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Swift? more like Supersonic (lemm.ee)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

She's been credited with getting a lot of young Americans to vote. She's a pop star. How many things does she need to lead the way on?

Good for her! To be clear, I think she's doing absolutely wonderful things in these regards. You can look elsewhere on this thread for my own unprompted praise of the good things she's done. She doesn't need to lead the way on any of them, she's doing pretty alright.

Why can't that Chipotle CEO who was posted about here last week be the face of this problem? Supposedly he flies his jet every day.

The fact that you can't name him. It doesn't have the same impact. Swift leads a public life, she's one of the most recognizable names in America. And, she's doing absolutely shit in this regard. It's perfectly fair to call her out on that, especially if she wants to be an outspoken climate conservationist.

Do you think doing some good things makes it okay for you to do bad things? That it somehow tips the scales? Like, lets say I put a fire out in an orphanage. Do I then get to kick some puppies to balance the scales? I don't think so, that sounds silly. So why does it balance out for Swift? Because she gets people to vote and because she's a pop star (that one's kinda weird but okay) we can just accept the bad things without criticism?