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Pentagon Alarmed by Taylor Swift Tweets (gizmodo.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 119 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The report found that there was “considerable anxiety among social media users” after the cancellation of several Swift concerts earlier this month. Those concerts were scheduled to be held in Vienna but were canceled after threats from alleged would-be terrorists. A number of young men were arrested in connection to an apparent plot to kill people en masse. The suspects had allegedly planned to detonate explosive devices at the concerts.

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[–] [email protected] 98 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Imagine just being a super megastar musician, and people want to use your popularity to kill your fans. You're not even the target per se. You just gather a large crowd, and the crowd is the target. Still though, your life is in danger simply for existing.

I'm not even a Taylor Swift fan. I just see her as human, the same way I see the crowd as human.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Not specifically Taylor Swift fans:

Women.

They want to kill women.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Damn.

I hadn't considered that. That makes it even more dark somehow.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And little girls.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

So brave and badass.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

And some kids were killed at a Taylor Swift themed dance class in the UK very recently. I'm not a fan of her myself, but I can really sympathize with how gut-wrenching that must be.