Conservative Christians have been losing their minds following a drag performance at the Olympics — and people online have wasted zero time in jumping to clown on them for it.
Among the many acts featured during Friday's opening ceremony in Paris was a nod to Dionysus, a Greek god linked to festivities. French singer Philippe Katerine — painted in blue to represent the god — was joined by drag queens and other performers during the act.
Because they were a large group at a long table, Christians soon decided that the performance was, in fact, a mockery of The Last Supper, the well-known painting by Leonardo da Vinci that has frequently been recreated throughout pop culture history. Considering drag queens were involved in this one, conservative agitators whipped their base up into a frenzy to decry the act and paint themselves as the true oppressed people of modern times, once again.
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There's still some debate over whether "The Last Supper" was an inspiration for the performance at all, but that this was based around Greek gods — you know, the ones with lengthy historical ties to the Olympics — has been extremely clear.
"The idea was to have a pagan celebration connected to the gods of Olympus. You will never find in me a desire to mock and denigrate anyone," artistic director Thomas Jolly said. "The idea was to create a big pagan party in link with the God of Mount Olympus."
And the official Olympics account tweeted this:
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Of course, none of that has stopped snowflake conservative Christians who want to twist the narrative from doing so. But people are clapping right back at them every step of the way.
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It's only too bad facts don't matter when it's so easy to just stir up outrage instead!