Posted on 02/19/2025 9:01:10 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
From my seat at Super Bowl LIX, the crowd’s disparate reactions to Swift and Trump felt like a chilling microcosm of our culture.
…It was just a football game, people might say. Or Swift—who is famously dating Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce—got heckled by some rowdy Eagles fans excited to be at the biggest sporting event of the year. So? Don’t take it so seriously.
…Perhaps the moment would have felt less visceral if not for the fact that less than an hour earlier the crowd had exploded—this time with applause—to see Trump on that same screen. As an image of the president, stonefaced and standing in a salute, was shown to the crowd during Jon Batiste’s national anthem performance, the roar of approval and cheers was deafening (of course, there were those in the crowd who booed the president and cheered for Swift as well, but from my vantage point, it was clear what the overall sentiment was).
…It’s important to place these two moments in the context in which they exist. Though there are nuances to both, Trump and Swift exemplify two factions of American culture currently struggling for dominance.
…In an era when Trump is singlehandedly dismantling decades of diversity, equity, and inclusion that generations of women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ people have fought for, the Super Bowl felt like a microcosm of a larger problem. Not only does it feel as though Trump and his ilk want Swift out of football, it’s as if they want to return our entire country to a time when they were in control, had all the power, and could say whatever they wanted without repercussions.
And if it seems scary online, it’s even more chilling when you’re forced to confront it face to face.
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The new one is even worse. Sabrina Carpenter. Simulating sex on stage, filthy lyrics, etc.
Thanks for the heads up. Never thought I'd see the day when I'd miss Taylor Swift.
Taylor Swift cannot sing, cannot dance, cannot even lip sync well nor play musical instruments well.
She is promoted like Beyonce who also has little talent.
Turn down the sound as she err... sings with Stevie Nicks and Stevie can’t sing well herself.
https://www.facebook.com/upsoclicons/videos/stevie-nickss-face-said-it-all/612260158181021/
Elaine from Seinfeld dances far better then her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvQyguuIu0o
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