Name: various
Age: various
Occupation: religious nuts
Last Seen: Grand Rapids, MI
Bee-otched For: acting retarded
-Age: various
Occupation: religious nuts
Last Seen: Grand Rapids, MI
Bee-otched For: acting retarded
Over the weekend, hundreds of people in Grand Rapids watched a show loaded with drag queens.
Drag queens who also have Down's Syndrome.
The show was called Drag Syndrome, which played to a sold out crowd at the legendary Wealthy Theatre. The show ended up doing a second show Sunday night to accommodate the overflow crowd. Drag Syndrome tours around the world; they did shows in Canada and England, just to name a few.
The shows were a part of Project One, which is pretty much ArtPrize, you know, that art competition created by the Devos family? Personally, I think they created ArtPrize to compensate for the money they gave to anti-gay groups over the years. Let's remember: they own an NBA franchise and they simply don't want to go down the same road Donald Sterling trotted on.
Originally, Drag Syndrome was supposed to play at Tanglefoot, a venue owned by Peter Meijer, who is running for Congress and is an heir to that little rich family that owns big box stores. He pulled out of showing Drag Syndrome because he felt that their performers are being manipulated. When the shows moved to the Wealthy, the protesters followed. Sadly, these protesters all cried that the
performers are unaware that they are being used for entertainment and are a target for bullying.
When I think about all this, I think about the King of the Hill episode where Bobby wanted to be a plus-sized model for a clothing store for fat kids. Hank stopped him from doing a fashion show at the local mall because the models were all getting egged by the local bullies. Well, I don't think there were any bullies at all sitting at the Wealthy Theater both nights. From all accounts, all went well.
The reality is that there's a reason why Howard Stern has a Wack Pack loaded with people with disabilities. There's a reason why there's dwarf tossing. And that reason why is because the people who do all this feel OK doing it. Hell, many of Howard's Wack Packers have been on the show for over 20 years! In the case of Drag Syndrome, some might view it as a freak show, but the reality is that these people have been humiliated all of their lives. For them, dressing up like a woman expresses who they want to be. The right will cry that people with Down's Syndrome can't think for themselves. Folks, I've met people with disabilities who are also members of the LGBTQ+ community and they are functioning folks like the most of us. Methinks that the right-winged pricks who protested outside of the Wealthy simply are working hard to keep Grand Rapids a haven for assholes like them. They probably all think that the Bible was written in the 1600s by King James and that the word "homosexuality" was around back in the day. They probably think that the Earth is only 6,000 years old and that it's flat, too.
You see, it's assholes like those who protest outside of the drag show that cause people to not even want to go to church anymore. They make me ask what made them God? They don't have Down's Syndrome, so what makes them think like them?
You know, if you don't want to watch drag shows, DON'T GO THERE. If you're Muslim and don't eat pork, DON'T BUY IT. DON'T FORCE THE LOCAL SUPERMARKET TO STOP SELLING IT BECAUSE OF YOUR BELIEFS. Don't like strip clubs? DON'T GO THERE, AND DON'T PREVENT PEOPLE LIKE ME FROM GOING TO ONE!
I can go on and on. Personally, I don't got to drag shows because I'm not gay. But I'm happy that there probably were more people inside the Wealthy than outside protesting. I'm happy there's people in Grand Rapids that aren't still in the Stone Age.
Just because you don't look retarded doesn't mean that you aren't.
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