▲ 482 ▼ 'What’s happening is not organic': Why the right thinks Taylor Swift is a government PsyOp designed to swing the 2024 election (www.dailydot.com) submitted 2 years ago by ZeroCool@feddit.ch to c/politics@lemmy.world 191 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 2 years ago (2 children) Republicans are attacking Swift/Swifties? I need to buy more popcorn! permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Republicans are attacking Swift/Swifties? I need to buy more popcorn! A woman, who has only been able to vote for about a century, actively encouraging others to vote??! Blasphemy! I wonder if they'll burn as many of the expensive NFL jerseys they paid for as they did when a black man had the gall to send a silent message about police brutality and inequality. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Haus@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) It's like they're swift-boating her. The term swiftboating (also swift-boating or swift boating) is a pejorative American neologism used to describe an unfair or untrue political attack. The term is derived from the name of the organization "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" (SBVT, later the Swift Vets and POWs for Truth) because of their widely publicized—and later discredited—political smear campaign[1][2][3][4][5] against 2004 U.S. presidential candidate John Kerry.[6][1][7][8] Since the 2004 election, the term has come to commonly refer to a political attack that is dishonest, personal, and unfair.[9][10] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] whatupwiththat@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago Brilliant permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hairyblue@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago I didn't see that one coming. Applause permalink fedilink source parent
[–] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Republicans are attacking Swift/Swifties? I need to buy more popcorn! A woman, who has only been able to vote for about a century, actively encouraging others to vote??! Blasphemy! I wonder if they'll burn as many of the expensive NFL jerseys they paid for as they did when a black man had the gall to send a silent message about police brutality and inequality. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Haus@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) It's like they're swift-boating her. The term swiftboating (also swift-boating or swift boating) is a pejorative American neologism used to describe an unfair or untrue political attack. The term is derived from the name of the organization "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" (SBVT, later the Swift Vets and POWs for Truth) because of their widely publicized—and later discredited—political smear campaign[1][2][3][4][5] against 2004 U.S. presidential candidate John Kerry.[6][1][7][8] Since the 2004 election, the term has come to commonly refer to a political attack that is dishonest, personal, and unfair.[9][10] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] whatupwiththat@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago Brilliant permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hairyblue@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago I didn't see that one coming. Applause permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hairyblue@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago I didn't see that one coming. Applause permalink fedilink source parent