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Christina Ballard's avatar

And that's a gross mischaracterization of what I wrote. I didn't say Swift's career or standing in the industry is being torn apart, she is being used as a political pawn of sorts by people who need to make up ridiculous conspiracy theories.

The fact that she is being subjected to such ridiculous notions is what I meant by "torn apart." She is being subjected to this nonsense despite the fact that she is incredibly successful- point being, even women who stand on their own and have carved out their own space, cannot escape the attempts to knock a woman down a notch.

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Mark P's avatar

Sure, she’s being subjected to political nonsense, but I think the fact that she’s a woman is the least of the reasons she’s being subjected to it, more important are: 1. She’s very famous, 2. She’s endorsed Biden in the past, 3. She’s dating someone who endorses Covid vaccinations and is also famous. These make her a perceived threat to right wing loonies. Sure, it’s idiotic, but these people are seeing conspiracies everywhere now. The NFL is massively popular and this is giving her a lot of exposure to people who previously may not have really listened to or known her music, which scares the crap out of the loonies.

I don’t think she’s too concerned or worried about it, outside of the fact that some crazy person might threaten violence against her, but I’m sure she’s had to deal with that kind of thing already being that she’s been massively popular for some time now.

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