On August 28th, 30 people showed up to a child-friendly drag show in Roanoke, Virginia. The event was called "Drag to Kids to Pride" and was hosted by the Anderson Distillery and Grill. The day after the show, a group of counter-protesters gathered outside the venue to protest the event.
00:00:58.000Drag shows that brand themselves as child-friendly or all ages welcome have been popping up
00:01:03.000across the country from Palm Springs to Dallas.
00:01:06.000So, we all know it was only a matter of time before one showed up in Suburbia, USA.
00:01:11.000And that's exactly what happened this past weekend in Roanoke, Texas.
00:01:16.000Newly-opened Anderson Distillery and Grill decided to get in on this underage action and host their own child-friendly, that's the key word here, child-friendly drag show on Sunday, August 28th.
00:01:26.000Of course, this raised some concerns online, especially in the conservative-minded Roanoke, I mean closed-minded Cretans, so the owner took to Facebook in advance to assure everyone that the drag performances would be positively PG, John Hughes-esque.
00:01:42.000Now, of course, while I had absolutely zero reason to not believe this drag show would be PG as advertised, as a reputable journalistic outfit, I wanted to make sure that I and my team was doing all of our due diligence.
00:01:54.000So I sent them out undercover as specialists to get the not-so-skinny on the drag show and see exactly how kid-friendly it was.
00:02:15.000You guys got your own personal security.
00:02:19.000Surprisingly, the first thing that greeted my team outside of the distillery, sorry, child-friendly distillery, that was hosting the drag show was the overabundance of strapped-to-the-gills Black Block and Antifa members surrounding said establishment.
00:02:32.000Nothing says child-friendly like people decked out in tactical gear and pride flags.
00:03:05.000Say, that seems like a pretty organized ideology.
00:03:08.000After all, though, it's hard to believe that 30 individuals showed up to the same event dressed in the same clothes and all following the exact same blueprint.
00:03:17.000Only thing missing is the gay gang signs.
00:03:20.000Okay, well, you're free to protest as America, so please continue to do so.
00:03:48.000Alright, now in the spirit of balance, I would be remiss if I didn't point out the counter protesters who also looked extremely intimidating.
00:08:47.000I didn't know Roanoke, a city, could be gay.
00:08:49.000It's an it's I'm sorry, but it's an animal object They said when you're 18 do what you want, but they're
00:09:06.000saying if you're under 18, this is they shouldn't be here I don't know.
00:09:09.000In my opinion, I don't think it's weird, but I guess people can have their opinions, but it's just kind of disrespectful to scream at people.
00:09:22.000What they're saying is that there's children in here, and this is exposing children to sexual content, and that should not be happening.
00:10:09.000Now, my team wanted to get more information about what the show's supporters thought in regards to what constitutes sexual content or what have you.
00:10:17.000But every time we got to that point in the conversation, the Goon Squad, that's totally not an organization, just an ideology, mind you, stepped in.
00:14:22.000But you don't have to take my word for it to further illustrate that fact.
00:14:25.000The mayor of Roanoke released a statement and personally emailed this to my team expressing the reaction and outrage from the Roanoke community.
00:14:33.000We will do whatever it takes, I think that's what he sounds like,
00:14:36.000we will do whatever it takes working with our county and state partners
00:14:40.000to maintain a culture of respect for families and in defense of our children.
00:14:44.000Having heard from our residents, rest assured that the city is investigating the incident
00:14:49.000and is pursuing all options to ensure our children are protected
00:14:54.000and the safety of our community is not compromised.
00:14:57.000By now it should be clear that nothing that took place in Roanoke was family friendly
00:15:02.000and at its core this entire charade is nothing more than a method to indoctrinate children
00:15:07.000into a perverse ideology at its worst.
00:15:11.000At best, show them hyper-sexualized content that would never be allowed with underage children in a heterosexual strip club.
00:15:18.000But the progressive left is not backing down.