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Drag = Blackface
I was really excited by the first half of this article. Somebody gets it! Men camping it up as women on stage are exactly as funny and as tasteful as whites pretending to be black. That is, not funny or tasteful at all.
Reading the extreme justifications for drag in some of these letters just reinforces my belief that there's no justification at all. You wouldn't have to reach so hard to explain it if it were all as natural as you say. These letters also demonstrate how difficult it is for some men to listen to women's voices. No wonder they are more comfortable laughing at fake women than having genuine, thoughtful interactions with real ones.
Drag insults women. Period.