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EPISODE · May 5, 2023 · 21 MIN

What a Drag!

from Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show · host Dave Bowman

The US Navy announced this week that it had… appointed?… a “digital ambassador” to help with lagging recruiting. The controversy comes in the fact that this particular digital ambassador was apparently appointed as such because he is a drag queen. furthermore, it seems to be actually aimed at recruiting other drag queens into the Navy. Naturally, the interwebs and the politicians have exploded into anger and disgust. Oddly enough, I am not all that surprised by it, because… and this is something that you don’t know… there have always been drag queens in the Navy…

The US Navy announced this week that it had… appointed?… a “digital ambassador” to help with lagging recruiting. The controversy comes in the fact that this particular digital ambassador was apparently appointed as such because he is a drag queen. furthermore, it seems to be actually aimed at recruiting other drag queens into the Navy. Naturally, the interwebs and the politicians have exploded into anger and disgust. Oddly enough, I am not all that surprised by it, because… and this is something that you don’t know… there have always been drag queens in the Navy…

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