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    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      21·
      3 months ago

      In this case, I think it was more about the crowds being massive.

      Possibly also because many of them would be underage.

    • Zron@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      3 months ago

      She is a face for modern femininity, not saying that that is her goal, but a lot of women do admire her.

      So if you don’t think she’s a good role model for women, and you’re a complete lunatic, attacking her events to oppress women’s feeling of empowerment does check out.

    • jwiggler@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      91·
      3 months ago

      This particular attack probably had nothing to do with any of this, but she could probably be described as offensive from the economic equality standpoint, because she is a billionaire, from the environmental justice standpoint, because she is a frequent private-jet user, and from the music scene standpoint, because she seemingly intentionally pushes out other female artists from billboard spots by re-releasing albums in specific locations/time periods during which her peers are releasing their albums.

  • Lojcs@lemm.eeEnglish
    71·
    3 months ago

    Austrian authorities are reported to have received information about the Swift concert threat from U.S. intelligence, as Austrian law does not allow the monitoring of instant messaging apps, which the suspects had used to communicate.

    Ugh

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    3·
    3 months ago

    They better keep him in solitary for his own protection. I wouldn’t trust any prison to not be full of angry Swifties.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        For one thing, I doubt Austria would take kindly to Iraq doing inside their country what Israel does inside nearby countries and take extraterritorial military action. Especially when Austria was one of the nations that didn’t want an invasion of Iraq and formally protested it.

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
            1·
            3 months ago

            Sure. How would that have done anything about this bombing plot? Or are you suggesting that Iraq should have killed this 18-year-old when he was still a minor? Because killing children intentionally is a war crime.

            • Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              3 months ago

              No but at that age they could have flipped him and give up others to take down. No needing to kill them or anything but just kind of put a dent in ISIS or get in one their plots and stop or warn people before they happen.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        That’s what I’m saying. Helmut the Cannibal is going to eat his face for trying to kill the lady with the voice of an angel and refusing to Shake It Off.

  • Doorbook@lemmy.worldEnglish
    310·
    3 months ago

    This doesn’t make any sense and feel like a manufacture attempt to prepare north america and europe for another war against Muslims