Taylor Swift is a Democrat.

Agent Coulson · 08-10-2018 1:10pm #1

Taylor Swift announces she is voting Democrat in November is this the beginning of the end for Trump and the Republicans as he army Swifties follow her lead.

I’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.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BopoXpYnCes/?taken-by=taylorswift

ebbsy · 08-10-2018 1:12pm

This kind of stupidity is the reason why Trump won, and will probably win again in 2020.

razorblunt · 08-10-2018 1:13pm

I thought Taylor Swift was just a bunch of neurotic cats tied together in a blonde wig?

Mint Sauce · 08-10-2018 1:14pm

Journal Story on this put up, also in the last 10 minutes. Wonder if the OP is working for both the Journal and Boards.

Hmmm.

Mutant z · 08-10-2018 1:16pm

More celebrity virue signalling whats new thankfully its not her but the actual voters who decide who is president or not its because of condescending attitutes such as hers which has driven Trump to the white house in the first place and led to Brexit but they still get on their high horse to preach to everyone else about what they should do well they can get stuffed.

Agent Coulson · 08-10-2018 1:19pm

Just wait for Taylor and Katy to go on Ellen and Oprah to put the rivalry aside for the sake of the nation and sing an anti Republican duet.

The world will be in tears at the Solidarity they are showing for the Democratic Party.

Philosophy Zombie · 08-10-2018 1:19pm

Let them eat diversity.

Cienciano · 08-10-2018 1:21pm

In case anyone was wondering, this is funny because all the Trump supporting 4chan users were all convinced she was one of them. They held her up as a poster girl as someone pure that supported their cause.

Agricola · 08-10-2018 1:45pm

No fan of Taylor Swift, a bit like Ed Sheeran she's a posterchild for all that's wrong with modern pop music.

But if this get's all the "Swifties" politically engaged and in some way helps to shorten a life long career criminal's stay in the White House, there can't be much wrong with it.

Vicxas · 08-10-2018 1:46pm

Taylor Swift: Presidential Kingmaker.

jamesbere · 08-10-2018 1:47pm

Agricola wrote: »

No fan of Taylor Swift, a bit like Ed Sheeran she's a posterchild for all that's wrong with modern pop music.

But if this get's all the "Swifties" politically engaged and in some way helps to shorten a life long career criminal's stay in the White House, there can't be much wrong with it.

Not sure if they'll be politically engaged, I mean voting for someone just cos your "idol" does isn't great either

Sky King · 08-10-2018 1:48pm

Taylor Swift: Speedy alterations while you wait.

retro:electro · 08-10-2018 1:58pm

Struggling to see why so many people see this as something significant. Most people living in the real world couldn’t give a shlte what way out of touch celebs vote. They were all insufferable around the time of Clinton vs Trump.

Agricola · 08-10-2018 1:58pm

jamesbere wrote: »

Not sure if they'll be politically engaged, I mean voting for someone just cos your "idol" does isn't great either

Well some kids who don't have a scooby doo about what's going on, might now actually get engaged due to her statements.

I agree about following idols blindly, but maybe that's the new paradigm in politics now. How else did Trump and Brexit become a reality.
Democrats need to do whatever they have to do to make Trump a one termer. If that means getting 18 year olds out to vote because Taylor told them to....end justifies the means.

Cienciano · 08-10-2018 2:03pm

Agricola wrote: »

No fan of Taylor Swift, a bit like Ed Sheeran she's a posterchild for all that's wrong with modern pop music.

But if this get's all the "Swifties" politically engaged and in some way helps to shorten a life long career criminal's stay in the White House, there can't be much wrong with it.

Pop music was always shít. Don't blame Tay-Tay

riffmongous · 08-10-2018 2:04pm

ebbsy wrote: »

This kind of stupidity is the reason why Trump won, and will probably win again in 2020.

What's so stupid about it?

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.

riffmongous · 08-10-2018 2:06pm

Mutant z wrote: »

More celebrity virue signalling whats new thankfully its not her but the actual voters who decide who is president or not its because of condescending attitutes such as hers which has driven Trump to the white house in the first place and led to Brexit but they still get on their high horse to preach to everyone else about what they should do well they can get stuffed.

What's so condescending about telling people to vote according to their own values? I'm guessing you didn't even read it fully in your rush to do some signalling of your own

mikemac2 · 08-10-2018 2:06pm

Putting some words in capitals is damn annoying

There are a few on boards who do that a lot also

MrMusician18 · 08-10-2018 2:06pm

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Journal Story on this put up, also in the last 10 minutes. Wonder if the OP is working for both the Journal and Boards.

Hmmm.

Interesting. I wonder if threads are being seeded by the paid staff in order to drum up traffic?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 08-10-2018 2:08pm

ebbsy wrote: »

This kind of stupidity is the reason why Trump won, and will probably win again in 2020.

No other viabae alternative, apparently. Which tells you a lot about American politics.

gormdubhgorm · 08-10-2018 2:09pm

My first thought when reading this was Taylor Swift is a democrat......

That's nothing, sure the Suzuki Swift is a car......

ChikiChiki · 08-10-2018 2:11pm

I give a ****e that people give a ****e about this.

Society is clearly dumbing down.

Agent Coulson · 08-10-2018 2:12pm

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Journal Story on this put up, also in the last 10 minutes. Wonder if the OP is working for both the Journal and Boards.

Hmmm.

Hmmmmm You read the Journal and post on Boards coincidence I think not, You must also be a paid staff member to keep this thread going and promote the story on Journal.

Do you have an address for me to send in my invoice?

Agent Coulson · 08-10-2018 2:15pm

ChikiChiki wrote: »

I give a ****e that people give a ****e about this.

Society is clearly dumbing down.

You gave enough of a ****e to post about it thought.

Dumbing down indeed.

Cienciano · 08-10-2018 2:18pm

riffmongous wrote: »

What's so stupid about it?

Very simple, look at his post history. He supports Donald Trump so anyone who says anything bad about him or his party shouldn't say it.
Also, it looks like he's trying hard to be edgy and controversial.

suicide_circus · 08-10-2018 2:20pm

what's important is that I know what this 0.00001%er is thinking in her heavily guarded mansion.

thanks tay tay

Outlaw Pete · 08-10-2018 2:33pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNFRuHyntW0

Agent Smith · 08-10-2018 2:36pm

Kanye West wrote:

I'm really happy for you Taylor, and I'm gonna let you finish but Bosco's endorsement of Michael D Higgins is the greatest political endorsement of all time...

Peatys · 08-10-2018 2:44pm

ChikiChiki wrote: »

I give a shíte that people give a shíte about this.

Society is clearly dumbing down.

Agent Coulson wrote: »

You gave enough of a shíte to post about it thought.

Dumbing down indeed.

Thats what he said, he gives a shíte..
Good for you Chiki caring bout tay.

MikeyTaylor · 08-10-2018 2:58pm

I am a Democrat supporter as well.

ELM327 · 08-10-2018 3:05pm

Don't think anyone cares to be honest.

gormdubhgorm · 08-10-2018 3:40pm

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

I am a Democrat supporter as well.

The Dundalk Democrat or the Longford Democrat?

08-10-2018 3:43pm

Stop the world, I want to jump off.

gormdubhgorm · 08-10-2018 3:43pm

ELM327 wrote: »

Don't think anyone cares to be honest.

Agreed, sure aren't they all those (pop singers and likes) Democrats anyway?
Hardy earth shattering stuff.
What would be news is she said she was moving to Ireland to run for President because everyone else is.

listermint · 08-10-2018 3:45pm

Mutant z wrote: »

More celebrity virue signalling whats new thankfully its not her but the actual voters who decide who is president or not its because of condescending attitutes such as hers which has driven Trump to the white house in the first place and led to Brexit but they still get on their high horse to preach to everyone else about what they should do well they can get stuffed.

Irony Trump is a celebrity. Only ever was a Celebrity and used his celebrity to get in the White House.

ELM327 · 08-10-2018 3:52pm

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

The Dundalk Democrat or the Longford Democrat?

Leinster Leader or the meath chronicle or nothing.
I'm so right wing i only read the right side of the paper.

ELM327 · 08-10-2018 3:53pm

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

Agreed, sure aren't they all those (pop singers and likes) Democrats anyway?
Hardy earth shattering stuff.
What would be news is she said she was moving to Ireland to run for President because everyone else is.

Mostly yeah.
Some country music stars came out and continue to come out in favour of trump (EG Kid Rock, Ted Nugent etc), but for pop singers yeah they are generally of the lefty liberal (insert denigration sjw term here) variety

lawred2 · 08-10-2018 3:54pm

Mutant z wrote: »

More celebrity virue signalling whats new thankfully its not her but the actual voters who decide who is president or not its because of condescending attitutes such as hers which has driven Trump to the white house in the first place and led to Brexit but they still get on their high horse to preach to everyone else about what they should do well they can get stuffed.

maybe she's simply a democrat

Captain Obvious · 08-10-2018 3:58pm

Mutant z wrote: »

More celebrity virue signalling whats new thankfully its not her but the actual voters who decide who is president or not its because of condescending attitutes such as hers which has driven Trump to the white house in the first place and led to Brexit but they still get on their high horse to preach to everyone else about what they should do well they can get stuffed.

Man, you've really taken this hard haven't you? Shake it off.

ebbsy · 08-10-2018 4:00pm

riffmongous wrote: »

What's so stupid about it?

I will spell it out for you.

Hillary got Bruce, Bono etc on her side, because she couldn't even fill a phone box at her rallies.

They then went on a lecturing tour.

And the people didn't listen to them, and she lost.

lawred2 · 08-10-2018 4:02pm

ebbsy wrote: »

I will spell it out for you.

Hillary got Bruce, Bono etc on her side, because she couldn't even fill a phone box at her rallies.

They then went on a lecturing tour.

And the people didn't listen to them, and she lost.

you've failed to establish a causal link there really

meeeeh · 08-10-2018 4:04pm

lawred2 wrote: »

maybe she's simply a democrat

Maybe she is simply voting democrat this time. Maybe I missed the whole wall of text but all I is that she explained why she is voting for democrat candidate this time, asked people to see what the candidates stand for and to register. There was zero comment on Trump and yet some here are on the verge of heart attack.

Cienciano · 08-10-2018 4:06pm

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

Agreed, sure aren't they all those (pop singers and likes) Democrats anyway?
Hardy earth shattering stuff.
What would be news is she said she was moving to Ireland to run for President because everyone else is.

Well, it's obvious now, but up to now Taylor Swift never mentioned anything political. So the alt right adopted her, had stills of her doing the Hitler salute, the meme of her hugging white fans but hover hand on a black fan. They held her up as the poster child of "white beauty". She was one of them but she just couldn't come out and admit it. Some people reckoned she posted on 4chan. "Based Taylor Swift" and "Taylor Swift knows" memes. She was the female poster child, her seemingly "purity" helped too and of course, she was a secret Trump supporter.
That's the reason this is all funny.

Dial Hard · 08-10-2018 4:08pm

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

No other viabae alternative, apparently. Which tells you a lot about American politics.

meeeeh · 08-10-2018 4:08pm

Cienciano wrote: »

Well, it's obvious now, but up to now Taylor Swift never mentioned anything political. So the alt right adopted her, had stills of her doing the Hitler salute, the meme of her hugging white fans but hover hand on a black fan. They held her up as the poster child of "white beauty". She was one of them but she just couldn't come out and admit it. Some people reckoned she posted on 4chan. "Based Taylor Swift" and "Taylor Swift knows" memes. She was the female poster child, her seemingly "purity" helped too and of course, she was a secret Trump supporter.
That's the reason this is all funny.

Brilliant.

So that's why the reaction is so extreme because her statement didn't merit it.

ebbsy · 08-10-2018 4:15pm

Taylor Swift is one of the founders of ISIS.

riffmongous · 08-10-2018 4:36pm

ebbsy wrote: »

I will spell it out for you.

Hillary got Bruce, Bono etc on her side, because she couldn't even fill a phone box at her rallies.

They then went on a lecturing tour.

And the people didn't listen to them, and she lost.

But she got more individual votes in the end... So her turn out must have improved by your 'logic'

Anyway what's that got to do with Swift telling people to vote according to their own values?

TheValeyard · 08-10-2018 4:46pm

Ah just shake it off.

AllGunsBlazing · 08-10-2018 5:01pm

Is your average "Swifty" even old enough to vote?

Anyway, the only thing that will actually tip the balance back in the Democrat's favour is the economy tanking under Trump's watch.

ELM327 · 08-10-2018 5:07pm

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

Is your average "Swifty" even old enough to vote?

Anyway, the only thing that will actually tip the balance back in the Democrat's favour is the economy tanking under Trump's watch.

Which is unlikely to happen.
Combine that with the successful kavanaugh and gorsuch nominations, and it makes it more likely than not that Trump will be reelected

gormdubhgorm · 08-10-2018 6:26pm

ELM327 wrote: »

Mostly yeah.
Some country music stars came out and continue to come out in favour of trump (EG Kid Rock, Ted Nugent etc), but for pop singers yeah they are generally of the lefty liberal (insert denigration sjw term here) variety

There is the occasional Republican like Arnie/Regan/Eastwood the old school film stars.

American politics is odd anyway.
You would think they would have a strong third party to give it a real democracy instead of the duopoly it has.
Otherwise it might as well go the other way and have a one party country.

Taylor Swift is a Democrat.

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