he is a bad personā is a valid intellectually derived argument, because itās not, and it doesnāt have any place here.
Ummā¦
Iām confused. 
Politics, you know?
Purple might be the royal colour but the Queen blew.
Are you though, or is that just your way of saying you wish I had gone?
I wish others had done more to approach me in good faith, so maybe I should take your statement the same despite feeling on the defensive now.
I wanted to throw my hand, but I signed up here to support loved ones who encouraged me to join as they share what will probably be their last grows ever, in the mortal realmā¦ All they have to say about the people here is how reasonable and peaceful and understanding they are, and what a great worthwhile community they haveā¦ and since supporting these persons still ultimately bubbled up within me as being of more importance than however I feel at the time about what has been a single bad instance of a small minority of people having what seems like a disproportionate trauma responseā¦ however others might feel about meā¦ my best bet is probably just to stfu and stop explaining myself to people with no genuine interest in understanding me, stay off the boards so I donāt bother you fine people as much as I can stand to, and just be here to support my loved ones.
Thatās why Iām still here. Carry on.
Baggage doesnāt fit in a carry on.
Better check it at the door, then.
