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Post by jackster31 on Aug 24, 2015 11:45:59 GMT
Taylor is being more and more outsted for the fake hypocrite that she is....wtf....liking a post like that. She comes off as arrogant and "holier than thou" more everyday. Obviously I'm not a fan...but a lot of people are and she's setting a bad example being so judgmental and stuck up...pretending to do best for 'less fortunate' artists by confronting Apple Music and Spotify...when it's her own interests she protects at all times...yuck....
Avril did good in responding the way she did....
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Post by BogoGog24 on Aug 24, 2015 12:00:28 GMT
I think that people are taking the Tumblr post too seriously. I think it was either obviously made by a Taylor fan so of course they are going to try to make her look better, or the post is supposed to be a joke. Not to mention that Avril is not the only artist included in the "bad pics," they also included Katy, Kanye, and Brit, yet they are not being mentioned in any of this. I think the post was just meant to be funny. It's not like Taylor was the one who made the post, maybe she "liked" it because she found it funny or because it is positive towards her. But I also think she should have ignored the post altogether because by "liking" it it makes it seem like she agrees with it. I sort of doubt if Katy, Avril, or Brit were the ones in the "nice pics" that they'd have "liked" the post, they probably would have just ignored it. But I think this whole thing is being blown way out of proportion. I'm curious to see how or if TS responds.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2015 12:31:41 GMT
It kinda seems to me like Avril just saw an opportunity to tweet that compilation of photos of her touching and being nice to her fans to once again try and erase the public's opinion that she's a bitch who doesn't care about the people that support her.
The reason why I am actually glad for this 'incident'
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Post by Dillon on Aug 24, 2015 12:40:21 GMT
Like Bogo said, the post was probably made by a Taylor fan and Taylor most likely liked the post out of appreciation for her fans and because the post was highlighting how well she is with her fans. I highly doubt Taylor liked the post because it made other artists look bad. The only reason that people are making this a big deal is because someone caught wind of the situation. If no one had realized that Taylor liked the post, everything would be fine.
It's kind of rude to criticize Taylor for liking the post when you can't understand someone else's reasoning behind a 'like' on tumblr. . Taylor just liked a post about her being good with her fans (while the post highlighted some bad pics of other artists not being as close to their fans). By liking the post Taylor didn't bad mouth anybody. And just like Taylor didn't badmouthing anybody, Avril didn't throw any shade either. In my opinion, Avril's tweet was targeted toward the person who made the tumblr post and anybody else who agrees that all artists who aren't Taylor are bad with their fans. I don't think she was responding to Taylor's like, but just responding in order to show people that everyone* is good with their fans. Just Taylor showed appreciation for her fans by liking the tumblr post, Avril showed appreciation for her fans by tweeting that she loves them.
Regardless, by talking about this, we are only feeding into it and doing what the media wants us to do - talk about silly stuff that didn't need mentioned in the first place. And for anyone who is criticizing Taylor for liking the post, are you no better than the fan who made the tumblr post that criticized other artists?
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Post by katy on Aug 24, 2015 12:42:26 GMT
The whole reaction from Avrils fans on Twitter is over the top but classy response from Avril anyway.
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Post by BogoGog24 on Aug 24, 2015 12:51:38 GMT
Like Bogo said, the post was probably made by a Taylor fan and Taylor most likely liked the post out of appreciation for her fans and because the post was highlighting how well she is with her fans. I highly doubt Taylor liked the post because it made other artists look bad. The only reason that people are making this a big deal is because someone caught wind of the situation. If no one had realized that Taylor liked the post, everything would be fine. It's kind of rude to criticize Taylor for liking the post when you can't understand someone else's reasoning behind a 'like' on tumblr. . Taylor just liked a post about her being good with her fans (while the post highlighted some bad pics of other artists not being as close to their fans). By liking the post Taylor didn't bad mouth anybody. And just like Taylor didn't badmouthing anybody, Avril didn't throw any shade either. In my opinion, Avril's tweet was targeted toward the person who made the tumblr post and anybody else who agrees that all artists who aren't Taylor are bad with their fans. I don't think she was responding to Taylor's like, but just responding in order to show people that everyone* is good with their fans. Just Taylor showed appreciation for her fans by liking the tumblr post, Avril showed appreciation for her fans by tweeting that she loves them. Regardless, by talking about this, we are only feeding into it and doing what the media wants us to do - talk about silly stuff that didn't need mentioned in the first place. And for anyone who is criticizing Taylor for liking the post, are you no better than the fan who made the tumblr post that criticized other artists? Yeah I also don't think Avril's response was actually towards Taylor at all, but to the post itself. But of course the fan bases have to make it seem like Avril was "dragging" Taylor, wouldn't that make Avril just as bad then? Or "judging" Taylor for why she liked the post would be just as bad as "judging" Avril for the pics? *smh*
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Post by In Wonderland on Aug 24, 2015 13:34:22 GMT
Like Bogo said, the post was probably made by a Taylor fan and Taylor most likely liked the post out of appreciation for her fans and because the post was highlighting how well she is with her fans. I highly doubt Taylor liked the post because it made other artists look bad. The only reason that people are making this a big deal is because someone caught wind of the situation. If no one had realized that Taylor liked the post, everything would be fine. It's kind of rude to criticize Taylor for liking the post when you can't understand someone else's reasoning behind a 'like' on tumblr. . Taylor just liked a post about her being good with her fans (while the post highlighted some bad pics of other artists not being as close to their fans). By liking the post Taylor didn't bad mouth anybody. And just like Taylor didn't badmouthing anybody, Avril didn't throw any shade either. In my opinion, Avril's tweet was targeted toward the person who made the tumblr post and anybody else who agrees that all artists who aren't Taylor are bad with their fans. I don't think she was responding to Taylor's like, but just responding in order to show people that everyone* is good with their fans. Just Taylor showed appreciation for her fans by liking the tumblr post, Avril showed appreciation for her fans by tweeting that she loves them. Regardless, by talking about this, we are only feeding into it and doing what the media wants us to do - talk about silly stuff that didn't need mentioned in the first place. And for anyone who is criticizing Taylor for liking the post, are you no better than the fan who made the tumblr post that criticized other artists? Yeah I also don't think Avril's response was actually towards Taylor at all, but to the post itself. But of course the fan bases have to make it seem like Avril was "dragging" Taylor, wouldn't that make Avril just as bad then? Or "judging" Taylor for why she liked the post would be just as bad as "judging" Avril for the pics? *smh* Avril responded to the tweet because it was a very know Avril fan site who posted it. She simply answered to say she don't judge anyone and neither should we. Black stars or swifties or whatever we call our fan bases. She tried to stop it before everyone started to nag on Tay. Or anyone else involved. Peace and love xx
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Post by jackster31 on Aug 24, 2015 14:40:29 GMT
Then tell me why ms Swift would "favorite" a post like that knowing how it could/would be interpreted. Like one media outlet said. Perhaps her (Taylor's) M&G were less awkward...but they still seemed awkward. Imo there's just something very insincere about her demeanor...
Bottom line people are different and respond to fans differently. Avril clearly didn't respond directly to Taylor but made it clear that the post, which Swift liked, was judgemental.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2015 15:04:33 GMT
I'm sure Taylor did not think twice before 'fav'ing that post. She just took it as an appreciation, not thinking about how it can be interpreted - which was certainly a mistake.
Obviously Avril was not offended - as light02 said (he changed my view), this was the perfect moment for her to speak about her controversial M&G, and regain her impaired reputation by responding wisely.
I'm very glad that Taylor Swift liked that post.
But I do believe that she is trying hard to maintain her feminist ego, the spoker for woman, the good girl. And yes, I'm judging. It may be only my belief.
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Post by BogoGog24 on Aug 24, 2015 17:07:07 GMT
Yeah I also don't think Avril's response was actually towards Taylor at all, but to the post itself. But of course the fan bases have to make it seem like Avril was "dragging" Taylor, wouldn't that make Avril just as bad then? Or "judging" Taylor for why she liked the post would be just as bad as "judging" Avril for the pics? *smh* Avril responded to the tweet because it was a very know Avril fan site who posted it. She simply answered to say she don't judge anyone and neither should we. Black stars or swifties or whatever we call our fan bases. She tried to stop it before everyone started to nag on Tay. Or anyone else involved. Peace and love xx Yeah I know why she responded. There wasn't anything wrong with how she responded. But now fans from both sides are making a big deal out of it and fighting, which was exactly what Avril wanted to prevent.
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Post by eismann on Aug 24, 2015 17:36:26 GMT
Seems like perfect PR to me. Avril responded very mature and is the winner in this situation, so for her it was a good move. I agree that many fans on twitter are reacting way over the top!
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Post by sam on Aug 24, 2015 17:41:14 GMT
I can't find this Taylor tumblr post- what exactly happened? But I do believe that she is trying hard to maintain her feminist ego, the spoker for woman, the good girl. And yes, I'm judging. It may be only my belief. I agree with this, in my opinion she's kind of just used the feminism thing as a bandwagon for her to use- as on Tumblr it is a very popular topic. Yes, i could be completely wrong but it's just how i feel about it.
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Post by avril83 on Aug 24, 2015 19:32:27 GMT
I really appreciate Avril's response, she showed a great maturity. Class is not for sale, even if you have tens of Awards, over 60 milions of followers and 30 milions records sold. Slay Queen <3
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Post by Amanda on Aug 24, 2015 20:03:13 GMT
It kinda seems to me like Avril just saw an opportunity to tweet that compilation of photos of her touching and being nice to her fans to once again try and erase the public's opinion that she's a bitch who doesn't care about the people that support her. Pretty sure it wasn't. They're my edits,and she have already rted one of them, posted another one of them and I actually uploaded thoose edits after unitedforavril showed her what taylor said, I think it was for avril to end the "debate" with a positive touch
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Post by Amanda on Aug 24, 2015 20:10:34 GMT
I think that people are taking the Tumblr post too seriously. I think it was either obviously made by a Taylor fan so of course they are going to try to make her look better, or the post is supposed to be a joke. Not to mention that Avril is not the only artist included in the "bad pics," they also included Katy, Kanye, and Brit, yet they are not being mentioned in any of this. I think the post was just meant to be funny. It's not like Taylor was the one who made the post, maybe she "liked" it because she found it funny or because it is positive towards her. But I also think she should have ignored the post altogether because by "liking" it it makes it seem like she agrees with it. I sort of doubt if Katy, Avril, or Brit were the ones in the "nice pics" that they'd have "liked" the post, they probably would have just ignored it. But I think this whole thing is being blown way out of proportion. I'm curious to see how or if TS responds. I think it became bigger because it's not the first time lately that Taylor has been talking about not putting others down and then kinda doing the same thing. It's not the first time she acts "shady" to other artists.
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