Well, this is progress. Mashable would like us all to meet Drag Syndrome, the world’s first drag troupe for people with Down syndrome. We get the feeling this is supposed to be a feel-good story, but we’re not feeling good after just a few seconds of the video.
Meet the artists and performers of Drag Syndrome, the world’s first drag troupe for people with Down syndrome pic.twitter.com/jAlW44eFfp
— Mashable (@mashable) January 4, 2023
Drag Syndrome’s “talented artists broaden our horizons with their creativity.” Really? How?
This is evil beyond words.
— Hard Time Gaming Floor (@HardTimeGaming_) January 4, 2023
who exactly is the target audience for this?
— Tatjana Pasalic (@Tattytats) January 5, 2023
This is messed up.
— It’s Ma’am, PhDelightful (@ItsGoneAwry) January 5, 2023
This seems like abuse.
— IComeInPeace (@I_Come_1N_Peace) January 4, 2023
This seems exploitable and very wrong.
— Joey😡stop sexualizing children!!! (@ucjobee) January 4, 2023
We should be better than this.
— Mark (@MarkTopol) January 6, 2023
Looks like exploitation to me.
— Sierra🖤 (@SierraW253) January 6, 2023
This is so very wrong in so many levels. 🤬
— Grace but not graceful 🙈 (@grace_horselady) January 6, 2023
https://twitter.com/realBoWilliams/status/1610772000141709312
Exploitation of the worst kind. But of course exploitation is celebrated and embraced with pride in some circles.
— j4lyn (@J4LYN) January 7, 2023
Recommended
Significant concerns regarding capacity to consent here.
— CP1919 (@CP1919alpha) January 6, 2023
— End the Corporate/State media (@hdweuh99) January 4, 2023
Sometimes you just have to stop and ask yourself if you are still alive and awake. Is this a coma? I'm I insane?
— Adam O'Neal (@AdamOnealTX) January 5, 2023
We're coming all the way around back to traveling sideshows.
— Odessa Jack (@OdessaJack1) January 7, 2023
As a special needs parent myself, this is disgusting.
— Born free Taxed to ☠️ (@AckTeacher) January 4, 2023
Please stop. This is just awful. This has to be the most dengerate legal thing I’ve ever heard about or seen. What the hell
— John Gutierrez (@ArbitrageOpp) January 4, 2023
This is inherently wrong.
It’s abuse of these extremely vulnerable people.— Phil (@scepticalPhil) January 6, 2023
No, it’s empowerment.
Ville exploitative garbage
— Rab (@Rab_Dickson1) January 7, 2023
This is misogyny & exploitation of people with disabilities. Why are you promoting this?
— Non-compliant Ladybrain (@WomanWhoSaysNo) January 7, 2023
Cosmic justice awaits everyone involved in doing this to these vulnerable men.
— Andrew Braun🇺🇸 (@primofederalist) January 4, 2023
But it gives them a chance to express their creativity — it’s all about transformation and freedom of expression. And if you have a problem with that, you’re a bad person who should be banned from Twitter.
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Fascism-fighting scribe says ‘hateful homophobic hillbilly DeSantis’ is investigating venue over drag show https://t.co/5dje94hohV
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 30, 2022
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