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"taylorswiftI’m writing this post about the upcoming midterm elections on November 6th, in which I’ll be voting in the state of Tennessee. In the past I’ve been reluctant to publicly voice my political opinions, but due to several events in my life and in the world in the past two years, I feel very differently about that now. I always have and always will cast my vote based on which candidate will protect and fight for the human rights I believe we all deserve in this country. I believe in the fight for LGBTQ rights, and that any form of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender is WRONG. I believe that the systemic racism we still see in this country towards people of color is terrifying, sickening and prevalent.
I cannot vote for someone who will not be willing to fight for dignity for ALL Americans, no matter their skin color, gender or who they love. Running for Senate in the state of Tennessee is a woman named Marsha Blackburn. As much as I have in the past and would like to continue voting for women in office, I cannot support Marsha Blackburn. Her voting record in Congress appalls and terrifies me. She voted against equal pay for women. She voted against the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which attempts to protect women from domestic violence, stalking, and date rape. She believes businesses have a right to refuse service to gay couples. She also believes they should not have the right to marry. These are not MY Tennessee values. I will be voting for Phil Bredesen for Senate and Jim Cooper for House of Representatives. Please, please educate yourself on the candidates running in your state and vote based on who most closely represents your values. For a lot of us, we may never find a candidate or party with whom we agree 100% on every issue, but we have to vote anyway.
So many intelligent, thoughtful, self-possessed people have turned 18 in the past two years and now have the right and privilege to make their vote count. But first you need to register, which is quick and easy to do. October 9th is the LAST DAY to register to vote in the state of TN. Go to vote.org and you can find all the info. Happy Voting! 🗳😃🌈"


How we feeling, cons?

WE, ARE NEVER EVER EVER, GETTING BACK TOGETHER

Like it matters to me who she votes for.

Still with the name calling no substance....

She has the right to vote for whoever she wants.
It is not the Republicans or Conservatives who destroy your career and hound you in the streets when an artist steps out of the box.

Just ask Kanye, Owens and others.

Remember when you all peed your pants because Colin Kaepernick wasn't being politically correct?

Thank you for that well written example of the word play, twisting of the truth and vindictiveness of how the Left
replies to anyone with an opinion they disagree with.

No provide the links please.

the players gonna play play play play play
and the haters gonna hate hate hate hate hate
baby im just gonna shake shake shake shake shake

shake it off!! shake it off!!

well, we know what a certain percentage of conservatives think about this:

The alt-right is calling Taylor Swift a 'traitor' after she broke her political silence to endorse Democrats

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/alt-calling-taylor-swift-apos-115009860.html

Members of the so-called alt-right are calling Taylor Swift a "traitor" after she broke her usual political silence to endorse two Democrats running in her home state of Tennessee.

Users on 4chan, the online message board popular with the white supremacists and white nationalists who make up the alt-right, had long used Swift's silence about politics to push a baseless theory that she was secretly a white supremacist, hailing the blond-haired, blue-eyed pop star as "the Aryan princess."

But in a Sunday-night Instagram post, Swift said she was spurred to speak out in opposition to the Republican congresswoman Marsha Blackburn, who represents Tennessee's 7th District in the US House, saying Blackburn's voting record "appalls and terrifies me."

Blackburn is running for the US Senate seat held by the retiring Sen. Bob Corker. She is facing Phil Bredesen, the Democratic former Tennessee governor.

Swift on Sunday endorsed Bredesen along with Rep. Jim Cooper, the Democrat who represents Tennessee's 5th District, which includes Nashville. She also spoke out in favor of LGBT rights, gender and racial equality, and equal pay for men and women.

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In response, various 4chan users derided Swift, many using explicit language including homophobic and racial slurs, and at times called for violence against her.

One wrote that Swift was "pro- f-- and anti-racist" — using a derogatory word for gay people — "so she must be executed."

Another wrote: "What a traitor b----. the trump curse will take her now."

Multiple threads on the website containing hundreds of responses discussed the subject.

Donald Trump, Marsha Blackburn
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In her Sunday post, Swift acknowledged her hesitancy to discuss politics.

"In the past I've been reluctant to publicly voice my political opinions, but due to several events in my life and in the world in the past two years, I feel very differently about that now," she wrote.

Swift's political silence bizarrely led to her becoming a symbol for the white-supremacist movement even though she never publicly endorsed its values.

Last year, Swift threatened to sue a blogger who, when criticizing her silence on political issues in 2017, accused her of enabling a white supremacist fan base to exist around her.

The theory spread to more mainstream platforms, with one parody account on Pinterest falsely attributing quotes by Hitler to Swift, like this one:

Taylor Swift hitler quote
Know Your Meme

The far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos wrote for the far-right news site Breitbart in 2016 that Swift had a sizable fan club among those identifying themselves in the alt-right movement, as she is "very white and very blonde" and "isn't very forthcoming about her political or religious views."

He said that the association was a joke for some but that many took it seriously. "Like the alt-right itself," he said, "the far-right internet's love affair with this pop star is predominantly sincere but with a heady whiff of satire and troublemaking."

At the same time, Swift's rare political statements have long skewed liberal. In March, she endorsed the March for Our Lives, a national movement calling for increased gun control.

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Aryan princess? lol, what a bunch of losers.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump–Russia_dossier

Yep....millions of young 18-35 women voters she’ll be bringing with her. You know, it’s what Trump and his sheep call mobs. Lol. Mobs? The only mobster in this equation is Trump.

You might want to talk to The Dixie Chicks about that one.

Just like your party your link FAILED!

That was the American People who were upset with their anti American actions overseas.

Remember them? The American People? That was back before we had Left Americans and Right Americans. We were just Americans back then.

It was country radio combined with redneck GOP country fans. You know, just like you guys are blaming the dems for.

It was the American people who got mad and stopped buying their stuff.

Watchdog presses FEC for audit on Maxine Waters fundraising practices

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/watchdo...ising-practices

Let's see.... they were a country band playing to a country audience. The vast majority of which are Republicans. I know math isn't your strong suit, but come on man! lmao

I don't remember them getting hounded in the streets.

I DO remember people quit buying their music and tickets to concerts in large part.

I don't know arch. Is getting death threats worse or better than being "hounded in the streets"?

They are both wrong. And both sides do it.

Lies. They were called out by the right. It was totally partisan and politicized by a conservative right wing republican mob. Much like they did with Kap. Mobs are ok when the right get all mobbed up against something though.

So what you are saying is only the Right was buying their stuff and they stupidly bit the hand that fed them.

Yo Taylor. You want to vote for the left.... fine. You want to vote for the right.... fine. It's a free country and you can vote any way you want to.

What I’m saying is .. it’s ok with you guys when republican men mob against women. But when women mob up against republican men ... oh no that’s out of line.

Says who???

That sounds about right to me.

What I am saying is this...

The Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right…to be confronted with the witnesses against him." Generally, the right is to have a face-to-face confrontation with witnesses who are offering testimonial evidence against the accused in the form of cross-examination during a trial.

Good thing this wasn't a trial.

You are right, it was an attempted Lynching we successfully stopped!

I thought I heard him say under oath his life was forever ruined? Doesn’t seem so.

So that means no crime!

Obviously since the Klan has lost a lot of its power you forgot what the word lynching means.

Got a link? Or is this more BS?

Anyone that votes based on a celebrity's tweet is the shallowest of shallow. The inability to have your own thought process is scary....zombie mobs doing what others tell them fits right into the Halloween themes of October.

Do you mean like the lying meme about Soros you posted just the other day?

You mean Taylor Swift comes out as a Democrat. That changes everything.

I didn't post a meme...

Normally I'd say yes. However we just elected a celebrity based on his tweets and I don't want to call a minority of America zombie mobs.