Taco Bell Will Host A Series Of Drag Shows This Spring

a reply to: CptGreenTea


oh PLEASE....
Your comment has more bull in it than any ranch in montana.

i can remember an owner of chick f a on a CHRISTIAN RADIO SHOW answering a question ON HIS PERSONAL BELIEFS (not business) about gay marriage...

the left went bat # quano , demanding his business be shut down and boycotted because they are "ANTI GAY"..

there were PAGES of comments on this and funny thing..

cant seem to find the same defense of him as you are for DRAG QUEEN shows at taco bell

you are right they can do what they want... its america , freedom and business

but cut the crap that somehow only the "right" or "religious" find drag queen show objectionable..

hell one here claiming to be of the LBGQ finds it wrong as well

with the added REALITY AND LOGIC you go to taco bell to get (yes questionable) food.

not see a drag queen show, hear about the rain forest, learn about BLM or hear from a preacher..

scrounger

a reply to: scrounger

I could care less about what the chic fil a owner thinks of gay marriage.

Maybe some on the left and non-religious find transgenderism wrong but it's largely a right wing and/or religious view.

Yes, most people go to taco bell to eat aweful food, not other reasons. However taco bell has decided to host a trans event. If you don't like it, then don't go to taco bell that day if its even in your area.

Like i said before, its a not a serious issue but of course its blown up to be one by the religious right wing who have nothing better to do than to complain about every silly event LGBTQ does.

What happened to Republicans saying "live and let live". Guess fear of transgender butt pirates sells more votes than respecting others life choices.

a reply to: infolurker


I saw two very young adults dressed up like kittens with collars. Fishnet stockings, even whiskers drawn on their faces the other day at the grocery store.

They seemed to be all proud of themselves.

Little kids looked confused, like momma is it Halloween?

I live in a pretty conservative town as far as this crap goes, although I’ve noticed the woke movement on the scene more and more.

These people need clubs or discos back to express themselves.

a reply to: KTemplar

But why did you immediately assume they were dressed that way because they think they are cats and are "woke" or whatever. 2 people dressed the same like that in a grocery store, I'm thinking they need to pick up a bottle of wine for a theme party, or they need to pick up cupcakes for the cast party for the musical Cats they are in, or some other planned event. Maybe they lost a bet? Who knows.


No, gotta be judgemental and assume they have an agenda, or are going to impose weird beliefs on your kid, even assuming they were "all proud of themselves".

Did you ask? "Oh, you look cute, in a play or something?". Maybe they were proud, they got the lead. Know the facts before assuming the worst.

a reply to: frogs453



Wouldn’t dare ask for fear of insulting reality!


I’ve seen these people break down in tears when people ask why their hair is Smurf blue, no thanks!


You don’t know the facts either! I do consider myself an expert in body language so there’s that!

a reply to: KTemplar

Ohhh, ok. You're an expert. I don't know the facts, that's the point. Why assume a nefarious agenda? Could have been two nice people. Also, why would you ask someone about their hair color? Obviously they like the color blue, or purple or pink.

I guess I'm different, I wouldn't attack them for their hair color, or pink eye shadow or whatever. I tend to occasionally try to compliment people when I'm out. "Cool color" or whatever. A little kindness can go a long way.

A lot of assumptions on your part Froggy, but ok, maybe they weren’t woke and just enjoy sharing their barely covered exotic looks.


I never said anything about whether they were nice, their outfits were very erotic looking, not furry kittens.

I wasn’t the person who asked the girl/he/she why she dyed her hair the color Smurf, it was a fat tall white dude, who I do not know.

To each their own, just saying a nightclub for them so inclined might be a nice/better outlet for them than the grocery store.


You ok?

a reply to: KTemplar

Maybe they had to pick something up on the way wherever they were going.

Yes I'm perfectly OK. I don't spend time assuming agendas or if people are "woke" in stores or whatever, so life is pretty easy going for me.

a reply to: frogs453


Bless your heart

originally posted by: imitator
I always called it Taco Hell... and this confirms it.
🤡🌎

Yeah, We called it Toxic Hell around here.
Its really just buisness isnt it? Blatantly going after the 'Gay Dollar'. Any person of self respect would see that and not participate...Id say this is for the 12-19 yr old demographic, just like everything else. At first its like.."hey cool, rainbows and crap." Then the whole disney money thing sets in..Sellout fad promotion. Leave it alone definitely goes for all parties involved..."I made a G today, "but you made it in a sleazy way, sellin crack to the kids" "Hey, I gotta get paid", Thats just the way it is.

a reply to: frogs453

I wonder if you would be so understanding if someone with a long beard walked into the store wearing a t-shirt with a Confederate flag on it. Would you think, "Oh! Maybe he likes the color scheme"? Would you think, "Oh! Maybe he's celebrating his family history"? Or would you think, "RACIST! KILL HIM!"?

If you saw someone with a gun strapped to their hip, would you walk up and ask if it was a plastic mock-up? Or would you scatter and hide because "there's a guy with a loaded gun! He's going to shoot up the place!"?

Both of those have a much higher probability of being benign than two people dressed up in provocative cat costumes. My response to them would be more like "OK, that's weird... think I'll keep my distance." Nothing malicious like thinking someone is a mass shooter in training or a racist trying to stir up trouble (actually, I might be the guy in the Confederate flag t-shirt). Most people with any actual intelligence know that their dress in a public place affects how they are perceived. So these people in the cat costumes are in one of three positions: either they just don't care in the least how they are perceived (in which case who cares if they don't?), they are somehow stuck having to get groceries in these ridiculously noticeable costumes (unlikely but possible), or they are there to attract attention.

Is there a furry convention going on nearby? That would make a difference, as those costumes take a while to put on or take off. Are they promoting something (cat food)? That's about the only reasons I can see for the second possibility. So barring that, it is either they don't care or they are "woke" and trying to draw attention to themselves in a perverted kind of way.

Which of those two possibilities is more likely?

I'll also point out that being personally disgusted at such a display is not malicious. If I avoid them, or even look at them disgustedly, I have not harmed them in any way. If I take pictures of them and post it to social media with bad words, I still have not harmed them in any way; they are free to rebut me if they have a legitimate reason for what they did, and that makes me look like a fool. But if they are there to stir up trouble, say, to shock little children, they have done something harmful to me, because I did not choose to expose my children to their lifestyle; they did, against all social expectations.

So what you are doing is suggesting quite improbable explanations to a likely malicious attempt to disrupt, while simultaneously maintaining an attitude of complete prejudice for others. An open mind is a good thing, but don't leave it so open your brains fall out.

TheRedneck

Under the democrat's power in the country the wackos, deviants, pedos and anything crazy is the fashion statement of the day.

Very soon we will have shows in the streets with wackos and pedos stripping naked to show that is all good and natural.

And biden will prays the lord for it too.

originally posted by: TheRedneck
It is almost impossible to watch a TV show or movie today without the gratuitous gay character, as though there are supposed to be openly gay people everywhere one turns.

I kind of laughed when I read this as it reminded me of a show my wife and I watched last year.

1. Lead person was White female, married with a kid, loved her family, but had a relationship with a Korean guy.
2. Doctor was trans male Asian
3. 3 others were 2 guys and a girl in a ménage à trois situation. One was Jewish, one Italian, one Spanish. When they were done as a threesome the guys keep having more fun when just themselves.
4. Lesbians badass, Spanish
5. Gay fat guy in love with one of the ménage à trois guys

The bad person of the show was a straight White male with a rich dad who was weak minded and could not be trusted for anything and had zero relationships as everyone else was F'ing each other like crazy...lol

My wife at some point look at me and said what the hell is going on with these shows...

a reply to: TheRedneck

Uh I see people with long beards and confederate t-shirts, or the lovely three percenter skull shirts in my area. I don't immediately think they are pushing any kind of agenda. They believe what they want. If I don't agree with something, I mind my business. I don't feel the need to look at them in any kind of certain way. Now if they are in the middle of the store harassing a person, that's different. I'd speak up.
But if they need a case of beer, big deal. We don't have open carry here, so yes I would be rattled if someone came in with a gun strapped to them. It's against the law, that would be highly suspicious.

I guess I'm not terrified or disgusted by people who are different than myself. Especially in a grocery store.

My take is, are these people shopping affecting me in any way? Is there a way I can answer my child's question if they have one? Sure, and it doesn't have to be denigrating or scary to the child. Again, why get riled up or disgusted because someone may not look the way you prefer them too. The long haired confederate t-shirt guy probably goes home to his loving family as I go home to mine.

a reply to: CptGreenTea

your just repeating yourself and your clear personal bias/agenda in your comment.

as seen here on ATS alone ALL WALKS OF LIFE, all political views, genders and who they want to sleep with find this inappropriate.

so cut the "mostly republicans and religious" crap already.

as stated before and will KEEP CALLING YOU OUT ON

you go to taco bell for FOOD not a floor show.

i dont care if its drag queens, a preacher, furry convention, blm protest, or even to hear about the rain forest we are there FOOR FOOD.. nothing more and nothing less.

nor does most people.

lastly i am gonna be blunt and to the point
your FULL OF IT that you "dont care" if was a preacher by the very fact you then make the crack its mostly
"religious types" that object to it..

you may be ok with it and thats fine..
then you go see it..

the rest of us dont want to

scrounger

a reply to: Xtrozero

i would also put into this category almost all the commercials (no matter what the product or service) either are all minorities, women and alot of same sex couple..

if you see a white person (be male or female) their partner IS ALWAYS another color , same sex, another race, or all of the above.

i have yet to see a white couple much less white and hetrosexual.

what whites , straights and white couples dont buy anything anymore?

scrounger

a reply to: Xtrozero

I really don't mind if the plot needs someone with a perversion to make it work... that's fine. The part that gets me is the gratuitous parading of gay, trans, bi, lesbian, whatever. I do not want nor do I need to be shown how all that works. I want to be entertained, not just disgusted.

I watched Black Lightning a while back... a little out of my element, but a pretty good show! I enjoyed it. But one of Black Lightning's girls is a lesbian... why? Apparently so they can have a lesbian "represented." I saw no other reason for it, nor for any of the steamy scenes.

I love Star Trek: Discovery. Awesome show. However, i still haven't figured out why the doctor and engineer are a gay couple. Nor do I understand why the Krill guy looks and acts so much more feminine than the female human he has a relationship with. Most of the time I can gloss over those two glaring examples of "WTF is this?" but if the show starts moving a little too slow and focusing on those characters, I tend to lose interest. I mean, really... Star Trek became more than a franchise; it's a full-blown cultural sensation... Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: The Animated Series, movies galore, and all without focusing on various sexual kinks. Why change something that works?

I cannot watch the latest movie of the Fantastic Four. I just can't. They made johnny Storm black. Sorry, but Johnny Storm is a hot-headed white guy. He is also Sue Storm's brother... and Sue is white! How do they "fix" this? By making Sue adopted. And in the process, Marvel took an existing two-part storyline, crushed it up like a wad of tissue paper, and tossed it away to start all over again. The timeline is shot to hell; the entire backstory has been altered, all for one purpose: to be politically correct. That one disgusts me, because the Fantastic Four was one of my favorite comics growing up.

If they wanted a black hero, that's easy! Make a new one (Black Lightning) or choose from the ones already out there, like the Black Panther. He was another of my favorites and I loved the movie... but had he been white I would have been screaming to high heaven. Black Panther was a black king and a serious badass.

I thought cultural appropriation was wrong? So why are these writers culturally appropriating?

More to the subject, I thought sexual persuasion didn't work? So why are the same people who kept telling me that now advertising sexuality?

Seems we have been lied to for quite some time. About a great many things.

TheRedneck

a reply to: scrounger

Ya know, you don't have to eat wt taco bell. But give it up to fat Americans to start a fuss about trans people dancing or whatever at their fast food artery clogging animal torture facility of their choice.

And yes, most Americans who aren't heavily religious or aren't being told to be outraged by some right wing site, don't care about this non-issue.

Butt hey its your freedom if you want to draw your line in the sand over taco fatville land.

What a terrible travesty taco bell has committed.How will we ever attain tasty heart disease again?

a reply to: frogs453

I see people with long beards and confederate t-shirts, or the lovely three percenter skull shirts in my area. I don't immediately think they are pushing any kind of agenda. They believe what they want. If I don't agree with something, I mind my business.

I keep hearing people say this... and at the same time I keep hearing how the Confederate flag is a symbol of hatred, seeing Confederate statues toppled over and vandalized, watching pundits scream bloody murder about those hateful "racists" who won't believe the way they are supposed to. OK, maybe you yourself aren't one to get in someone's face and scream obscenities over someone else thinking different than you, but someone is doing it! And they are being supported by Democrat leaders.

That means when someone votes Democrat, they are voting for me to be harassed, intimidated, dehumanized, demonized, and belittled. Maybe they don't mean to vote that way, but their ignorance doesn't make me feel any better about my treatment.

So you'll forgive me when I don't place a whole lot of faith in your statement. If you're not doing all this, then who is? Ghosts masquerading as physical people?

TheRedneck

a reply to: frogs453

I mean if you're rockin a confederate shirt after all the madness we've been through, then they are probably trying to make some political statements.

But yeah, their freedom to be tools