Culture Blogger suggests Taylor Swift is Alt-Right, Swift sues - You can't be neutral on a moving train.

The American Civil Liberties Union is swooping in to defend a blogger who criticised Taylor Swift for her current silence on political issues, accusing her of enabling an alt-right and white supremacist fanbase around her to exist.

Writer Meghan Herning, whose piece was published on PopFront Magazine, which currently has 201 followers on Twitter, received a letter from Swift's attorneys demanding she retract the article, threatening to sue if she did not comply.

Titled "Swiftly to the alt-right: Taylor subtly gets the lower case kkk in formation", Herning's piece claims Swift's single "Look What You Made Me Do" contains "dog whistles to white supremacy in the lyrics".

Lines like "I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time", quoted by alt-right publication Breitbart on Twitter, are equated by Herning to ideas that white supremacy has gained new traction in the wake of Trump's election.

She also compares shots from the video where, dressed in leather, Swift addresses an army of followers to images of Adolf Hitler. "Taylor lords over an army of models from a podium, akin to what Hitler had in Nazis Germany," she writes. "The similarities are uncanny and unsettling."

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...-right-denounce-white-supremacy-a8041551.html

 

[Alec Benson Leary]

I don't really think that's the case.

I think Beyonce just needs to say something like "hey, I love all my fans, including people who I disagree with politically, I just want us to all come together for blah blah blah, love tenderness blah blah blah".

I started to write "vote for trump", but even just being vague is enough to get her crucified by the kangaroo court of social justice. Or at the very least, get deemed "problematic" until she hates on Trump voters some more.

It's like scientology. "problematic" == "suppressive person"

Nail on the head.

Shame-or-be-shamed culture has achieved its natural next step. You are a nazi until you sacrifice enough of your time and resources to prove to me that you are not. Everyone starts guilty and has to earn innocence, unless you're a member of the party.

 

[neverendingmidi]

Nail on the head.

Shame-or-be-shamed culture has achieved its natural next step. You are a nazi until you sacrifice enough of your time and resources to prove to me that you are not. Everyone starts guilty and has to earn innocence, unless you're a member of the party.

Even party members get the guillotine. Robespierre found that out. It's a totally circular firing squad.

 

[Alec Benson Leary]

Even party members get the guillotine. Robespierre found that out. It's a totally circular firing squad.

Loyal party members like Louis CK and George Takei.

 

[Diesel Boogaloo]

Meanwhile on Buzzfeed:

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[Medicated]

Meanwhile on Buzzfeed:

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"ZOMG WHY CAN'T YOU JUST SAY YOU HATE BEING WHITE AND WANT TO DIE LIKE THE REST OF US!"

 

[AnOminous]

I've been waiting for Palmer Luckey to sue Neogaf or Reset Era.

I think he's more likely to pull a Peter Thiel and fund someone else's lawsuit.

Meanwhile on Buzzfeed:

How the fuck can you be "aggressively white?" Is this like being "openly black?"

You are a nazi until you sacrifice enough of your time and resources to prove to me that you are not.

If you do that, though, you're obviously a Nazi because who but a Nazi would get so defensive about being constantly called a Nazi?

 

[Secret Asshole]

How the fuck can you be "aggressively white?" Is this like being "openly black?"

Because her pale skin is so dazzling it blinds people with its brilliance and the fact that she doesn't constantly flagellate herself for being white.

 

[Marvin]

Nail on the head.

Shame-or-be-shamed culture has achieved its natural next step. You are a nazi until you sacrifice enough of your time and resources to prove to me that you are not. Everyone starts guilty and has to earn innocence, unless you're a member of the party.

It's like McCarthyism, except these dweebs have way less power than a congressional committee. Like yeah, sure dude, I'll avoid saying allegedly offensive things at work. You've won that battle. Congrats.

Now pardon me, I'm going to cut off a check and mail it to kiwifarms.

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Is a jew wearing a yarmulke "aggressively jewish"? Actually, to these people? Probably.

 

[Baloney Face]

Holy shit, I actually forgot about Taylor Swift being on stage with Lena Dunham and other rich white feminists endorsing Hillary. The left really does have a short and selective memory.

If you don't loudly curse Trump every day ...

Sorry I'm late, but I just had to share this one.

 

[DragoonSierra]

The Nazi accusation is incredibly damaging, and if it's false, it's clearly defamatory. You're accusing someone of being the enemy of all of society and basically a criminal. If this isn't defamation per se, it's definitely defamation per quod.

At some point these left-wing fucks relentlessly screaming Nazi at everything that annoys them are going to get stung hard by a huge libel verdict.

If a false accusation of being a Nazi sticks, it can destroy a career and make someone a social pariah. This is exactly what defamation law is intended to prevent.

I think the image comparison with Hitlers crowds and Taylors crowds is gonna be the big one here. Talk about dog whistles and all the other little things are inferences, but that comparison is like screaming Nazi and doesnt have any substance.

I've been waiting for Palmer Luckey to sue Neogaf or Reset Era.

Dont think he can really. Cant sue the owner of a website for shit the users say unless theres an exception for mods being considered employees.