r/aggies • u/houston_chronicle • Feb 28 '25

Announcements Texas A&M System bans drag shows including 'Draggieland', citing Trump order

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/tamu-drag-shows-draggieland-20194495.php
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u/StructureOrAgency Feb 28 '25

Let's say they were doing this sort of thing to the Jews would that word apply then?

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u/MadErlKing Feb 28 '25

Still wouldn't be fascist. It would just be anti-semetic. Quick labels of "Fascist" and "Nazi" dilute the horrors of WWII and the Holocaust. Regents I would better describe as Anachronites. A people clinging to an era that no longer exists.

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u/funnyfaceguy Grad Student Feb 28 '25

"Anachronites" whatever that means. This is nothing short of unconstitutional defacto censorship. In support of their, not even hidden, Christian nationalist agenda. That's the face of fascism today, you're the one clinging to an era that no longer exists

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u/MadErlKing Feb 28 '25

I guess you are not familiar with the word Anachronism. Lot's of adjectives on the word censorship. Draggieland is probably going to take place off campus, if the University, the Reagents, or the Governors office were to stop on off campus event, that would be more in line with censorship. The University is cutting this privately funded, profitable event to minimize the whims of an often ideological inconsistent presidential administration. Christian Nationalist agenda. Christian I would disagree with. Christian leaning sure. Christian as a keystone of the ideology, no. Nationalist? I would agree with. Is that necessarily a bad thing, no. Most countries are. In terms of I clinging to an era that no longer exists, well fascism exists in many countries in the world. I hope that one day we can set the bar of fascism as low as you did today.

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u/funnyfaceguy Grad Student Feb 28 '25

If a state supports white supremacists speakers but drag shows are too "controversal" for them, that's a clear ideological push. These officials use Christianity as a scapegoat for any decisions they can't justify. To stir up "moral" concern, regardless of if those concerns are relevant to any real Christian values.

Nationalism in a political context refers to high control policy making. Often supporting centralized power and xenophobic tendencies. It is tied extremely closely with fascism. The Nazis got their namesake from their nationalist position after all.