1y ago

Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris

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Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris after presidential debate

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1y ago

Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris

www.nbcnews.com /politics/2024-election/taylor-swift-endorses-kamala-harris-rcna170547

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signed "Childless Cat Lady."
Now the MAGA people are mad that they can't use their AI pictures anymore and pretend they are real.
Sad MAGA face 😡
- Why are right wing parties obsessed with AI posters? And like HORRIFICALLY BAD AI posters? They're creepy as hell. In my country too, it's just unsettling. I guess it's easier than a photoshoot and allows you to make any obscene shit you want... Or just straight up lie.
  
  I think you already answered your own question there. GenAI makes it really easy to flood a platform with loads of bullshit, and as a consequence make any point seem (at least somewhat) believable
  
  Doing it themselves would take both effort and creativity, as well as time. AI lets them vomit out tons ot nonsense with little effort.
lmao at the haters in the comments pretending they don't know who she is
- Especially after the GOP literally pulled her into the spotlight over the subject https://newrepublic.com/post/177990/fox-news-conspiracy-theory-taylor-swift-psyop
- Right? The neckiest of beards have crawled out of the shadows.
Banking on the following comments from the right, which they use for every artist's endorsement:
They're a has been washed up. Who even is this person? Guess I can cross him/her off my list I don't even know who this person is, what does it matter? This won't move the needle at all They should keep their options out of politics When is the last time this person has been relevant? Of course they would, all actors/actresses/artists are blue
Spin the ol wheel and let's see what we land on.
- Don't forget that old standard, "She should shut up and sing!"
- They should keep their options out of politics
  And the same people who said that are the ones who love kid rock or the other motor city nutball whose concerts are nothing but right wing bs
- Good luck calling Taylor Swift a has-been.
  
  I'm pretty sure they'll try. It's not like being factually correct is a core part of their brand.
  Anyway the point isn't how the fascs will react but that it'll energize some voters.
Yay!
But who is she?
- Kamala Harris is the Democratic nominee for US president.
  
  But turnip said that she was Joe Biden. I'm so confused.
  
  But that's not important right now.
💙💙💙💙💙
how is this news?
- One of the most influential people currently alive endorsing a political candidate is absolutely news.
  
  I know she's popular, but are people really gonna go "I was going to vote for Trump, but Taylor said I should vote for Camala, so that's what I'll do"?
  
  i know :(
  
  And like what was she waiting for? Before the debate was she unsure?
  
  and it's absolutely propaganda
- Fuck off Dick Cheney
- For those of us who don't celebrity worship, this isn't news. Anyone paying attention knows she leans left. Why anyone cares what a billionaire has to say is beyond me; there's no such thing as a moral billionaire. That said, if you care about democracy, vote.
- GOP made it newsworthy https://newrepublic.com/post/177990/fox-news-conspiracy-theory-taylor-swift-psyop
- Besides her being perhaps the most popular musician on the planet with a rabid fanbase that will do pretty much anything she tells them to, there's also the fact that Trump tried to ride her coattails by posting an AI slop poster claiming she was endorsing him, basically forcing her hand here.
  But make no mistake. Maybe this won't affect you or me, but there are a lot of young women who are going to look at Harris much more fondly because she got Taylor's endorsement.
- She is practically royalty, so her endorsement matters. (To some people)
Finally. After the ai bs she should have stomped. But I suppose it’s hard to pass up the cash though Edit:sorry not sorry swifties
- Cash?
  
  endorsing a candidate risks losing fans & sponsors. Billionaires don’t like to risk that
Tim Walz's reaction to Maddow breaking this news
Fixed, sorry bout that
- That video is private
  
  So embarrassing for you to publicly admit the owner didn’t grant you permission
  
  Ah dammit wrong link
congratulations to whoever the fuck that is on being correct
- I don't understand why people like you are pretending you don't know who she is when she's one of the biggest celebrities in the world with a giant fan base that does whatever she asks of them.
  I get it, you're too good to listen to her music or whatever. I'm not even a fan of hers and I can recognize this as significant.
Ok, and? How is this news 😆
- When the most popular musician in the world, a woman who has a vast number of American followers, a woman who got thousands of them to register to vote this year just by saying so, endorses a candidate, it's news.
  
  Precisely.
  It is the act of an influential human. Of course we'll notice. Simple as.
  
  Just saw that her endorsement prompted 307k new voter registrations TODAY.
- Yeah, this news is so irrelevant that it gathered a lot of buthurt people to go on posts and videos about it to say how much they don't care. Let's be honest, it's not that they don't care, they are bothered by it, they are concerned and afraid.
  And right now this is the top post on lemmy. Very irrelevant, right?
I honestly didn't understand the media timing. It seems like it would be more effective to wait until the bump from the debate was over, then do the swift bump to keep the beat

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