Michigan Advance's Susan J. Demas opines…
Trump is reportedly preoccupied with Swift endorsing Biden again (which doesn’t seem like it would be a big surprise), muttering that he’s “more popular” than the megastar, while aides are chest-beating that they’ll start a “holy war” against her. The hope seems to be to intimidate Swift into silence or make the whole thing seem cringe to dampen excitement if she does become a Biden surrogate.
But it gets weirder.
The MAGA Swift hate seems to have reached a bizarre tipping point as she and Kelce have been hailed as the All-American couple, a veritable Norman Rockwell painting come to life. Real Americans are Trumpers, so the lore and Rust Belt diner-fed punditry goes. This simply cannot stand.
“I wonder who’s going to win the Super Bowl next month,” former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy posted. “And I wonder if there’s a major presidential endorsement coming from an artificially culturally propped-up couple this fall.”
And lo, this election’s wackiest conspiracy theory was born. Kelce and Swift, you see, aren’t two rich, crazy kids in love. No, they’re integral parts of a Deep State psyop to ensure Biden’s reelection.
Is the GOP's desperation making them (moreso) insane or is the GOP's insanity making them desperate?
BTW, congrats, Swifty, on your record-breaking Grammy for Midnights last night! 🏆 💿 🎶 Your bank transfer from the Illuminati is forthwith. 🤣
The lemmings in their 30s and older might remember when Britney Spears was having a very public and unfortunate meltdown, a bunch of conspiracy theories started cropping up that Britney was a CIA plant designed to distract everyone from Bush's (Dubya) incredible failures.
To the morons of the early aughts, I say that it's possible to have a meltdown while standing in a room with an idiot monster. To the morons of today, I say that just because your idiot monster is also a narcissist doesn't make everything about you.
Sorry. Your point is lost in all your condescension.
Apologies, your pedantry has become condescension.
I actually was confused in all sincerity by @thefartographer@lemm.ee's comment. Who are these "lemmings", "morons" and "idiot monster"? Am I the only one "in the room" who doesn't know? Are these condescending terms adding anything to the conversation?
But, hey, I hope you feel better.
Maybe this will clear it up:
Lemmings = someone who browses Lemmy
the morons of the early aughts = people who thought Britney Spears was a CIA OP
room with an idiot monster. = Probably referring to Spears' father and conservatorship.
morons of today = MAGAs
idiot monster is also a narcissist = Trump
I understand the confusion now. The honorable Fartographer was referring to the users of Lemmy as lemmings. Our mascot.
Edit: sorry if I'm being coy, I understand the confusion, and I thought it was a bit funny
Are Lemmy users not known as lemmings? It's possible I imagined that or came up with it, but I could have sworn were were all lemmings.
Upon rereading, I'm not proud of my use of "morons," but I'm referring to those who equate the private lives of celebrities to some sort of shadow government operation. In the early 2000s (the aughts), Britney Spears had a very public and very drawn out meltdown. When she needed help, she instead became, at best, the butt of jokes, and, at worst, was believed to be part of a deep state plan to distract the public from the near-daily horrible news that came out from the Whitehouse or about the Whitehouse.
In the early aughts, George W. Bush (the "W" is pronounced "Dubya" to make fun of our southern accents. My dad actually pronounced the letter w that way because... Texas?) was the idiot monster that people said Britney Spears was shaving her head and not wearing panties to distract the world from. Now, the idiot monster is Trump. Once again, the media has latched onto the private life of a pop icon and found a way to enrage the masses without focusing on real political issues.