I know very little about Taylor Swift, other than her music, which I must admit is pretty solid (that last album was meh but w/e). What I do know is that her tour last year caused unholy chaos, with people begging for tickets, and scalpers selling them for many times the original cost. The right wing pretending they’re gonna take down T Swift is hilarious. Y’all — she’s got an army of 12 year old girls, backed by the previous three generations of teens. Some of us are almost 40. Good luck.
@paninid@mcnado yes but reactionary to what? Swift is as inoffensive a culture war target as you can get - a white rich country singer dating a footballer. I don't have an opinion about her music - not my sort of thing - but she hardly fits the profile of a counter-culture icon.
She has just said something to encourage young people to vote, which is just doing their civic duty, and has not endorsed any particular candidate or party.
But that's enough these days to trigger the zombies.
@danjac@paninid@mcnado I think a big part of it is a reaction to her public rejection of White supremacy
She’s a traditionally attractive, White, blond, pop/country singer. They’re pissed she’s not on their side and can’t imagine why she wouldn’t be so they have to make up stories to soothe their cognitive dissonance