Aging actor Kevin Bacon went viral for a shameless virtue signaling dance with his wife to promote drag shows for kids. During the course of the video, the obscene pair were gyrating awkwardly while wearing shirts emblazoned with the slogan “drag is an art and drag is a right.”
Of course, it’s essential to point out that no one is arguing whether or not drag is an “art” or “right.” As tasteless and unappealing as it is to sane people, what other deviants choose to do with their own time is up to them.
If Bacon were honest, he’d be wearing a shirt saying he supports presenting hyper-sexualized content to minors. That’s the debate.
Captioning the video, Bacon made sure to include as many buzzwords and hashtags as possible, thus debasing himself further with a grotesque display of the English language.
“Drag bans are bad karma. Right now, drag performers and the LGBTQIA+ community need our help,” Bacon wrote on Twitter. “Tap the link in my bio to shop the #SixDegreesOfKB campaign supporting the [ACLU] Drag Defense Fund in the nationwide effort to protect creative expression or make a gift. #DragIsARight.”
#DragBans are bad karma. Right now, drag performers and the LGBTQIA+ community need our help. Shop the @SixDegreesofKB campaign supporting the @ACLU Drag Defense Fund or make a gift https://t.co/Ef2Eiz8Mzg #DragIsARight pic.twitter.com/BUyfecVFA4
— Kevin Bacon (@kevinbacon) April 23, 2023
And yes, the guy on the shirt has that weird, creepy mustache that we associate with windowless vans. These people are horrid.
The Daily Wire provided additional context to the video, writing:
The “Footloose” star was reacting to legislation introduced in multiple states which would prohibit sexually explicit drag performances where children might be present.
Tennessee was the first state to pass this type of bill into law last month, and now several other states are introducing similar legislation. The new law prohibits “adult cabaret performances” on public property or in places where children may be present, per the Independent. This includes both “male and female entertainers.”
Appropriately, Bacon was lit up in the comments section.
“No one, and I mean no one, is out there pushing to ban Drag Queens. Why is it so hard to consider age inappropriate behavior as the root of the blowback? Be the draggiest drag queen you can be, just not at elementary schools,” one user posted on Twitter.
“Add Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick to the list of people promoting the sexualization of children because no one is trying to ban drag,” a second user shared. “We’re trying to keep it away from children, which is a cause anyone-not-a-pedophile could dance about.”
“Oh look another virtue signaling celebrity who doesn’t really understand the issue. Shocking,” a third handle posted. “We’re not protesting drag queens or the freedom for them to perform. We’re just asking for kids not to be exposed to implicitly sexual performances, let alone giving them.”
A few comments below the Daily Wire article captured additional sentiments, worded more pleasantly than they needed to be about Bacon and his misguided narcissism.
“So disappointed,” one commenter began. “Always had respect for their acting and their marriage. Saw the Bacon Brothers in a small venue in Vegas. They gave free tickets to service members and spouses, which I thought was an awesome thing to do. I wouldn’t say the singing was the best but the music was very good and their enthusiasm was great. Again, very disappointed.”
Perhaps it’s better late than never to realize these empty Hollywood types deserve zero respect from us. One user was a little more direct in his criticism.
“There’s something so unbelievably disturbing about a grown man who supports other grown men dressing up as women. And yeah the law only bans doing it in front of children. But the fact that more men don’t support it being banned period is bizarre to me,” the person wrote.
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