This only makes sense when I realize that to conservatives, it’s an identity. They think it’s an identity that Taylor Swift should have because she’s (presumably) white, popular, rich, good looking, Midwestern, Christian, etc.

To them politics is not about ideas, or policies, or problem solving, or good governance. It’s all about identity.

  • @wildcardology
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    2211 months ago

    What part of the sentence made you think that Taylor Swift is a democratic party leader?

    • @[email protected]
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      -2111 months ago

      If that’s not what you meant, then what part of that sentence is relevant to what I said?

      • @hangonasecond
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        1511 months ago

        They’re saying that the actual Democratic party leaders are equally performative.

          • @[email protected]
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            I can clarify. I am pretty sure it was mentioned to position her outlook in a similar spot on the overton window as the conventional mainstream liberal representatives, so that it is clear that she’s aligned with other socially liberal and fiscally colonial oligarchs.