MAGA Is Straight Up Losing It After Taylor Swift’s Harris Endorsement
newrepublic.com
All’s well that ends well, but MAGA’s in a new hell.

“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.

  • rottingleaf@lemmy.world
    216·
    3 months ago

    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.

      • rottingleaf@lemmy.world
        211·
        3 months ago

        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.

        • TheHiddenCatboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          3 months ago

          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.

          • rottingleaf@lemmy.world
            23·
            3 months ago

            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?

            • TheHiddenCatboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              3 months ago

              I don’t live and don’t vote in the USA

              Sure, here on the Internet where the Men are Men, the Women are Men, the Children are FBI Agents, SURE you’re not a deranged trumper shitting on the lady who your side tried to coopt a few weeks ago, and nobody, and I mean nobody knows I’m a cat.

              I don’t trust you and you shitting on Swift is doing you no favours. If you don’t like Swift, you move on. That you didn’t and continue to attack anyone who questions your silliness suggests that you’re more than non-appreciative of her as a singer. Hell, I don’t like her as a singer. But I’m not going to act like a removed MAGA idiot by shitting on her music on a thread about how she is making removed MAGA idiots lose their shit by endorsing the other person. :)

              • rottingleaf@lemmy.world
                13·
                3 months ago

                Now, what does it say about you - to pull all this shit out of your imagination without any real reason whatsoever?

                Also

                That you didn’t and continue to attack anyone who questions your silliness

                … is a normal reaction, behave like a moron - receive all kinds of insulting responses. Just admit it and move on.

              • rottingleaf@lemmy.world
                1·
                3 months ago

                I could say that singing ability differs between various things that can be called singing in various cultures, and anything depending on spectator’s evaluation (pleasure) is subjective, but these are obvious, so whatever, hold a cookie

    • nyctre@lemmy.world
      181·
      3 months ago

      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.