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Taylor Swift has shattered virtually every major record in the music industry, and as she lives her best life supporting her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, she’s also breaking the brains of right-wingers.

For months now, the digital fever swamps have been fuming over everything and anything Swift-related. Her popularity, the success of the Eras Tour, her relationship, her appearances at NFL games, and especially her politics. The Chiefs won the AFC championship on Sunday, punching the team’s (and potentially Swift’s) ticket to the Super Bowl in February. In response, long-standing conspiracy theories around the NFL’s “scriptwriting” for football seasons clashed with right-wing conspiracy theorists claiming Swift’s involvement with Kelce is part of a deep state plot to gin up support for President Joe Biden in the 2024 election. The result is as ugly as it is stupid.

Former presidential candidate and MAGA blowhard Vivek Ramaswamy tweeted on Monday that he wondered “who’s going to win the Super Bowl next month,” adding, “I wonder if there’s a major presidential endorsement coming from an artificially culturally propped-up couple this fall. Just some wild speculation over here, let’s see how it ages over the next 8 months.”

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[–] Theprogressivist 153 points 9 months ago (4 children)

"Anything I don't like is a left-wing conspiracy."

[–] [email protected] 39 points 9 months ago (1 children)

we need to convince them that voting is a left wing conspiracy

[–] Madison420 32 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Weirdly enough republican leadership is well on their way to doing that.

[–] SecretSauces 10 points 9 months ago

Only for brown people though

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[–] anon6789 22 points 9 months ago (2 children)

A true superbowl has to have an equal right wing AND left wing! It just doesn't work right if both aren't both there and participating the same amount.

Wake up sheeple and learn the truth they dont want you to know!

[email protected] will open your eyes!

[–] SoggyBread 12 points 9 months ago

What a hoot

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Here to ruffle a few feathers, aren't you? :D

[–] anon6789 3 points 9 months ago

Just a bit of shameless promotion! 😇

After scrolling politics for enough time, you're going to need a pick me up of positivity, and that's where c/superbowl has you covered!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

So that’s who’s responsible for popcorn shells stuck between my teeth

[–] MushuChupacabra 44 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'd probably complain a lot too, if I was getting zero traction with Gen Z voters.

Besides, Republicans have no qualms about using celebrity to attract voters. They have My Pillow guy, and Ted Nugent.

[–] local_taxi_fix 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget Kid Diddler Rock

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[–] ccunning 38 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Well I didn’t think I cared about the NFL anymore but I guess I’m rooting for whichever team to win that makes the nutters most uncomfortable…

[–] [email protected] 36 points 9 months ago

One team has Taylor Swift's boyfriend on it and the other is from San Francisco. It's a Republican's worst nightmare, apparently

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It sounds like the chiefs losing would be considered a huge win for ... Trump? I hope he's got a good passing game because he sure as fuck isn't running the ball.

[–] ccunning 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Why wait for them to lose? Odds on the nutters storming the field with violence to “Stop the Endorsement”?

[–] Warl0k3 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Low, but not impossible? NFL security is pretty intense, including building digital threat profiles for ticket holders for the big games, and Swift's security team are some incredibly kind and competent absolute psychos. While any attempt to organize a big "storm the field" thing would probably just get caught in the planning stages and you'd simply be denied entry to the venue, if you did get it planned undetected it'd be pretty easy to pull off. So long as you're not an active threat, you're just out on the field waving flags and not firing guns, they'll just evacuate the VIPs, call the cops and keep you there till you get bored.

The biggest concern at these events is that someone will get in with the goal of intentionally causing crowd crush incidents. Because of that, the focus is heavily on preempting and prevention and not so much on response. Its a neat field to get into if you're okay with never being comfortable in a public space again!

All that said, going for the players, or god forbid going after Tay herself, would turn into a bloodbath pretty damn quick.

[–] clif 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Its a neat field to get into if you're okay with never being comfortable in a public space again!

One step ahead of you my friend! Now, to start on my career transition...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

See people are all ready transitioning!

Checkmate libs

[–] dhork 35 points 9 months ago (2 children)

No, silly, the NFL is rigged.

25 years ago in the documentary "The X-Files" we learned all about how shadowy government agents conspired to make sure the Buffalo Bills never won a Super Bowl. The Truth is out there!

[–] teamevil 11 points 9 months ago

Wide right is just dog whistling...booo

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

That episode was so different that it is etched into my memory.

[–] crystalmerchant 31 points 9 months ago

Right, because Taylor Swift would have otherwise endorsed Trump. So grateful Travis turned her around

[–] cmbabul 26 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children)

It wouldn’t shock me to find out the NFL is setting the cards up to fall how they want, especially now that gambling is a legal part of it, but there is absolutely zero chance that Jerry Jones and the other NFL owners are doing it to get Biden reelected or anything else besides a shit load of money. Which, Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl will certainly help them do even more than they already were going to. It’s always so weird that they never see the simplest explanation that’s always right in front of them, money and therefore power

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (5 children)

I'm absolutely sick of all the gambling ads, and while it isn't NFL, fucking Manfred has ruined the beauty of classic uniforms like the Cardinals and Yankees by slapping ads in them. I am sick of all these ads and money ruining all my favorite sports.

I stopped eatching the NFL after Kroneke absolutely fucked St. Louis and I think i am about to be completely done with college football with the way things are going there as well. I hate watching capitalism take down everything i love with it

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wow this is a hilarious unhinged theory. I LOVE IT.

[–] CosmicTurtle 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is it wrong for me to want this to happen?

Like if the team wins, that they pan to Taylor as she dons on a Biden T-shirt?

Let them foam at the mouth screaming they were right so that they focus on something stupid instead of trying to plan yet another insurrection.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately they can multitask

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I'm not sure if they can even task...

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[–] FlyingSquid 21 points 9 months ago (2 children)

THE SUPERBOWL IS A FALSE FLAG!!!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It's full contact, not flag football.

[–] FlyingSquid 11 points 9 months ago

Maybe that's why the flag is false.

[–] dhork 5 points 9 months ago

THE PRO BOWL IS A FALSE FLAG!!!11!!11!!one!

[–] homesweethomeMrL 13 points 9 months ago

Sure and Democrats eat babies at the pizza parlor.

Fucking insanity. We do not need to put up with this again.

[–] b3an 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It suddenly makes sense why she ended up in nude ai suddenly and virulently. Trolls love to stir the pot.

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[–] fox2263 7 points 9 months ago

Actual brain rot

[–] DigitalTraveler42 6 points 9 months ago

I had to deal with this crap in real time in my fantasy football friend group, I just pointed out their confirmation biases and shut it down, but man were these dudes quick to jump on the conspiracy, they just could not accept that Lamar just made a dumb play.

My own conservative father has been bitching about the NFL being rigged all season, can't wait for him to pick up on the Taylor Swift stuff to add that to his "anti-woke" talking points.🤦‍♂️

[–] Rapidcreek 5 points 9 months ago

Hilarious

I really don't want to have another year of Mahomes commercials, but I might endure it to see the pin heads explode. Please Taylor do a song at halftime. Get em good.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

🎵 They think rights are for the States,

They got shit instead of brains,

The right is so insane. (Mm mm)

The right is so insane. 🎵

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