Re:Taylor Swift: Don’t know what else to do
by solipsism on Friday November 15, 2019 @01:42AM
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also an apt analogy in terms of the morality of whether such power should be used at all. (Said with all due respect to the victims of actual nuclear weapons.)
Ignoring the respect part, I don't see the analogy. No civilians are going to suffer here. She's attacking record execs. Bloodsuckers. No one's going to shed a tear.
Re:Taylor Swift: Don’t know what else to do
by gorgoiler on Friday November 15, 2019 @03:22AM
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Society as a whole suffers when our leading society members, particularly our children’s cultural leaders, act like ass hats.
There’s potentially a moral justification for rousing up mob justice if you are marginalized to the point of having no other way of making your voice heard, but Taylor Swift is literally the opposite of someone whose voice isn’t heard.
She should go fight it in court. Leave the teenage fan club out of it.
As a piece of PR though, you are absolutely right. There’s nothing weak at all in this message.
Attempting to mobilize millions of fans like this is a nuclear option not only because it is a huge expression of power, but also an apt analogy in terms of the morality of whether such power should be used at all. (Said with all due respect to the victims of actual nuclear weapons.)