Should Taylor Swift “Stay in Her Lane?”
A reader comments: Unless Taylor Swift is paying for your gas and groceries, you shouldn’t care who(m) she endorses. Nor should you care who(m) any celebrity endorses. They are not keeping my lights on, my kids safe or my family fed. No one cares who(m) you endorse. You live in fantasy land. Your job is to entertain me. Stay in your lane.We’ve all heard this argument, though ironically, it usually comes from free speech advocates, who generally are loath to tell anyone what they can and cannot say.
I’m a progressive, but I’m OK with celebrities who support Donald Trump expressing their political viewpoints. If you’re Kid Rock, Kayne West, or Elon Musk, go for it.
I remain impressed with Voltaire’s statement (attribution disputed), “I may disagree with what you say, though I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
One might think that all Americans, even the most profoundly uneducated part of Trump’s base, would have some level of respect for the opinions of our country’s top admirals and generals.
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In November, tens of millions of people will go to the polls and vote for Trump, and plenty of them will agree with Stephen King in that the former president is a “genuinely nasty man.”
As shown at left, a reader wants my input on the word “cringy.”
Question: Primatologist Jane Goodall asserts three reasons for her optimism about the ultimate disposition of our planet’s health. One is shown at left, i.e., all we need to do is stop poisoning and otherwise harming our Earth, and it will repair itself.
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Unfortunately, the fact that Trump is insane is not costing him the support of his base.
The chart here predicts continued use of fossil fuels in our transportation sector for the foreseeable future.
