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Jen of Defense (War!)'s avatar

Can't break Taylor herself, so intimidate her fans (and parents thereof).

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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Marcie. Assholes try to ruin everything good.

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Bitter Scribe's avatar

You mean ISIS and the American far right are united by hatred of Taylor Swift? Who knew.

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

Vanilla ISIS.

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PRW's avatar

There's a reason the GOP found 'they hate freedom' a plausible motive for suicide terrorists, after all.

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Bruce's avatar

ISIS and the American far right are united by hatred of a lot of the same things. There's a reason we all 'em Y'all Queda...

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House of the Blue Lights's avatar

Not crazy about Taylor Swift's art/music but I absolutely love the Swiftie phenomenon. People are awful.

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Babs_MD's avatar

I've become a whole-hearted Swiftie over the past year. Currently the song haunting the back of my mind is 'exile' with Bon Iver from the long pond studio recording session of Folklore. It is a simply gorgeous song.

My heart breaks for all the fans who won't get to see her live this weekend, but I am SO GRATEFUL that the plot was discovered, and no one will be hurt. I'm sure that was a gut-wrenching decision to make.

And I am LOVING the videos of fans filling the streets of Vienna, singing all of her songs, trading friendship bracelets, refusing to allow those cowardly young men to steal their joy.

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fair_n_hite_451's avatar

My daughter put together a Swift playlist on Spotify for me (she's heading across the pond to one of the Wembley shows for her honeymoon after getting married this weekend) ... a wedding in which the violinist will be playing Swift songs as the wedding party walks into the venue .... and "Exile" is by FAR my favorite TSwift track.

Like, sorry, not even close.

I now aspire to duet that one at karaoke some night.

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Katherine Harris's avatar

I now desperately want a Stevie Nicks/Taylor Swift collaboration album. I will settle for Stevie covering “Willow” and Tay-Tay covering “Seven Wonders,” which, admittedly, is Fleetwood Mac and not solo Stevie.

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Michael's avatar

Who is Taylor Swift?

And, plus , I'm not dead.

Could be wrong.

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Shocktreatment's avatar

The would-be mass murderers might have killed themselves and a whole lot of Ternitz neighbors, manufacturing TATP is pretty fuckin' dangerous. The explosive itself is characterized as "semi stable" sooo, yeah. Stand back.

I am sorry that Swifties lost an opportunity to catch the show, but the woman herself is quite invested in her fans, methinks Tay-Tay and her people will provide...

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mvario's avatar

At least they're making the best of it…

Taylor Swift fans come together in Vienna after concerts cancelled due to terrorist plot | Austria | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/08/talyor-swift-fans-come-together-in-vienna-after-concerts-cancelled

> Tears, hugs and spontaneous sing-alongs as thousands turn disappointment into celebration on streets of Austrian city

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52camellias's avatar

This is lovely.

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Mysterysurf's avatar

From The Guardian:

𝗧𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘁

𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨-𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/08/talyor-swift-fans-come-together-in-vienna-after-concerts-cancelled

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SkeptiKC's avatar

I have a thing for willow trees; the full-moon charged, runes-engraved wand I've used now for 3 decades is a willow branch from the massive, breathtakingly beautiful weeping willow tree that graced the front yard of my former home. The song itself has witchy undertones that I also find appealing. And both the lyrics of and her performance in the video of the song "The Man" are all too damned stingingly accurate; Swift's drag king portrayal is spread-eagled spot ON.

Taylor Swift is establishing herself as the 21st century Grace Slick.

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Michael's avatar

Can't afford to pay attention.

Thanks.

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Viole Falusche's avatar

Upvoted for Grace Slick!

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MorganX's avatar

OT, cause I like some downbeats, baby.

The Black Keys, "Howlin' for You"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs3cyuXSFII&list=FL9gszYL4i6Nup7FcU5mPsag&index=35

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HarryButtle, degenerate artist's avatar

When LittleButtle was still a wee lass, she was really looking forward to a concert that was cancelled at the last minute and she was absolutely devastated so I feel for all those kids (and their parents who are currently feeling utterly impotent).

But I'm glad everybody's OK.

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Vagenda and Peeara's avatar

Dump given time to babble about whatever he wants, stollen elections, Russia!, inflation, dead people, transgenders, pricey bacon, everyone is dying in America because they can't afford anything!

Wow, what a cheery vision for America!

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Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

"No happy people allowed! You must be as miserable as we are!"

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Richard S's avatar

A tip of the hat to Austrian authorities for NOT releasing the names of the two minors involved.

The US media should follow their lead.

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