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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Dec 2017

      Helen Pluckrose Retweeted Hokey-dough Shitcan

      It is entirely possible that Taylor Swift is not interested in politics. Whilst nearly everyone I'm connected to online is because that's kind of how I connect with them, in real life, I find most people are not. I have to self-censor to prevent my friends from glazing over.https://twitter.com/trilllizard666/status/942494870727307264 …

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      Hokey-dough Shitcan @trilllizard666
      "gee why doesn't taylor swift talk about politics" *glances at Sinead O'Connor, Dixie Chicks and all the other artists and bands that got their careers derailed because of a mistimed political stunt or an opinion that got vindicated by history that was pretty mild* no clue why
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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Dec 2017

      I have to say, I am not very interested in Taylor Swift but I do find it intriguing that so many publications are consumed by the need to know what she *really* thinks politically & don't seem to have considered the possibility that she doesn't think politically.

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        2. flabberghosted(Am I an NPC?)‏ @observeaddict 17 Dec 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          I never imagined I’d feel compelled to defend Taylor Swift about anything until these publications decided all at once to make her the target of their frustration. That’s what the rad Left does, pick an impure yet passive bystander and unleash fury. Just like B Weinstein, et al

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        3. flabberghosted(Am I an NPC?)‏ @observeaddict 17 Dec 2017
          Replying to @observeaddict @HPluckrose

          I’ve decided to call this tactic Blasphemy Land Mining, because it comes out of no where based on a small misstep and blows everything up in the process.

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        1. Giovanna Liviana  🖖🏻‏ @GiovannaLiviana 17 Dec 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          It's also possible that she just wants to keep her views private. That's why we have secret ballots in the US. My paternal grandfather had very definite political opinions, but when people came to him and asked him who they should vote for, he always refused to answer.

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        1. antihero_kate‏ @antihero_kate 17 Dec 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          None of my friends are political either. My one friend was like "I've been binging on 'Girls' you'd love it". I was like, eh....but Lena Dunham. She had no idea and I didn't even want to get into it. They don't even know who someone like Sam Harris is.

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        1. Wayne Campbell‏ @WayneCampbell20 17 Dec 2017
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          and that its really none of their business

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        1. Mister D‏ @CallMeMisterD 17 Dec 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          "we need to know, we need to know, we need to know" Taylor expresses views "celebrities should stay out of politics"

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        1. Raymond McCue  💗⚤ 💜⚣ 💙,  🏳️‍🌈‏ @RayMcCue 18 Dec 2017
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          That in and of itself is a sin, no? Whenever I start working out moral issues in my head, and come to the conclusion there is some obligation to marginal ppl, I think of the Taylor Swifts of the world. Is she really doing wrong by living her life without aggressing at anyone?

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        1. Morris Dancer‏ @MorrisF1 18 Dec 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          As well as censoring those who speak wrongthink, it's important to compel those suspected of not loving the Party sufficiently to publicly prove they're good. It's bloody weird.

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        1. Steve Mundie‏ @SteveMundie 17 Dec 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          So if it were the 1930s, and Taylor Swift was one of the most popular German singers, would you consider her silence regarding political events, Kristallnacht for instance, merely an indication that she doesn’t think politically?

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