A round of applause for Mike Drucker.

Was that midterms? I know she doesn't get political, but I think she was just telling her fans to make sure they go out and vote. More voters scares certain political parties. That's my best guess anyway.

She endorsed Biden in 2020 and has spoken out about the end of Roe v Wade and the importance of abortion rights, so while she hasn't made it her personality her team is as clear as it can ever be for a billionaire.
- team
  
  This shit needs to die.
Not just more voters. More "wrong" voters. Like young, black, and young black voters.
- Don't forget the most dangerous "minority" of all, WOMEN
That's what I don't like about her. She's just in it for the money, and she's a vapid mo-fo with nothing much to say. Just like her detractors.

Has it really come to a point where public political discourse is some dumb fuck against some other dumb fuck?

Before you say it was always like that, think it over, because it is not true.

Edit: sigh... and the plebs just keep running the propaganda machine's errands by doing exactly what it tells them to.
- Women's bodies are literally on the line here and you come with some misogynistic bullshit like that???
  
  You need to take a long hard look at yourself there,sir.

It's even more embarrassing, though. The full-time pundits and career politicians pitching a hissy fit right now aren't alt-right incels. Whining about Taylor Swift is a coordinated strategy.

It's not the most useful distinction when the full-time pundits and career politicians in question are taking their cues from the alt-right incels. Certainly still an embarrassment though. This is not how the GOP (re?)gains its credibility among the sane.
- Their goal isn't to win credibility with the sane. It's genocide. They want to exterminate or enslave anyone who disagrees because they know they'll never win back credibility.
This is extremely dangerous to democracy

Overton Window
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They should be courting her not bitching about her. If she said in concert that she would be verry disappointed in anyone that didn't vote x. It would be difficult to derail that swatch of engaged people.
- What could they possibly offer to win her loyalty? We know where she stands on reproductive rights and while it may be a single issue, it’s an enormous single issue for a significant portion of the electorate.

Taylor Swift dressed as Hulk Hogan: "listen up all my Swifty-maniacs, I want you to smash the Fash and punch Nazis, oh and PS: fuck MAGA to death!"

That's a whole new Era for her next tour.... :P
I didn't know that I need this, but I need this so much.
- Oooohhh yeaaahhhhhh. Flexes In steroids

The onion is getring out of things to publish.

But yeah something that a couple of years appears to be insane now is a reality with the snowflake conservatives

Not really, fiction has always had to be believable while reality doesn’t

Also onions have long been part of cuisines around the world
- Fiction too. Are you saying onions are fictitious?
The Overton window being incrementally pushed.

Mike Drucker

2018 was FIVE years ago?

Almost 6 my friend.

The best thing for the class war is internecine warfare among the upper class.

internecine

ˌɪntəˈniːsʌɪn

adjective

destructive to both sides in a conflict

This goes in my mind pocket!

Though I suppose this tactic works whichever class you belong to, and the upper one has the advantage right now by far.

* is there no way to get new line only on lemmy? It's either single line or dual line (all on one line or one on every second line)?
- Lets see if the reddit markdown works and use multiple spaces
  Ending with multiple spaces gives you single spaced text
- Seems to be double line or no lines if you enter only one line spacing.
  
  https://sffa.community/post/105
- is there no way to get new line only on lemmy? It's either single line or dual line (all on one line or one on every second line)?
  
  Not afaik (on jeroba). ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯
- Hmm Merriam Webster and Cambridge seem to disagree about the American pronunciation. ˌin-tər-ˈne-ˌsēn vs ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈniː.sɪn. And Collins gives a third way wtf!

Remember the freaky guy who sued Swift for not performing one of his songs? That's what conservatives sound like lately about her.

I actually have never heard this before. Do you have more info? All I could find were claims that her songs infringed someone else's copyright (and thus, shouldn't be performed unless royalties are paid) or that she didn't have performance rights (which again, means they shouldn't be performed)
- I do! https://www.fox13now.com/2016/12/08/judge-dismisses-utah-mans-lawsuit-against-taylor-swift
  
  He's seriously 100% insane. He also sued Ariana Grande for discrimination against a disabled person, him, which was thrown out. His social media is a dumpster fire.

Why was she on the radar 5 years ago?

I think that's when she endorsed some Tennessee Dems.
Right? I never heard about her until last year.
- Wait seriously, like not at all? If so I can only assume you live out of the US or literally under a rock if you do live in the US.

Huh, what did I miss?

With the Kansas City Chiefs headed to Super Bowl LVIII, influential MAGA Media personalities have started circulating conspiracy theories about the pop superstar, promoting the deranged notion that she is part of a sprawling psychological operations plot staged by the NFL and Democratic Party to deliver the 2024 presidential election to President Joe Biden.

Mr. Kelce’s advertisements promoting Pfizer’s Covid vaccine and Bud Light

speculation that Ms. Swift is after Mr. Kelce for his money.

Some say he’s gay https://twitter.com/OwenBenjamin/status/1752422032187470011

I think you are caught up

Edit: Neat the Pentagon had to say it’s stupid

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/02/pentagon-to-maga-world-you-need-to-calm-down-over-taylor-swift-00139292

My favourite quote mentioned in that article courtesy of Fox News

“It’s real. The Pentagon psy-op unit pitched NATO on turning Taylor Swift into an asset for combating misinformation online,” Watters said.

Because apparently we want misinformation?
- Why the fuck would the billionaire Taylor Swift be after the millionaire Travis Kelce's money?
- Wow.
  
  That's the level their own psyops operate at these days? It's impressive in its stupidity and terrifying in its efficacy.

Michel Drucker ???

Ceo of Drucker Drucker and Drucker

I agree with the good call. Can't say I'm as fascinated by her receiving more attention than half the NFL teams, tho

Why would you be fascinated by that? She's probably been more famous than all of the NFL combined for more than a decade. Why wouldn't she get more attention than them?
- I don’t like professional sports or T Swift.
  
  Gun to my head, I would pick T Swift.
Blame that on the people who choose to have the cameras aimed at her, not TSwift herself

It's a shame they are all so fucking vapid.