All Hail Taylor Swift, Person of the Year!

Skeptic Ginger said:
In discussing Taylor Swift as Times' choice on his podcast, Charlie Sykes said he would have chosen Jack Smith. He made a good argument for the choice, being the first to go after an ex-POTUS for his crimes. I had to agree with Smith as the choice.
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I think the idea here is to wait until next year when Trump has been convicted. That's the time to make it Jack Smith
 
a_unique_person said:
I didn't think it was worth contributing anything to this topic, but if I did, this is what I would have said.
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To the pair of you: pathetic.

Suggesting that's her only attribute worth mentioning is just an attempt to damn with faint praise and what I'd expect to see from a pimply, jealous, teenager rather than allegedly critically-thinking adults.

It's been explained in detail what value she's added to society and her generation, and to deny that makes you looks stupid.
 
The Atheist said:
To the pair of you: pathetic.

Suggesting that's her only attribute worth mentioning is just an attempt to damn with faint praise and what I'd expect to see from a pimply, jealous, teenager rather than allegedly critically-thinking adults.

It's been explained in detail what value she's added to society and her generation, and to deny that makes you looks stupid.
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While I have supported this award, is her contribution to the world any greater than, for example, Jennifer Lawrence?

It is a bit problematic giving awards like this to celebrities.
 
lionking said:
While I have supported this award, is her contribution to the world any greater than, for example, Jennifer Lawrence?
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Comfortably.

She's been far more active politically and has empowered an entire generation of young women. The only young women with anything like the significance of Taylor Swift are Greta Thunberg and Malala, and they've already been POTY.
 
The Atheist said:
Comfortably.

She's been far more active politically and has empowered an entire generation of young women. The only young women with anything like the significance of Taylor Swift are Greta Thunberg and Malala, and they've already been POTY.
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You are a lovable leftie, I had a go at her Spotify feed, and I get that she is a bit talented, but Joni Mitchell and Lana Del Rey are next level.
 
The Atheist said:
Comfortably.

She's been far more active politically and has empowered an entire generation of young women. The only young women with anything like the significance of Taylor Swift are Greta Thunberg and Malala, and they've already been POTY.
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I don’t agree.
 
Samson said:
You are a lovable leftie, I had a go at her Spotify feed, and I get that she is a bit talented, but Joni Mitchell and Lana Del Rey are next level.
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Her musical ability had nothing to do with the award. I'm not a fan of her music, but the woman herself is all class.
 
The Atheist said:
Her musical ability had nothing to do with the award. I'm not a fan of her music, but the woman herself is all class.
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Oh hell, you are a real scholar of celebrity, I get your point, but I expect you to decipher her music too.
 
I invite anyone unfamiliar with her work to watch this live performance on Saturday Night Live.

https://youtu.be/nJr_8l0AEWE?si=D9R7u-9v7ckWFwPk

Her ability to paint pictures and tell stories with her lyrics while at the same time interweaving them with catchy melodies is really something to behold. In spite of my age, they take me back to a time of young love found and lost, and how fragile those feelings are.

Note: you can turn on closed captioning if you find any of the lyrics hard to make out. I’m a bit hard of hearing and that helps me.
 
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The Atheist said:
To the pair of you: pathetic.

Suggesting that's her only attribute worth mentioning is just an attempt to damn with faint praise and what I'd expect to see from a pimply, jealous, teenager rather than allegedly critically-thinking adults.

It's been explained in detail what value she's added to society and her generation, and to deny that makes you looks stupid.
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Perhaps you should read my post in context in order to actually get the joke.
 
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, died in 1989, and later that year, Taylor Swift was born.

We will never get stronger evidence for Reincarnation than this.
 
Fast Eddie B said:
I invite anyone unfamiliar with her work to watch this live performance on Saturday Night Live.

https://youtu.be/nJr_8l0AEWE?si=D9R7u-9v7ckWFwPk

Her ability to paint pictures and tell stories with her lyrics while at the same time interweaving them with catchy melodies is really something to behold. In spite of my age, they take me back to a time of young love found and lost, and how fragile those feelings are.

Note: you can turn on closed captioning if you find any of the lyrics hard to make out. I’m a bit hard of hearing and that helps me.
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She's really throwing back to her country roots there, isn't she?
 
The Atheist said:
To the pair of you: pathetic.

Suggesting that's her only attribute worth mentioning is just an attempt to damn with faint praise and what I'd expect to see from a pimply, jealous, teenager rather than allegedly critically-thinking adults.

It's been explained in detail what value she's added to society and her generation, and to deny that makes you looks stupid.
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I don't hold any ill will towards her. Fame destroys many people but she appears to coping so far.


If anything it's a comment on the award itself. I think Time is doing this for their own publicity purposes. Not that you can really blame them, in this time of the Internet all of the old print companies are fighting to survive.
 
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