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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Whoops! The Atlantic Makes Trump Look EPIC In Cover Intended as a
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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 20:25:02 -0500
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On 9/29/2024 9:43 AM, Don wrote:
> Cryptoengineer wrote:
>> Mike Van Pelt wrote:
>>> Don wrote:
>>>> Rumor has it the attempt occurred shortly after Trump tweeted how he
>>>> hates Taylor Swift. Maybe Taylor Swift needs to be caged in the back
>>>> with the elephant?
>>>
>>> Was the would-be assassin a Swiftie?  Enquiring Minds (TM)
>>> want to know.
>>>
>>> I don't know what my opinion of Taylor Swift's music would be.
>>> I don't listen to much in the way of pop music, and just
>>> the impages of the endless parade of Pop Tarts pretty much
>>> repels me, so I don't care to hear what they're singing.
>>>
>>> Though someone asserted that all her songs are about her
>>> picking relationships with Very Wrong People, so maybe
>>> her political endorsements are in character.
>>
>> I'm not a Swiftie either, though she seems pleasant enough,
>> and it helps that she aligns with me against Trump.
>>
>> After her endorsement, I dropped into a pro-Trump reddit
>> sub to see how they were taking it. There was one thread
>> which probably deserved a prize for Cleverest Title of the Year:
>>
>> "Woman who made career singing about her bad choices chooses Harris"
>>
>> I couldn't help but smile.
> 
> Up to this point in time, my Taylor taxonomy took in a trio of traits:
> billionaire rock star with a pro football player boyfriend. After years
> of Western corporate media promotion, one of her songs recently came to
> my attention.
> 
> <https://www.outkick.com/culture/taylor-swift-lyrics-all-too-well-patriarchy-social-media-reaction>
> 
> (To be honest, Taylor's performance art is ts;dnw - Too Stupid; Did Not
> Watch. The last letter of my acronym can be flipped to Read or Listen
> as apropos.)
> 
> Does Taylor appear on MTV? If so, there's a good chance Stevie Nicks
> alludes to Taylor when Stevie says:
> 
>      "I've never been to a strip club but I turn on MTV and
>      see in every single video what it must look like... if
>      you have to work so hard at appearing sexy, then perhaps
>      you weren't that sexy after all, perhaps your music has
>      no sensuality, perhaps your music is dull, indeed, that
>      you have no choice but to pelvic thrust your way through
>      a pop video in a leather bikini in order to detract from
>      its mediocrity... it might be advisable to do something
>      else."
> 
>      <https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/819736.Stevie_Nicks>
> 
> Western corporate media (eg Outkick) apparently assumes Taylor's song
> upsets me enough to make me to act out. Meanwhile, my own take is,
> "Actors are paid. So where's my money to act upset?"
> 
> Long story short, my vote is to cage Taylor in the back with the
> presumed patriarchal pachyderm so she can fight the good fight.
> 
> Danke,
> 
> --
> Don.......My cat's  )\._.,--....,'``.     https://crcomp.net/reviews.php
> telltale tall tail /,   _.. \   _\  (`._ ,.    Walk humbly with thy God.
> tells tall tales.. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'    Make 1984 fiction again.

I like Taylor Swift's early songs through her fifth studio album, 
"1989".  I have yet to listen to any of her newer stuff.  I took my wife 
and my daughter to see her back in 2012 or so, it was an amazing show. 
But I almost lost my hearing to all of the young girls screaming the 
entire time.  I find her to be incredibly talented but sadly woke.

Lynn