"And another thing! WHY DO WE HAVE TO KEEP SEEING THIS PRETTY WHITE WOMAN DATING A CONVENTIONALLY HANDSOME WHITE ATHLETE WHO WEARS HIS HAIR IN A CREW CUT? Why do they have to constantly put that kind of thing all up in our faces? If there's anything we ABSOLUTELY CANNOT STAND, it's having to see attractive, heterosexual, cisgender white people dating in a wholesome manner!"

I mean, is that not registering with everybody? The insanity of that shit? By all logic, these motherfuckers should see the Taylor-Travis union as the last hope for "traditional" (meaning white-on-white & heterosexual) relationships. I guess just knowing she's supposedly left-wing is enough for them to be pissed off.

And I guess she seems to be a beacon of female empowerment, in a more general sense. And I guess they don't like the fact that she's richer and more influential than him. I suppose they'd rather see him date a struggling black actress than a white megastar. At least he'd be in the "superior" position, rather than some kind of de facto supplicant.

Yeah. We should just go back to Buffalo Springfield and Credence Clearwater Revival. Get those politics out of music! I just want to listen to Fortunate Son in peace!

No Swiftie has ever endangered my basic rights or the functioning of my country, or the survival of other democracies abroad. I'll take Swifties any day of the week.

Also, I've never actually heard Taylor Swift's music.

And I mean, not for nothing, but Swifties are just doing what fans are supposed to do. Spending shitloads of money on concert tickets, buying merch, and generally being moderately obsessive about the famous person that has their attention, for however long they're part of a fan community.

You know what they remind me of, actually? Obsessive metalheads, who love a specific metal band. Importantly, most of them are not fans because they're sexually attracted to the people in the band. They actually listen to the music, as the music that they listen to. And then they start identifying with the whole thing, as a subculture. That's what I see, with the Swifties. Most of them are heterosexual women, who are into Taylor Swift's music, both as music and as a subculture they can identify with, in a harmless way.

Note that metalheads have also been vilified in their time. Ironically, old people called them devil-worshippers, just like some old people are literally calling Taylor Swift a devil-worshipper and/or illuminati blood-drinker (seriously).

But we all know that's insane nonsense, on both counts. For my two cents, being a fan of something on the level of "I really love this music and this musical artist" is a positive step above the groupie style fans, who just want to fuck their heartthrob singer/guitarist of choice. I'm not actually judging anyone for that behavior either, but I think that's just less interesting and more annoying to see.

MAGA motherfuckers, on the other hand...they're a fucking cult. They want to see their fucking leader take over the country and/or world, then proceed to smite and torture their (largely imaginary) enemies. That ain't fandom. Or, if it is fandom, it's the kind that's taken SO FAR OUT OF PROPORTION that it takes on a quality of horror all its own, and doesn't bear comparing to any normal variety of fandom.

Now I'm picturing President Swift sending drone strikes, to take out her haters. Like, Predator drones with slogans written in lipstick. One just says "Look what you made me do," and the one next to it is like "Shake THIS off."

EDIT: also, "Death From Above (Taylor's Version)"

I've got my money on Vermin Supreme, actually.

It is if your forename doesn't end in S

He is now pronounced Travis Whiffed

You're not wrong.

https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/light-sensor-camera-spy-hacker/

Yeah! And imagine if his wife had also been an actress, and also had a reputation for giving the best gawk-gawk in Hollywood!