“F you, Taylor Swift!” shouted Megyn Kelly, “and f all of the people who want to see these children have body parts chopped off.”
For those not fluent in Republican crazy-speak, Kelly’s meltdown was triggered by Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris the night before, barely one hour after Trump all but face-planted on the debate stage. Kelly was especially triggered by Swift highlighting her appreciation for vice presidential nominee Tim Walz’s support of LGBTQ+ rights.
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Other right-wing commentators, like Ben Shapiro, took another approach: making fun of Swifties. “Note: if you vote for a particular candidate because your favorite singer is doing so, please don’t vote. You are too stupid to vote,” wrote Shapiro on X. Meanwhile, Elon Musk, the richest man on the planet, threatened to impregnate her.
“Losing it” implies they ever had it
It’s funny how Taylor Swift mattered when Trump faked her endorsement.
Why the hate They got the endorsment of quality stars like Kid rock, Kanye, Kevin sorbo, Hulk Hogan, Elon musk,
Al fine gentlemen /s
This woman has a TV show? She’s craaaazzzyyyy!
I’m sure MAGAts are having to do mental jumping jacks from approving of a fake endorsement for Trump to now saying that her endorsement for Harris doesn’t really matter and that she’s a nobody. The whole thing is dumb either way, but if a pop star’s endorsement is what it takes to hold off the fascists for at least 4 more years, then so be it.
I must admit that I don’t get, why it’s such a big deal, that Taylor Swift supports Harris. But seeing the meltdown of the right wing grifters does put a smile on my face.
Trump threatened her for her endorsement. Anyone who thinks he has any redeeming qualities is beyond redemption.
Imagine living in the US 💀
You know the world is fcked up when an election is drived by a Singer support
On the flip side, imagine voting for someone because Ben Shapiro is doing so.
Imagine doing or believing anything because of anything that guy said or did. I’m not even sure how anyone can stand listening to him.
I’m often astonished by just how odious and unlikable conservative commentators are and wonder how anyone can seriously watch the people on Fox and people like Trump, Charlie Kirk or Dan Bongino and think “yeah! I like and trust this person!”
I can’t imagine living in such a weird celebrity country.
Very few people give a shit about celebrities here, let alone what they think, let alone what they think about politics. No one would care for who endorsed who, it very much means absolutely nothing.
That’s nice.
In battleground states the win/lose margin will quite possibly come down to a few thousand votes, particularly in PA. The endorsement might not change anyone’s mind, but to her millions of fans it raises the elections’ importance for anyone who doesn’t “care about politics”. It turns a civic issue into a social group issue, and people care more about the latter. It’ll pull people reluctant to go to the polls to show up and vote.
Of course you don’t list where “here” is. I’m willing to bet that not only do they care about celebrities about the same as Americans, but also that many of those celebrities they care about are Americans.
Go watch the pre-race and opening ceremonies to Formula 1 races and compare the spectacle of USA to any other nation. You’ll find that “here” is basically “not USA”. Celebrities do exist, but they aren’t granted much status and often move to the USA to try garner that, as this seems to be the only place on the planet where popularity is a career path.
So confident in your position that even after being called out for not offering up where you live, you still very vocally dodge the question.
Also, if you think the us is the worst in the world for celebrity worship, you aren’t well versed in the topic at all. Many countries in Asia are far more obsessed with their celebrities than the us.
EatATaco, you have not asked a question.
No one has stated the US is the worst in the world, so I don’t know why you typed what you did.
“Here” is “not the US”; and that is the point. To state where I am would make no sense but it also wouldn’t be respective of where I have been.
I did not think such a point would be a challenge to grasp, let alone be upsetting. I’ll encourage you to stop making assumptions that upset you. That’s a you problem and it’s not nice to point fingers at others to spite the follies you’re “willing to bet on.”
Holy shit I can’t believe you are still dodging it. Hilarious.
You’re clearly not blessed with basic literacy. Perhaps start with placing a question mark somewhere so I have something to dodge.
The things that happen in your head, you need to externalise them so people don’t think you’re mad. Finding hilarity doesn’t help, it’s just weird now.
You’ve even addressed what you dodged. We both know it, why are you pretending otherwise?
How many celebrities are in your country?
Regardless, JPSound is right, no one really cares.
The vast majority of us dont give two shits about any of this either. It’s just 24hour news cycle slop. Anything for the clicks.
Man, I am interested in politics, but I don’t care about pop culture. Now I have to google Taylor Swift (I know the name and I am sure, I’ll also know some songs of her, I just don’t know the cnnections inbetween).
The party of rapists, child molesters and murderers is mad at Taylor Swift. She must’ve done something right. 🤔
Yeah, though not in the domain of singing.
Success is more important than talent. Success pays the bills better.
But it IS the domain of the Republican party 🤔
Hmmm, it’s almost as if one can choose not to support/apologize for these cretins.
So what brought you to this thread?
It’s ok to not like something, you know. Pretending they’re not good is pretty weird tho.
No pretense. They are not good in my subjective opinion just like they might be good in your subjective opinion. There’s no objective taste.
Objectively, she is very successful and popular.
Objectively, nobody asked for your opinion.
Subjectively, anyone taking jabs at Swift right now, especially in the context of her endorsement of Harris, is coming across as very suspicious.
I don’t have to be asked that by some moron to express my opinions.
I’m not sure you know what the word “objective” means.
Objectively, the woman has almost 300 million total followers, and has driven almost a half million new signups in TWO DAYS with her post clarifying she’s not supporting Team Red. Objectively, she has a net worth that pisses off quite a few liberals because we tend to think having billions of dollars is millions of people living in abject poverty. Objectively she is a part of American popular culture. Objectively, she has eleven singles ranked at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Objectively, she has 232 charted titles on the Hot 100 as of February of this year, ranking her as the most accomplished woman and in the top ten of ALL singers, world-wide. By all objective measures, this woman is a really damn good singer.
Your opinions of her are your own, which is subjective. The numbers I cited above, taken from Billboard are very objective numbers based on how often songs are bought and streamed. While it’s very subjective for individual viewers (and I agree, she’s not my cup of tea either!), the objective fact is that Swift speaks to a lot of people, and your personal disdain for her doesn’t change that fact one stinkin’ bit.
Todd is absolutely right, though. It’s a very Salty Rightie thing to do to come in an attack a woman with some serious musical awards and accomplishments and say just because he didn’t like her, she’s no good. Anyone pulling this crap right now really looks defeated, humiliated, and just plain utterly SAD, a sad sack of a bitter and scorned rightie angry that a pretty girl rejected their Emprah and endorsed the other side.
Objectively, she has a net worth that pisses off quite a few liberals because we tend to think having billions of dollars is millions of people living in abject poverty.
Good that you noticed.
By all objective measures, this woman is a really damn good singer.
There’s no such thing as objectively good singer.
That said, my initial comment didn’t make my opinion any more “objective” than yours - one subjective opinion against another.
The numbers I cited above, taken from Billboard are very objective numbers based on how often songs are bought and streamed. While it’s very subjective for individual viewers (and I agree, she’s not my cup of tea either!), the objective fact is that Swift speaks to a lot of people, and your personal disdain for her doesn’t change that fact one stinkin’ bit.
Disdain? Could you stop whiteknighting please?
It’s a very Salty Rightie thing to do to come in an attack a woman with some serious musical awards and accomplishments and say just because he didn’t like her, she’s no good.
You have a weird mind.
Anyone pulling this crap right now really looks defeated, humiliated, and just plain utterly SAD, a sad sack of a bitter and scorned rightie angry that a pretty girl rejected their Emprah and endorsed the other side.
I don’t live and don’t vote in the USA ; that aside, Trump winning would mean existential risks for part of my family.
Now, what does it say about you - to pull all this shit out of your imagination without any real reason whatsoever?
Objectively speaking she can dance and keep a crowd going while still hitting her notes. It doesn’t matter if you don’t enjoy the music, she’s objectively doing a good job. You critiqued her singing, not her music.
“I will impregnate her” -Elon Musk
“She will be raped by Venezuelans” -David Rubin
“Children’s Genitals!” -Megyn Kelly
Weird…
