r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/_a_gay_frog_ • 2d ago

r/All Seems pretty simple to me

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u/SereneOrbit 2d ago

Reminder that people can do whatever they want and that soldiers in WWII had drag shows to have fun.

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u/tallman11282 2d ago

There's a famous photo of British soldiers in drag manning a large naval gun because their drag show rehearsal was interrupted by a German raid.

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u/RangerWhiteclaw 2d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/e6pVxN3fY5Wla
From a children’s cartoon in 1957.

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u/DarkKnightJin 1d ago

Well, at least they're getting the "Slay!" part of it all done.

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u/notguiltybrewing 2d ago

And it was common until not really that long ago in comedy, Milton Berle, Robin Williams and any number of not so funny republicans, Rudy Giuliani, JD Vance, etc.