• CaptainMcMonkey@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    OK the memes were funny at first, but is it starting to feel a little astroturfy in here? Like, is her telling everyone they need to vote actually that scary for establishment politics?

    The private plane thing is definitely hypocritical, but we’re singling her out from every single celebrity that also does that. Maybe I don’t follow her story close enough to know why, but it seems like the only thing that makes her different from the other celebrities is that she made conservatives mad about voting, and young people like her?

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      8 months ago

      I could be wrong, but the reason I’m annoyed with her specifically isn’t because of the use of private planes (I am annoyed by it, but that isn’t specific to her). I’m annoyed with her legally harassing the person that made a bot that used publicly available data to track her plane(s).

      That’s why I am specifically amused by these posts, not sure if it’s the same for everyone.

    • Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      She shouldn’t have sued the guy, that’s what caused these memes. Her own stupid reactions, not anything Republicans are saying

      • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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        8 months ago

        Oooh. That makes it make a lot more sense to me.

        I don’t follow celebrities, because I generally don’t give any shits about what they do. So I’m pretty far in the dark on this one, you just turned on the light. Thanks.

        It’s basically the musk plane fiasco but with lawsuits and Taylor Swift. It makes sense.

        In Musk’s case, he bought Twitter to shut down the account (at least partly, let’s be honest), and in Taylor’s case, she’s going for a legal solution and bluntly, even if it’s heard in court, she is very unlikely to win, just make life difficult for the guy for a while. Whatever. Stupid stuff really.

    • MacN'Cheezus@lemmy.todayOP
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      8 months ago

      We’re just having a laugh, mate, calm down.

      Pretty sure this will peter out soon anyways, I mean, how many more airplane jokes can you make before it gets old?