Senior NBC News reporter Ben Collins defended drag shows on NBC News Now yesterday, claiming they are not some hypersexual event like many on the ‘far right’ believe.
He was specifically defending the presence of children at these drag shows, suggesting these drag queens just want to show children they are ‘human beings’.
He says the children go there and read ‘Dr. Seuss’ while the drag show is going on, suggesting there’s no problem with them being there.
Watch:
NBC's Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__): "An all ages drag brunch..that a child might go to meet a drag queen, just to show them they're human beings & people. They go there and they read Dr. Seuss..It is not some hypersexual event, but that's what it's viewed as on the far right." pic.twitter.com/n4pZhSQYy4
— Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) November 21, 2022
Ok first of all, we on the ‘far right’ wouldn’t think drag shows are hypersexual events if men weren’t dressing as clown women and dancing erotically in some skimpy outfit. But that’s exactly what happens at these shows and it is absolutely NOT appropriate for children.
Second of all, the children I’ve seen in many of these videos aren’t reading Dr. Seuss at all. They are either watching the show enthusiastically or, unfortunately, are pushed by their parents into giving money to the drag queen while it dances.
Lastly, why on earth is NBC News defending children attending drag queen shows???