RuPaul address anti-drag protests and attacks: 'I pray for our country'
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- In December 2022, #RuPaul joined @HodaAndJenna and addressed protests and threats directed against drag performers. #TODAYShow
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The irony of the "US" standing for "United States"
And yet we’re more divided than ever, both sides are guilty, it’s not a single person’s fault.
@@a7x_nomadiceagle482both sides? READ
@@vvotchme1576 it is both sides fault but neither side wants to admit their wrong. Sure the Left forces their agenda on us in ways that are invasive, unfair, and a violation of our constitutional rights but on the other hand the right wants a world that only they can live comfortably in, even it means another group suffering. The key to solving our nations problems is compromise, not settling for an extreme. This nation was founded on the right to freedom of speech and the right to disagree. Now people are saying that if you disagree, your against them and you are a racist and you hate another group when you really don’t, u just don’t agree with their message. There’s always a way to compromise, and that’s how we save our nation
How about the Turkey, the country. Now THATS ironic. There aren’t even any turkeys there!
IKR?😅
I remember when I was 9. Being told I’d experience hellfire and damnnation was much more terrifying/scarring than seeing a grown man read me a story would have been.
Wait when has the country not been divided?
Before the Civil War?
@@olubukonla7352 wait so before the civil war the country wasn't divided? You are sure about this
I think the highlight here is that, in recent history, the country has never been as divided as it is today.
@@meninonas8159 I guess I live in a different country because where I'm from it has always been divided.
@@najmatos3555 i mean i guess when ur so dense and take everything literally maybe that’s how it seems to you but that’s not the point of the message at all.
History repeats itself again like a REMIX.
🤣👍
Ebon flow
Today's remix is filter house!
We are meant to elevate ourselves. Humans have been given the blessing of acquired knowledge and ability. Yet in our ego, we believe we know the extent of how great we are. So our ego refuses the lesson. Hears, maybe agrees with it, maybe not, then next!
Having such limited beliefs regarding our true greatness means we remain stuck in cycles.
Some people think God is limiting them from getting to where they want to go.
Trust me, He wants to take you to Greater Heights imaginable.
The Universe is begging us humans to start with remembering what we know.
Please, let's deal with OUR SHARED global issues by learning from history's previous outcomes. 🙏🌍🕊
I love this man. I'm 38 and he has inspired me since elementary school. I would have stood in line days to hear him read duck, duck, goose.
I just love RuPaul, you can see what a awesome person he is and how much he cares about others 🥰
Eww no
Esspecially kids
@@ultimatesunrise Rupaul never made a comment about kids ever. Where are you getting your sources
@@dismalDanliterally every other episode on drag race??? He even made a show with kids????
@@sirachaswauce I don't remember any other normal rpdr episodes with kids, but I didn't know about a whole show with kids. That's just off. What is it called? (Trying to figure out when this happened)
Love you,Ru
Follow all your Shows
Best wishes from Amman Jordan 🇯🇴
Ru we all love you and just to let you know on my worst days of feeling bad about myself you put a smile on my face each and every time
You are my role model. What you live through and look at you now.
Power of love.
Thanks to the world very much for all the for all the love that i give and receive.
Love and joys surrounds all ❤
While I agree with RuPaul, the U. S. has been divided from 1776. It's now worst with all the political rhetoric and woke culture semantics.
like mimicry of woman while being unwilling to define what woman is? ( woman: adult human female).
@@rachellandry3116 right... Because every word defined in the dictionary is the only way a word can be used or understood/s
Hint: we don't use hardly any word strictly by how it's defined in the dictionary, including woman.
its a proven fact that post trump america is worse about hate crimes..general acts of hate..racism..homophobia. its a fact the world understands. I guess having a demented hate filled president is a negative thing :/ who knew
@@rachellandry3116why is it exactly what is a woman?
Why haven't what is a man been done to trans men?
This country was born in blood, suffering and war, meant for a specific group of people and excluded for those that didn’t fill the specific requirements. The facade of a glorious America is quickly being stripped everybody and anybody around the world can see it so obviously. We are currently watching Americas’ inevitable decline right before our own eyes and there is no stopping it. This country will end just how it began and it will be terrifying.
Me Too Ru... You R so well spoken.. you remind me of Mark Twain.
WATCHING "LOVESHACK" GOSH YOU LOOK LOVE-LY IN THAT AFRO XO
Rupaul please run for President❤❤❤The power of love will guide us.
I met RuPaul in Chicago when she first released her cassette tape. This amazing person is still the same person of having a heart of jewels.
YES RUPAUL ❤
All we need is love
Love is all we need
❤❤❤
Preach! 🙏🏼🙌🏼
There's a middle... there are different types of drag and some drag is not meant for kids blame the parents not the art.
Ru embodies the power of love. What is wrong with people who obsess over what's between the legs of strangers? We have to love them too though.
Yes I agree things are so rare especially love and so much division
I seriously love all the ridiculous and ironic comments on this short.
abrahamic/low educated numbers in the US are generally declining luckily
after covid, a lot of childrens education was affected (graduating with 3rd grade reading level), probably explains the science denliasm and anti drag stuff that has been popular lately... but their education is getting better now that teachers starting to understand remote learning
Prayer is important. None of can define others - let God do his work.
Love you Ru 🇬🇧🏳️🌈
❤
I love you Queen, of all Queens RuPaul!
I so agree
division is how the rich get richer btw, all this little in fighting only makes us go blind to how we are still being forced to make money for people who never have to work a day in their life.
Who is he praying to???
To his demon god of course.
@@halimayusuf8828 Christ is king!
Same one most of these celebs and politicians pray to probably 🙈😬
@@jakeschwartz2514 I’m a Muslim and I love Jesus too. I just don’t believe he’s god. Have a blessed day brother.
@@jakeschwartz2514 I love fantastical and fictional books too!
Harry Potter is one of my favorites.
Riding a magic broom stick vs turning blood into wine.
What’s your favorite fantastical chapter of this fictional book?
That's our purpose for being on this planet. Those like Edgar Cayce who wasn't formally educated but was highly developed. He gave so much healing without charge.
Thank you Ru
Yes 🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🤎🖤🩶🤍
I promise not to loose faith momma Ru xoxo
Agree
Generic answer
How can anyone be anti drag?
I love this man xxx
Idt as white female cis over 60
We will win with ❤
To Ru Paul, Love is $
it is very depressing
we cant give up, god gives us breath to fight and we must fight, even if it just means finding happiness and safety
Your awesome RuPaul
Agreed. Love.
Alexa, play “The Power of Love” by Frankie Goes To Hollywood
I love you Queen and I'll keep praying with you for a better world, where people can be free to love and be loved, no matter what. Love leads to good deeds...love is powerful when it used for the benefit of others and the humankind. You are such a great human being and that's why I have learned more about diversity and acceptance and the power of love!
He is no queen, he is a criminal.
Same as Hungary. 🫤
Talk truth I believe in the power of love
Love u ru 💕
Power of love
😊❤
Mother Ru ❤️
Ru, you have the biggest stiletto on this planet. I would protest 🪧 with you we will protest with you, the world would protest with you to protect the rights of Drag queens . But unfortunately, you are worried about your multi million dollar fortune. I’m not rich nor have I ever. But I think somethings like human rights are more important than money.
Oh its tge guy from fallon
Believe in love of course,and don't take your kids to drag shows.
I’m proud to be from the uk, I pray from America at the min. What is happening to the greatest country in world x
Cute ! Sounds like a trite platitude. But in practice, in life, that advice oddly proves powerful and true. The words are hollow. The actions are everything.
There was NOT an issue until kids got involved.
so you protest Catholic Churches every weekend right?
@@deevalenz1045 yeah, sure Jan. 🙄
Exactly!
I don’t see the issue at ALL?
@@deadlyauntie very unfortunate. Do you have children? Again, adults need to stop pushing adult ideology on children.
Yes mam ok ❤
Nope...we let you people be who you wanted then you demanded to read stories infront of children. Literally gfy
Say it louder mother 🙏🏾🤍
Drag performers shouldn't be at schools or performing in front of young kids. The parents should be checked for abuse
but.. but . The POWER of LOVE! Twerking is love!
@@rachellandry3116 Wow - just wow. Yet you have wealthy billionaire paedophiles like Jeffrey Epstein trafficking vulnerable children in from all over the world to sexually abuse them, it’s happening all the time to this day, priests sexually abusing kids - and THIS is what you think is cause for concern??? A DRAG SHOW? GROW AND WAKE THE F**K UP! This vehemency towards the LGBTQ community has been manufactured to distract you from all the above - and you’re falling for it of course. Hook, line and sinker. Playing into the system’s hands. No wonder the world is falling apart.
Ridiculous comment.
But since we’ve both being asinine, any parent that forces their child to go to church should also be checked for abuse.
@@rachellandry3116
😂
Wanna twerk with me?
Let’s be twerk buddies!
@@rachellandry3116 not funny
And I believe ❤
This self proclaimed “Queen of Drag” has not been very vocal in this ban on her craft. With her resources, I would expect more. I think that it’s not important to her unless her show gets canceled from pressure from the extremist right . i’m speaking from the heart.
but the whole final for drag race season 15 was about the drag bans, and hes talked about it in interviews and also posted on twitter urging people to vote against the bans. how has she not been vocal?
if you believe this you are not a rupaul fan and dont keep up with his work at all
Virtue signaling for the win.😊🎉
Why do they involve kids in this? Let the kids enjoy being kids until they are mature enough to make grown-up decisions as adults.
Yes because people reading to kids in colorful costumes is so awful 🙄
Rupaul should come out and say that drag shows aren’t meant for children and why would anyone want to perform in front of them?! No one had a problem with drag queens until they went after the children.
I agree I don’t care if people do drag but showing kids is horrible
What people don’t understand (and Trixie Mattel even addressed this) is that to say drag is for kids, is wrong. To say drag isn’t for kids, is wrong. Child friendly drag shows exist, so the performers will steer clear of any adult language/subject if it is child friendly, but it’s the responsibility of the parents to check and see if the show will be child friendly, so if they go to a non child friendly show, that’s not the performers fault, it’s the parents
You people see everything as black and white, no wonder racism is so wide spread in this country still…
@@CinfulArtsyou ate that❤️
@@Ncr-ranger754Tell me the detrimental and “traumatizing” effects it could possibly have on children? Because I see fail to see problem or concern.
Super sad
Creep that does thi's crap w kids involved
I have no problem with drag Queen except with small children. Drag is an adult entertainment. Can’t children be children for just a little while?
What does this even mean? Clothes are for human bodies, any person can wear any piece of clothing, it doesn't matter.
@@WrenTheGrey Having gone to drag shows & friends with drag queens these shows are deff an ADULT environment. Pushing this on children is not cool. Wake up.
Draq is an entertainment
It can be aduilt themed or family friendly themed
I have no idea where y'all got the idea its only for aduilts
@@bareq99 How is it child entertainment? Why should it be?
@@nancyott3252Ever heard of pantomimes?
wen does praying ever work
If you have two brain cells in your empty space it works
@@kww2997prayer works to make you feel better, but it doesn't actually impact reality. You can get the same results praying to a rock
I would love to meet him
It is fairly simple, keep drag away from kids. Stop comparing adult entertainment to panto dames, not even remotely connected. TRAs will be the downfall of LBG rights. The general public are waking up, and the pushback is coming, and it's all the TQ+ ideologues fault.
Wtf is a TRA?
@@alexanderb2193 Trans Rights Activists. No one likes them. Gays/Lesbians don't. Legitimate Trans peoole don't. General public don't. They don't even like themselves. They just enjoy an audience and being a nuisance.
Drag is just extravagnt persona
Sounds like a civil war for alphabetical soup is coming. 😂
It is not the drag queens’ fault if a parent decides to bring their kid to a drag show that is not advertised as kid-appropriate. It’s the same way with higher rated movies. It’s not the movie’s fault, it’s not the drag queens fault, it’s the parents.
Trans people are very much a part of the lgbtq+ community so you can stop with that “LGB” nonsense, thank you.
Drag queens and trans people are NOT the same thing. Drag is an exaggeration of traits (that the performer choses) and an art; Being trans is an identity. Drag is a job, drag is for fun; Being trans is there all the time and is constantly a part of a person’s life as it is part of who they are. Two completely separate things.
thank mama ru
They just don't want Drag Queens performing in front of children...
Who are you to tell parents they can take their kids to a nonsexual drag show ?
Can we ban children from reading the bible ?
@@BadKid95US Maybe
@@legoharleyquinn8234 Lets ban them go
WHERE?
The queen statin here
Dude, just dont do drag in front of kids.. seriously how tf hard is it???
@@Jazz-jq1hs people like himl
Weird to me how these people are fighting so hard to want to dance in front of children
@@randomy2bhandle DRAG
It’s the rich people who divide this country
My Great Uncle did one tour of duty in ww2 as a wireless gunner under heavy bombing. He retired received his medals then performed as a drag queen for the troops. ❤❤
love is the most powerful force. love covers a multitude of sins
Save the kids right now
Love RuPaul, he says it perfectly. I also believe in the power of love and kindness, everyone is just so mean and rude to one another and its so sad to see. There used to be a time when we could agree to disagree and still see the humanity in one another, now it just seems to be a contest on who can dehumanize each other the fastest 😓
Drag bans (and all these other bans) embody all of this, hate and dehumanizing people. They need to stop and I'm glad to see them being struck down as unconstitutional where they are being challenged.
The Rainbow Mafia made a fatal strategic error when they targeted children and now....they reap the whirlwind.
No one is targeting kids except for priests 😂
Prayer brought anti drag protests
Ew
“Don’t lose faith in he power of love” Rupaul. It’s really that simple.
I pray for your sickness to be cured
I pray that you will grow a brain.
hatred is a sickness..and do pray, that you really are touched by god, cause then you will feel sympathy and you will seek to understand
I don't understand how Ru can be everything that she is and not be a conservative at heart. Nobody has a problem with drag performers - It's adult entertainment. What people have a problem with is adult entertainers trying to infiltrate elementary schools and influence minors. I believe she walks a fine line of her core values vs. not doing anything to alienate her fan base.
Love wins
Love wins but not inmorality, specialy when doing obsenity on front of kids...
@@JoseFlores-uy2nx Don’t bring kids to a drag show! How easy is that???
Keep kids out of it.
If parents take their kids to adult drag shows that's the parent's fault
Because children need a hyper sexualized man dressed as a woman reading stories to them
As if they are safer at home, school or even church!
But none of that matters if it’s done with love. 😂
I’ve never met this man but if I did, I can tell that I’d absolutely hate him
Why so much internalised hate brother @keyboardwarrior
Yeah you help it.
Drag isn’t any different from blackface, if you ask me. It’s mysogonistic to the core.
It’s the opposite
Black face is negative and racist drag is someone expressing themselves and being positive
Please go outside and stop using the Internet for a bit
Lol, how is it misogynistic? As a cis woman, I have no issues with other people expressing their identity and aesthetics through fashion, gender performance, and their idea of beauty. No one owns/has the right to hog any specific kind of gender expression all for themselves. What I as a cis woman have issues with is people seeing expression and deeming it offensive just because they do not like it. THAT is oppressive. THAT is what causes things like misogyny.
That's dumb
RuPaul would never push drag on to children, these trans, young generation has ruined the drag industry. Ru understands respect.
Blame the democrats!
Breaks my heart you think this is Gods will-
breaks my heart you think god didnt create lgbtqi ppl..theyre not a mistake..hate is the only mistake
Breaks my heart that people love using God’s name to justify their hate.
You lady do not get to speak for God. Your words and judgeliness!!!!! is not 9f the light!!!!! Rupaul is AWESOME!!!!
Breaks my heart that you think god would want this much hate in the world
Breaks my heart you think there’s a god but whatever let’s you sleep at night.
he knows 18 and under ain't right $$$$
Lol maybe don’t indoctrinate kids
Right! Like, dude. For lack of better terminology…
Pushing such aggressive woke ideology is to blame for a lot of it, so maybe calm down and meet everyone in the middle would be a start?
You literally hate people for existing then play the victim.
@@ejejenrnjrejhsndjjeekbeehh8435 by opting to meet in the middle on the topic somehow to you suggests I ‘literally hate people for existing’? Explain.
@@misternevermiss12 Aggressive woke ideology? How about aggressive conservative ideology? How is pushing to ban drag “meeting in the middle”? It sounds to me like you just want things your way and want to strip rights away from people. To broaden it out further, how is refusing gender affirming care for trans individuals & heavily restricting women’s rights to abortion “meeting in the middle”? Please explain.
@@troyeaton9473 I agree with everything you just said. Why would you assume me opting to meet in the middle means I’m against gender affirming care or abortion? I said meet in the middle, not the extreme right.. I just don’t think kids being read books by a trans person for no other reason than forcing people to accept it or otherwise they’re somehow transphobic? Aggressively pushing down peoples throat this is only going to cause more divide.
@@misternevermiss12 Okay let’s talk about it. Here’s what I have to say based on what you’ve said so far:
Drag queens and trans people are NOT the same at all. Drag is an exaggeration of traits (that the performer choses), a performance, an art; Being trans is an identity. Drag is a job, drag is for fun; Being trans is there all the time and is constantly a part of a person’s life as it is part of who they are. Two completely separate things.
Also, It is not the drag queens’ fault if a parent decides to bring their kid to a drag show that is not advertised as kid-appropriate. It’s the same way with higher rated movies. It’s not the movie’s fault, it’s not the drag queens fault, it’s the parents. And because it is the parent’s fault, we should not be banning drag queens for something they are not in charge of.
Who’s bro praying to tho?
Pray for yourself before others and the world my brother, and stop sinning.
Praying to who Rupaul? Because my God. The God of Adam is not condoning any of this! At all!
I do not support hate or abuse of those living in the world but I can’t stand when worldly folks talk about praying for things that’s against God! Again, I ask, who are you praying to?
If you believe in love you wouldn't be that way !!