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Taylor Swift threatens legal action against student tracking her private jet (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] Chainweasel 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Do you forget what community you're in?
It's insane to me that people in the CLIMATE community will bend over backwards to defend a celebrity with a fucking private jet.

Seriously though, will you also defend Elon musk and Jeff Bezos for their use of private jets too?
Or is it only ok when it's a "cool" celebrity?

[–] Evotech -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I'm just practical. If you go on a world tour where you have a day or so between gigs and you need to bring a lot of gear and people then it makes sense to use a private plane.

If she would fill the plane regardless then why not her own plane.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If I want to invade a country, people will die. But that can't be helped, that's just the cost of things. What, you expect me not to invade a country? But I WANT to. That's how I make my money!! Surely that is the most important consideration.

[–] Evotech 1 points 9 months ago

Bad take