▲ 264 ▼ 'Just don't go': Judge once again finds Texas drag ban unconstitutional (www.chron.com) submitted 13 hours ago by TRAHR@quokk.au to c/politics@lemmy.world 18 comments fedilink hide all child comments A federal judge once again ruled that Texas' ban on some drag performances in public is "facially overbroad" and "unconstitutionally vague."
[–] artyom@piefed.social 24 points 12 hours ago (3 children) The law, Senate Bill 12, bans bars and other businesses from hosting sexually oriented performances Vague, indeed. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago (2 children) Does Texas not have strip clubs? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 46 minutes ago) (1 child) Hey hey hey now. This is about Texas and the United States so get that fuckin logic right the fuck out of here. In all seriousness though the state of a nation's laws is a direct measure of it's stability and we're at like 17/7 on the fully cooked scale. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world 1 point 1 hour ago Laws are only real if people are punished for them. The perfect law results is 100% of actual offenders being prosecuted and convicted. Unfortunately the US is incredibly hypocritical and most laws exist to uphold white male Christian land owner values, so the perfect law is more like "one with enough plausible deniability that a white guy can get away with it while a black perdon goes to jail for 10-15 years" permalink fedilink source parent [–] hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 hours ago Yes, but only the “good kind,” where cis-women are treated like property by men. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Triumph@fedia.io 8 points 10 hours ago (2 children) Are drag shows sexually oriented? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 12 points 10 hours ago My parents took me as a teen and my child siblings to a drag performance once. There was definitely a “sexual” nature to it. But nothing i hadn’t seen literally everywhere else in the performance industry from pop stars to circuses, even cartoons, many commercials. Sex appeal is and always has been everywhere. They just looked like generic women dancers to me. Mildly interesting, mildly boring. permalink fedilink source parent [–] artyom@piefed.social 4 points 9 hours ago I have no idea. That's the point. What does that even mean? permalink fedilink source parent [–] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 12 points 12 hours ago (2 children) Well strippers would be the first to go. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 hours ago* Quite the opposite. In my neck of the woods (the Bible Belt), there are tons of porn shops. They’ll just be going after the “wrong kinds” of porn and sexual exploitation. “Porn should be only between a man and a woman, to be shared within the bounds of a loving, God-sanctioned Christian marriage where birth control is forbidden, anything other than vaginal sex is punishable by law and pulling out is banned.” Their blockbuster porn hit will be, “Jesus, I can feel you inside me.” permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 15 points 12 hours ago Nah, anything Christian would be first. All about impregnation by a god, sexually explicit text, obsession with women’s sexuality, strangers’ genitals, covering up rape… permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago (2 children) Does Texas not have strip clubs? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 46 minutes ago) (1 child) Hey hey hey now. This is about Texas and the United States so get that fuckin logic right the fuck out of here. In all seriousness though the state of a nation's laws is a direct measure of it's stability and we're at like 17/7 on the fully cooked scale. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world 1 point 1 hour ago Laws are only real if people are punished for them. The perfect law results is 100% of actual offenders being prosecuted and convicted. Unfortunately the US is incredibly hypocritical and most laws exist to uphold white male Christian land owner values, so the perfect law is more like "one with enough plausible deniability that a white guy can get away with it while a black perdon goes to jail for 10-15 years" permalink fedilink source parent [–] hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 hours ago Yes, but only the “good kind,” where cis-women are treated like property by men. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 46 minutes ago) (1 child) Hey hey hey now. This is about Texas and the United States so get that fuckin logic right the fuck out of here. In all seriousness though the state of a nation's laws is a direct measure of it's stability and we're at like 17/7 on the fully cooked scale. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world 1 point 1 hour ago Laws are only real if people are punished for them. The perfect law results is 100% of actual offenders being prosecuted and convicted. Unfortunately the US is incredibly hypocritical and most laws exist to uphold white male Christian land owner values, so the perfect law is more like "one with enough plausible deniability that a white guy can get away with it while a black perdon goes to jail for 10-15 years" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world 1 point 1 hour ago Laws are only real if people are punished for them. The perfect law results is 100% of actual offenders being prosecuted and convicted. Unfortunately the US is incredibly hypocritical and most laws exist to uphold white male Christian land owner values, so the perfect law is more like "one with enough plausible deniability that a white guy can get away with it while a black perdon goes to jail for 10-15 years" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 hours ago Yes, but only the “good kind,” where cis-women are treated like property by men. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Triumph@fedia.io 8 points 10 hours ago (2 children) Are drag shows sexually oriented? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 12 points 10 hours ago My parents took me as a teen and my child siblings to a drag performance once. There was definitely a “sexual” nature to it. But nothing i hadn’t seen literally everywhere else in the performance industry from pop stars to circuses, even cartoons, many commercials. Sex appeal is and always has been everywhere. They just looked like generic women dancers to me. Mildly interesting, mildly boring. permalink fedilink source parent [–] artyom@piefed.social 4 points 9 hours ago I have no idea. That's the point. What does that even mean? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 12 points 10 hours ago My parents took me as a teen and my child siblings to a drag performance once. There was definitely a “sexual” nature to it. But nothing i hadn’t seen literally everywhere else in the performance industry from pop stars to circuses, even cartoons, many commercials. Sex appeal is and always has been everywhere. They just looked like generic women dancers to me. Mildly interesting, mildly boring. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] artyom@piefed.social 4 points 9 hours ago I have no idea. That's the point. What does that even mean? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 12 points 12 hours ago (2 children) Well strippers would be the first to go. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 hours ago* Quite the opposite. In my neck of the woods (the Bible Belt), there are tons of porn shops. They’ll just be going after the “wrong kinds” of porn and sexual exploitation. “Porn should be only between a man and a woman, to be shared within the bounds of a loving, God-sanctioned Christian marriage where birth control is forbidden, anything other than vaginal sex is punishable by law and pulling out is banned.” Their blockbuster porn hit will be, “Jesus, I can feel you inside me.” permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 15 points 12 hours ago Nah, anything Christian would be first. All about impregnation by a god, sexually explicit text, obsession with women’s sexuality, strangers’ genitals, covering up rape… permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 hours ago* Quite the opposite. In my neck of the woods (the Bible Belt), there are tons of porn shops. They’ll just be going after the “wrong kinds” of porn and sexual exploitation. “Porn should be only between a man and a woman, to be shared within the bounds of a loving, God-sanctioned Christian marriage where birth control is forbidden, anything other than vaginal sex is punishable by law and pulling out is banned.” Their blockbuster porn hit will be, “Jesus, I can feel you inside me.” permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 15 points 12 hours ago Nah, anything Christian would be first. All about impregnation by a god, sexually explicit text, obsession with women’s sexuality, strangers’ genitals, covering up rape… permalink fedilink source parent