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What say you Tay Swift fans and haters?
What say you Tay Swift fans and haters?
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Taylor Swift Issues Defamation Threat Against Blogger Who Demanded She Denounce White Supremacy
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"hey Taylor, we know you're not a nazi, we just need you to say that"
*gets sued*
The epitome of white fragility
*gets sued*
The epitome of white fragility
Good call, Taylor. No way this will amplify the story and make even more people read the original blog post and wonder about the points it's making, and your reaction to it.
It's an amazing world we live in.
Denouncing white supremacy is hard for one of the most popular musical artists in the world. Harder than it is for the President of the United States apparently.
Denouncing white supremacy is hard for one of the most popular musical artists in the world. Harder than it is for the President of the United States apparently.
I'm really not into pop music but I've heard a lot of things about Taylor Swift that make her seem like she is really not a nice person.
So yeah, not good.
So yeah, not good.
Does she even know about the letter? This seems like something that someone saw and got handed off to overzealous legal team. If it were up to her she probably would have just ignored it. Either way, she's Streisanded now and she's probably going to have to make a statement.
Things the lawyers are right about: Her actions don't necessarily constitute endorsement of white supremacy.
Things the lawyers are wrong about: Taylor Swift not being a white supremacist figurehead.
Overall the things listed in the letter seem like a mix of reasonable statements and statements that go a bit far. She's not really under any obligation to address it. But if people were holding me up as their Aryan queen I'd probably say something about it.
Things the lawyers are wrong about: Taylor Swift not being a white supremacist figurehead.
Overall the things listed in the letter seem like a mix of reasonable statements and statements that go a bit far. She's not really under any obligation to address it. But if people were holding me up as their Aryan queen I'd probably say something about it.
What exactly was so difficult in throwing out a short tweet lambasting the Nazi movement?
Problem solved. Why even up the ante and take this to a legal issue?
Problem solved. Why even up the ante and take this to a legal issue?
Swift is pretty hawkish when it comes to legal stuff, otherwise this probably would've just been ignored
If you're not a Nazi this seems like a pretty poor way to respond to being asked to say as much.
I haven't heard the song myself, but the way the article breaks it down does make it seem pretty heavy on the dogwhistles. If it's not intended as such, Taylor prolly shoulda just said so.
This is why stuff like Eminem publicly saying that he's not interested in the Trump fandom's support is important btw - it may feel like a "least you could do" measure, but for some people, even that looks like it's too much.
I haven't heard the song myself, but the way the article breaks it down does make it seem pretty heavy on the dogwhistles. If it's not intended as such, Taylor prolly shoulda just said so.
This is why stuff like Eminem publicly saying that he's not interested in the Trump fandom's support is important btw - it may feel like a "least you could do" measure, but for some people, even that looks like it's too much.
The only "or else" here is Taylor suing the person asking her to denounce nazis
Her suing instead of ignoring it or just having no problem denouncing makes it look bad. Her lawyers are probably giving her shitty advice considering she's a celebrity and optics matter. Her lawyers have now created a PR shitstorm out of a drizzle
I was unaware of Taylor being big with the white-supremacist crowd and now I am.
Lawsuit threat is working like a charm.
Lawsuit threat is working like a charm.
Daily Stormer is going to endorse her as the official diva of neo Nazis now. Will she then have to beg them not to buy her albums?
Idk, most other celebrities don't have a hard time not being seen as a Nazi.
I feel like that only works until you decide to sue them.
The whole thing is ridiculous in the first place, and it would have been a nothing story if she had simply ignored it, but she decided to go after them.
And is saying "I'm not a Nazi" really more difficult and time consuming than taking legal action?
The cynic in me thinks it's ahead of her album's release. Otherwise what is she doing? Calling attention to something I hadn't ever heard of and suing over it just seems absurd.
Can some gimme a quick run down of why her song blows the dog whistle for white supremacy? That is a huge claim to make.
"At one point in the accompanying music video, Taylor lords over an army of models from a podium, akin to what Hitler had in Nazis Germany. The similarities are uncanny and unsettling."
I read the whole thing and if it isn't a parody I don't know what to say.
I read the whole thing and if it isn't a parody I don't know what to say.
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