Far-right influencer Rogan O’Handley went so far as to suggest that if the Chiefs won the Super Bowl, Swift and Kelce would trigger an apocalyptic chain of events that would kill millions. “You MUST defeat the Chiefs,” O’Handley wrote in an X post addressed to the San Francisco 49ers. “If you don’t, Mr. Pfizer and his girlfriend are going to tour the country as ‘world champions’ helping elect Joe Biden WW3 will likely follow in a 2nd Biden term and millions will die. The fate of the free world rests upon your shoulders”
Just wow. Only a tidbit of the crazy they are spouting in this article.
Trump sycophant Laura Loomer wrote on X that “the Democrats’ Taylor Swift election interference psyop is happening in the open… They are going to use Taylor Swift as the poster child for their pro-abortion GOTV Campaign.”
This shit sounds like deepfried AI hallucinations, but I know people are actually that dumb.
Remember every accusation is a confession…
And they'll somehow always find ways to bring you to a loss for words even when you expect the absolutely deepest level of stupidity and craziness you can imagine. These past handful of years have just been a constant shattering of expectations of how dumb and fucked up people manage to be. And 90% of it is coming from right-wing fanatics.
Normal people are not equipped for the power of the internet.
millions will die
Didn’t seem to care about that too much during Covid, not sure why it’s a problem for him now.
If the guy is endorsing a team from San Francisco, the capital of libruls and the gay, he must be part of the conspiracy.
Absolutely. If anyone is going to stop socialism, Jewish space lasers, and the San Francisco 49ers, it's a guy from Kansas with a mustache and his blonde country singer girlfriend.
Really feels like conservatives picked the wrong side here?
Why are there people so convinced that football, or the outcome of any sporting event, matters at all? Like I know that this is just some media manipulators trying to stir people up, but I also fully believe that they will succeed and that the number of people who will find this argument compelling will be depressing (though who knows, maybe humanity will have a pleasant surprise).
Main character syndrome. They all think they're God's chosen, but they all also secretly believe that they are God's chosen-er
Why are there people so convinced that football, or the outcome of any sporting event, matters at all?
“You MUST defeat the Chiefs,” O’Handley wrote in an X post addressed to the San Francisco 49ers. “If you don’t, Mr. Pfizer and his girlfriend are going to tour the country as ‘world champions’ helping elect Joe Biden WW3 will likely follow in a 2nd Biden term and millions will die. The fate of the free world rests upon your shoulders”
But hey, no pressure or anything guys.
I don't get it, do the Chiefs have Swift and Kelce as spokespeople or something? Why would they tour with Chiefs, if that's what they're saying.
Travis Kelce plays for the chiefs, Taylor and Travis are dating. Taylor is present at many chiefs games and almost surely will be at the Super Bowl. Taylor is very outspoken about the need to vote, rarely if ever says who to vote for but presses the need to have your voice heard. Republicans and other fascists know that their policies are wildly unpopular, especially with the youth, and so hate the idea of anyone encouraging the youth or anyone else to vote and possibly outnumber the hateful citizens that normally vote for republicans
Had to look up this Kelce fellow. He has earrings? Oh noooo (for right wingers).
Somebody's playing with the cursed Mad Libs booklet again.
Japan gets the Death Note, America gets the Conspiracy Mad Lib...
That seems fair.
My right wing neighbor dropped this conspiracy on me a few months ago, when Kelce and Swift just started dating. His thought was that Kelce had a COVID vaccine commercial, and the government was using him and Swift to reach a broader population of little girls to brainwash them into getting the vaccine for the "fake disease".
I haven't followed up with him on it, but now that the Chiefs are in the Super Bowl, I'm sure he's doubling down on his crazy conspiracy theory. I guess I shouldn't say "his" theory. I didn't realize it at the time, because I don't mainline Fox News and News Max, but I guess this must have been something my neighbor heard on some crazy show at some point.
That has to be the lamest conspiracy theory of 2024, and we're only in January. Strap in, kids. It's election year and it's finna be a doozy.
actually, they have been planning a new series of incredibly complex conspiracies with almost no payoff, as a conspiracy to make regular conspiracies seem less plausible....
Some kind of Big Lie you might say
Cue the anon.
Hahahahahahaha bahahahahahaaa. Oh wait... They're serious. Let me laugh even harder BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAHQHAHAH!
There's a Q six letters in. There's 12 months in a year, which is 6x2. That means THIS YEAR BIDEN RIGGED THE SUPER BOWL! It's clearly an admission from a secret agent associatied with Q.
/s just in case it's needed, because we live in the dumbest of all possible time lines.
Careful, every time we say we live in the dumbest possible timeline somebody on the other side says hold my beer.
Homer Simpson: "We live in the dumbest possible timeline... so far."
"Editor wastes ink on this bullshit instead of the news"
Not a waste of ink - it got you and a bunch of to read and react to it.
And thar's gold in them eyeballs......
Jokes on them. No one reads articles here.
That's why they're putting ads in the headlines now.
Implying that anything happening in the US is news, not just bullshit.
Breaking News, A Squirrel fell out of a tree!
Taylor Swift doesn't need the Superbowl.
Conservatives are so out of touch that they think that Taylor Swift still needs a platform after a record breaking music tour. If anything, she is the platform that the NFL needs for a female audience, not the other way around.
She can have a regular owl like the rest of us.
You have an owl? Funny i never got mine.
Rachael: Do you like our owl?
Deckard: It's artificial?
Rachael: Of course it is.
Deckard: Must be expensive.
Rachael: Very.
I can't even afford an artificial owl. :(
Nobody does, really.
I dunno, I imagine it'd be a cool brand name for oversized toilets.
I prefer the owls
I'm almost certain she can just buy a Superbowl now
Right wingers say stupid shit that makes no fucking sense. News at 11.
Are there any shady commercials of products that I can buy before 11?
I'll sell you the rights to buy pluerpen coin at half its actual value when it is released next month. That's a whole 50% off, and it'll almost certainly go up in value one million percent the first week. This is totally a very legit and real coin that will displace Bitcoin. So, how many coins do you want to buy? With your 50% discount they're only $37,000 per coin. Should I put you down for 5?
when I was reading 1984 a few years back it occurred to to me that the main character is trapped in his own hell. he tells you how he is dependent on big brother for everything, even his opinion. But his temptation and love and freedom cause his downfall. His handler even knows he will one day fall into the snare. And when they break him, they do so with simple lies that he is forced to believe, because its all that he has left.
But its not big government that is keeping him trapped. He could leave his life and become a prole but his fear is too great. And he returns to the party even when he knows its his doom.
The conservatives are trapped in this same hell cycle. Brought on by themselves. And they fear that leaving the party so much so that they will harm anyone else who tires.
Sounds like 1984 is about to get banned South of the Mason Dixon. Can't have these liberal, Yankee views corrupting the youth.
1984 + Biden (5 letters) = 1989 = Taylor Swift
Funny because I saw this thread and thought of the Two Minutes Hate.
You say this as if liberals aren't caught in the same trap.
Just because conservatives are rotted doesn't mean they're the only ones
Not much critical thinking goes on in the United States, regardless of party. Which prevents the development of any understanding of material conditions or structural oppression
The definition of neoliberalism:
"Neoliberalism is an economic and political ideology that emphasizes the value of free market capitalism, minimal state intervention in the economy, and the importance of individual entrepreneurial freedoms. Central to neoliberalism is the belief that open markets, free trade, and the unrestricted flow of capital are the best means to achieve economic growth and societal prosperity.
Historically, neoliberalism gained prominence in the late 20th century, particularly under the leadership of figures like Margaret Thatcher in the UK and Ronald Reagan in the US. This period marked a significant shift from Keynesian economics, which advocated for stronger government intervention in the economy, to a model favoring deregulation, privatization of state-owned enterprises, and a reduced role for government in social welfare.
The impact of neoliberalism has been global, influencing economic policies across various countries. It led to the liberalization of international trade and finance, the proliferation of free trade agreements, and the globalization of economic activities. However, it has also been critiqued for increasing income inequality, contributing to social disparities, and exacerbating environmental degradation due to its focus on economic growth and efficiency over social and ecological concerns."
Yeah, those damn liberals and their... Summer school lunch programs... And not wanting kids to get cut to ribbons in the Rio Grande... And wanting to assure access to healthcare, no matter who you are or your gender expression, or if you want safe access to an abortion... And want to end systemic racism...
Yeah, you're right - both sides are the same.
/S
While I'd join your side here, the term "neoliberalism" does not refer to a contemporary form of liberalism but, rather, has been coined to mean, roughly: "unchecked capitalism, privatization of services and reduction of state-run programs."
For what it's worth, I find it an incredibly poorly chosen term, since there is no relation to liberalism (liberalism as in "live and let live, personal freedoms, tolerance"). If liberal-bashing wasn't so popular, it could as well have been called "neoconservatism" since it was Reagan and his ilk that pushed this kind of economics.
Or it could just be tucked under the umbrella of libertarianism.
Yeah, I caught that a bit too late. I agree wholeheartedly that it sounds a heck of a lot like libertarianism, and that it's intentionally conflated into neoliberalism purposefully to bash the liberal "brand" (?). And this poster's propensity for both-sides arguing kind of confirms that for me.
Maybe you should Google neoliberalism. You seem to be unaware of what it is and what it has done to social democracy
Summer school lunch programs and restricting kids from getting sliced up in a booby trapped river.
All this and more on neoliberalism today.
Seriously if that's what we have to watch out for sign me up. I back social protections all damn day.
The erosion of all social programs has occurred under neoliberalism. The reason that things are the way they are is because of neoliberal policies that have been in place for the past 50 years. The reason that school lunch is as weak as it is is because of neoliberalism's successful war against the New Deal and its destruction of American social democracy.
In case you legitimately don't know what the term neoliberalism means, which you may not because the United States' propaganda has grossly distorted the meaning of the word "liberal":
"Neoliberalism is an economic and political ideology that emphasizes the value of free market capitalism, minimal state intervention in the economy, and the importance of individual entrepreneurial freedoms. Central to neoliberalism is the belief that open markets, free trade, and the unrestricted flow of capital are the best means to achieve economic growth and societal prosperity.
Historically, neoliberalism gained prominence in the late 20th century, particularly under the leadership of figures like Margaret Thatcher in the UK and Ronald Reagan in the US. This period marked a significant shift from Keynesian economics, which advocated for stronger government intervention in the economy, to a model favoring deregulation, privatization of state-owned enterprises, and a reduced role for government in social welfare.
The impact of neoliberalism has been global, influencing economic policies across various countries. It led to the liberalization of international trade and finance, the proliferation of free trade agreements, and the globalization of economic activities. However, it has also been critiqued for increasing income inequality, contributing to social disparities, and exacerbating environmental degradation due to its focus on economic growth and efficiency over social and ecological concerns."
This really seems like you're very hung up on semantics.
Its not semantics to name and recognize the ideology and platform of the Western ruling class for the past 50 years
Okay, but when Americans say 'liberal,' that's not what they're talking about and I'm sure you know that. So yes, it is semantics.
When they say "neoliberal" that's precisely what is meant.
And why is it that the United States would have a different meaning of the word "liberal" compared to the rest of the Anglosphere/The West?
Who benefits from that conflation of terms? And, more importantly, who is harmed?
And why is it that the United States would have a different meaning of the word “liberal” compared to the rest of the Anglosphere/The West?
For the same reason that most of the rest of the people in the rest of the English-speaking world say 'biscuit' and they say cookie in the U.S. Believe it or not, things mean different things in different countries. Also, believe it or not, you do not to get to dictate what those things mean.
Also, believe it or not, you do not to get to dictate what those things mean.
No, but the ruling class does. And they benefit from the public not perceiving what they have done to our public good.
FDR is dead and Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan killed him in the name of economic growth
If you think Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher supported any form of liberalism you are seriously, seriously out of touch with reality. I don't know if you lived through those times or not, but I did and there was not a shred of liberalism anywhere near the vicinity of those two individuals.
Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher are the poster children of neoliberalism.
Neoliberalism is an economic and political ideology that emerged in the latter half of the 20th century. It advocates for free-market capitalism with minimal state intervention. Key tenets of neoliberalism include deregulation of industries, privatization of state-owned enterprises, reduction of government spending, particularly on social welfare, and the promotion of free trade.
Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, although nominally politically conservatives, implemented policies that strongly align with neoliberalism:
Market Liberalization: Both Reagan and Thatcher aggressively pursued market liberalization policies. They reduced government regulation in several key industries, believing that an unregulated market would be more efficient and beneficial for economic growth.
Privatization: Thatcher's government notably privatized several state-owned enterprises in the UK, including British Telecom and British Gas. Similarly, Reagan's administration promoted privatization in various sectors, shifting responsibilities from the government to private entities.
Tax Policy: Both leaders implemented significant tax reforms, reducing the tax burden, especially for businesses and higher-income individuals. This approach reflects a neoliberal belief in stimulating investment and economic growth through lower taxes.
Reduction in Social Welfare Spending: Both Thatcher and Reagan cut government spending on social welfare programs. This aligns with the neoliberal view that too much state provision can stifle individual initiative and market efficiency.
In the context of economic and political ideologies, "liberalism" can have different meanings. In the classical sense, it refers to a philosophy emphasizing individual freedoms, limited government, and free markets. This classical liberalism aligns with some aspects of neoliberalism, such as the emphasis on free markets. However, in modern American political discourse, "liberal" often denotes a preference for more government intervention in the economy, social welfare, and progressive social policies, which is somewhat at odds with both classical liberalism and neoliberalism.
Therefore, while Reagan and Thatcher were politically conservative, their economic policies were liberal in the classical sense and distinctly neoliberal. They emphasized free-market capitalism and reduced government intervention, aligning with the core principles of neoliberalism.
Unfortunately, us Americans have permanently conflated "liberal" to mean "democrat". It was part of a targeted effort to drag the Overton Window further to the right.
Most Americans just think a "progressive" is someone who buys that brand of insurance.
So then why don't they bet on it and make tons of cash?
Because there's a chance trump and the good guys can defeat the forces of evil and un-rig the SuperBowl
But only if you send them a cheque for your entire life savings
What, and take time out of their busy outrage schedule?
They probably will bet on it.
How does that dispute their underlying point?
Also, I very much doubt that NFL game fixing is so hard to believe. The United States has a strong history of game fixing in all of its nationally popular athletic leagues. From boxing to baseball. (Say it ain't so, Joe)
So we should not be surprised at the possibility that the NFL would do the same thing, particularly after happily integrating gambling into their entire product at an unprecedented rate over the past 5 years.
Regardless, this is legitimately the most important presidential election in US history. Trump's victory would destroy the United States. Given that, it would be malpractice for the American and Western intelligence agencies not to utilize the most watched 3.5 hours of 2024 American television to diminish Trump and boost his opponents.
I hope that Taylor Swift/The Chiefs are a psychological operation of our intelligence agencies. Our agencies need to be doing things like that to ensure Trump loses. Because if he wins then The West will end. And I have to live here in The West, so I would prefer that it didn't end.
Wait, so you're hoping that the American government is covertly manipulating the roughly 1 in 3 Americans who watch the Superbowl expressly to retain the incumbents power because it means we'd avoid a fascist autocracy?
Yes, because the alternative would be even worse
I fully agree that our current system is incredibly broken though. It's just that Trump, and the Heritage Foundations Project 2025, etc, would make things drastically worse than they already are
We aren't a meaningfully "free" country, at least not by any charitable definition. But that doesn't mean we can't get worse. We can, and we will if Trump wins
But if you become a monster just so you can destroy a monster, have you really accomplished anything worthwhile?
I just want the fascists on my side.
Depends how bad the other monster was, I suppose.
Becoming Tony Soprano as a means of stopping Sauron, for instance, would likely be worth it.
Here, the combined intelligence agencies of the West appear to think that Trump is an existential threat to Western civilization. If they're correct about that then I guess that justifies rigging the Super Bowl. Especially when you consider that there are significantly worse things (Gaza Genocide) going on right now. To say nothing of the bad things that they/we did in the past
Annnnnd now X (formerly known as Twitter) is banning search for “Taylor Swift” due to AI fakes. But really it is to mute her potential powerbroker endorsement of Biden. Seriously.
Taylor should start her own Fediverse instance
Edit: Get Margot Robbie to help out since she's already been here, ostensibly
Fairly certain Musk is not playing 5d chess and this is just a lovely coincidence for him
At this point I'm not sure Elon even knows how to play regular chess.
Is that the game in which you shit on the board and declare yourself the winner?
You misheard her. She said, "Shit on my chest!"
He'd refuse even if he knew because the Queens are "too woke."
Why would the Superbowl need to be rigged for her to do this? Everything the woman does is already reported and televised everywhere.
The theory is that it needs to be rigged so that the Chiefs are in the super bowl because she is linked to Chiefs player Travis Kelce. So Kelce playing in the Super Bowl gives her a very plausible reason for being there and for being heavily featured with him
I get that. What I'm saying is it doesn't matter. She's got media attention 24/7 if she wants to say something. Anyone who would be swayed by her is already listening.
But it would look weird if she was there and heavily featured and the Chiefs weren't playing. This result makes it look much more "natural" which makes it easier for the public to accept and not question ("She's his gf, of course she's there! And if she just happened to endorse Biden/diminish Trump at or after being heavily featured on the most watched tv program of the year by far then that's just a coincidence!")
The point is that this introduces her to a mainstream American audience in the most "natural" way possible. Which then allows her to persuade the public throughout the rest of the year because we all will feel like we already "know" her. Plenty of people already "know" her, of course. But we don't need to reach those people. We need to reach the undecided and out of touch Americans in Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Arizona - and we do that by using the Super Bowl as a political branding opportunity with our cleancut and All-American characters of Taylor Swift and her classy bf Travis Kelce.
It's pretty simple marketing/branding/persuasion. Not even the most complicated marketing effort that she herself has been involved in.
But they don't need the super bowl for that. She could go outside wearing a Biden t-shirt and it'd be plastered all over everyone's screens in 20 minutes. Going to the effort of rigging the Superbowl to get Taylor Swift in front of people is just unnecessary. The work is already done for you.
The people you're trying to reach are the people who would never hear about her wearing a shirt like that.
You need uneducated swing voters in swing states. Aka, people who perpetually have their head in the sand. Using the Super Bowl is one of the only ways to reach those people and is one of the only remaining artifacts of the monoculture
Why would they give a shit about Taylor Swift's opinion if they're not already aware of her?
Why do people currently give a shit about Taylor Swift's opinion if they used to be unaware of her?
The goal is the spread her influence and encourage more Americans to follow her. Particularly women, who are more likely to support Swift and Democrats anyway
I don't think any of this, if true, is bad btw. It's how "free and fair" elections have always worked in the United States, or at least for the past 60 years. And it's worth it if it means Trump does not win
Doesn't mean we should pretend that our government doesn't regularly do things like this though
Why do people currently give a shit about Taylor Swift’s opinion if they used to be unaware of her?
Because they're morons? She's a manufactured celebrity. Her (or any other celebrity) opinion on politics should mean nothing to anyone.
Haven't the chiefs been in 3 of the last 4 SBs? They're a strong team, it's not much of a surprise.
They're genuinely not a strong team this year. They have no passcatchers outside of Kelce and their rb is a 7th rounder. Obviously Mahomes is good, but that's about it. They're the weakest they've been since this dynasty began, which is partially because they've had weak draft picks from all of their recent success.
So it strains credulity a bit that they're in the super bowl again given this team. San Francisco should destroy them without much of an issue - we'll see if that's in the script though
That’s because right wingers are the dumbest people on the planet
Reality is rigged
-the guy who went to Texas to watch JFK come back from the dead
He stil cum bak. We juss git dat and time rong. U will see. He cum back wit Jesus may b. U wood never even no be cause u librools cant see real trooth.
Thank u, god bless.
The fuck does Taylor Swift have to do with this?
She told people to vote and most Taylor Swift Fans probably aren‘t conservative
Also, conservatives hate when people get rights.
Dear wokeists,
if conservatives don‘t want people to have rights, then why are they part of the right-wing? Checkmate, liburals
Asking people to vote? In a democracy? How dare she! /s
She once only made country music, and she has many conservative fans.
Yes, but the fuck does she to do with the super bowl, I don't think she "owns" a team
She's pegging Travis Kelce, who's playing in the superb owl.
Her boyfriend is on one of the teams playing. That's it.
Important dick appointment either way, cheer-up or celebration.
Also there are some pretty hot AI generated pornography that so many people liked they shared it all over the place. Clearly something is up!
I love the idea that hard right idiots get enraged and boycott everything they love, leaving them sitting alone in their garages angrily muttering to themselves and hating everything.
Who would have guessed that defining your identity by the things you hate, and your politics by the people you want hurt, would lead one towards being a miserable fuck.
It's funnier cause they'll just scream about boycotting while not actually being willing to do it.
It must be exhausting being like these guys. Imagine spending that much emotional energy on hating stuff that you can just as easily ignore and go about your day.
Conservatives believe whatever feels good for them to believe at that exact moment. The only evidence they need that a white football player dating a white pop star is a psyop is the cortisol their brain gave them when they came up with the idea.
It would be funny if it wasn't also scary. These people are unhinged.
And most of them are armed.
Nothing is stopping sane Americans from being armed as well, don’t let the magas have all the firepower.
The NFL probably is rigged but not for the reasons these fuckheads think.
Can't believe you'd accuse the NFL, sponsored by Draft Kings and Fan Duel, of rigging the Super Bowl. Is nothing sponsored by Caesars Sports Book sacred?
See I could definitely see the NFL rigging this one to try to gain more fans, since the venn diagram of extremely dedicated football fans and extremely dedicated swifties is basically 2 seperate circles, so its a significant growth opportunity for the NFL
Based on what evidence???
"Everything The TV tells me not to like in life is on purpose and against me specifically!!! Everyone is thinking about me, all the time, and plotting. EVERYONE!"
Aren't you paying attention? She rigged the Superbowl so Joe Biden could score a touchdown. I think? Because she definitely couldn't tell people to vote without rigging the Superbowl.
This is one of the worst leftovers of the Trump Cult and regime. Trump got his cultists all hooked on conspiracy theories, and their brainwashed minds were not ready for that level of addictive content, and it worked far too well. It has become similar to a religion in many ways. Everything that makes Our People look bad is an evil conspiracy. Anything that doesn't work out well for Our People is a conspiracy against us.
Oh boy, I love stealing the superb owl from idiots.
My god those cowards will cry about everything.
The joke is on them... the game is definitely rigged, she's paid off the NFL so that she can announce she's running for president on an independent ticket against Trump and Biden.
Sadly, that could make Trump win. Swift stealing the younger voters from Biden. No trump supporters would waver for some young singer so the vote would split.
I was going to ask for someone to explain this for a non American that doesn't understand a word of it, but I think I'd rather remain ignorant tbh.
I'm American, I know what all the words mean, but they make no sense when put in that order.
Absolutamente the best course of action
American here. I’m sorry to report that 2024 is just a bad year to be literate on earth. The headline sounds batshit insane to me, and yet I can 100% hear some conservative family or acquaintance say it with zero joking or sarcasm.
I'm just waiting for it all to devolve into a kind of nonsense where they all go crazy and do a suicide pact or some shit like the Heavens Gate cult. It can't be far behind with the delusions they spit out day after day.
They had a trial run with bleach already
To be honest, I do not mind the Super Bowl getting ruined for these miserably ignorant and miserable knuckle-draggers.
In the national divorce... I never thought liberals would get football
That and the weird sub-cult of Elon Musk fanboys on the right that have resulted in a not huge but not insignificant number of Trumpanzees who are diehard drivers of... electric sedans...
My societal-collapse bingo card has been way off so far.
Well the other team is SF, which if I had to guess is probably the right's most hated city in America. It must be galling to them that the 49ers are easily one of the winningest teams in NFL history.
Is there a limit to right-wingers idiocity somewhere? I mean, there must be a point where some fellows pull a person back and tell "What you just said makes absolutely no sense!"
I'm sure there will be a convenient excuse lined up if the Chiefs don't win.
It's those damn liberals in San Francisco ruining it
"We changed the outcome by having discovered it! That'll show them!"
It certainly smells like a ploy to get more women to watch football, but that's about it.
I think the Chiefs have proven perfectly capable of going to the Superbowl by now lol
Yeah that's one of the bizarre parts of this. They've been to the super bowl 3 times in the last few years. But suddenly THIS year is the conspiracy to get them there.
Of course it could be purely happenstance. It's just that the dates of all these events are in such close proximity that one can't help but think that there are backroom machinations. Ultimately, I probably won't watch the Superbowl because I don't watch sports.
If Biden, who is from Delaware, were able to rig a Super Bowl, he would have the Baltimore Ravens, which are significantly closer to Delaware and undoubtedly have lots of fans there, in the big game instead of the Kansas City Chefs, who are much farther away from Delaware.
You jest, but I remember sitting in a bar in Vegas in the spring of 1994.
There were two guys in there going on and on about how the Clintons had rigged college basketball to ensure an Arkansas championship.
Biden wants to Mahomes cook. LET HIM COOK
You know a conspiracy theory is psychotic when it presumes a massive multi-billion dollar corporation would manipulate consumers into supporting their left-wing agenda.
They're obviously doing it for the money.
They said the same shit about Hillary. If she wins definite war with Russia, I knew people very concerned about that and it affected voting. I don’t understand the conservative mind.
Yeah phew, good thing you're not at war with Russia
Idk man. Had we gone to war with Russia, then they probably wouldn't have gone to war with Ukraine. Given their performance against Ukraine, we probably would have squashed them like a tiny little bug under the weight of our terrible boot. Then they probably wouldn't have the resources to run massive online troll farms any more, the Republican party would be negatively impacted, and there would be a lot less propaganda online. Perhaps the whole world would be a little better off if we had gone to war with Russia.
US vs Russia means NATO vs Russia, you don't want to see that war. It will not be fought with infantry and tanks.
makes you wonder though. Russia lost almost all their well trained forces in the opening weeks, what if they were perfectly trained to fight Americans but couldn't handle Ukrainian style of warfare? interesting whatif
Afaik that was because of a "no fly zone" comment she made, so it wasn't completely false.
Certainly the Chiefs don't have years of dominance...
Yeah, I don't get it. With 4 Super Bowl appearances in 5 years, they are clearly the Lord's anointed football team.
As a chiefs fan: see 2012. Not anointed, just incredibly lucky.
True, but that led to Andy Reid. Also, for a 2-14 team, there were a ton of Pro Bowl players on the team that year. I just knew they'd be monsters with the right coach.
The Pats went 5-11 in Belichick's first year. The Cowboys went 1-15 in Jimmy Johnson's first year. Sometimes you have to walk through the desert before you reach the promise land.
Maybe tell the right wingers that inhaling oxygen is socialism and supported by Biden and the Democrats.
That could solve all of our problems.
I hear some republican called Cohaagen is trying to make that claim
lol
The officiating crew they had at that game, and how many times they cut to her, it doesn't make me tinfoil hat, but it does remind me the NFL is almost entirely profit driven.
Also comparing comment threads (on YouTube) of the games yesterday, it's amazing how much more derision is stirred when the officials seem to have bias (chiefs ravens), compared to when the game is called with restraint (49ers lions). The niners lions comments were downright civil, while Ravens and Chiefs were openly hostile.
She can't endorse him right now?
And you fascist fucks are powerless to do anything about it. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Counterpoint, I saw the Ravens play this Sunday. This is a fair point.
Yes, it was a liberal conspiracy to defeat the rabidly conservative city of.... Baltimore.
Counter-counterpoint.
The Lions collapse was even more boggling.
It's all part of the woke agenda for San Francisco to win. The corporations (and liberals) need that gay representation in the Super Bowl to sell more Pepsi!
Vivek Ramaswamy, this mutha fucka down the rabbit hole. He's paranoid AF
As a Niners fan…I fully expect Taylor swift to win
Kittle does his thing, Greenlaw and Bosa too.
what is this timeline
Curses! Foiled again!
A centrally located team for a centrist candidate.
Imagine your favorite thing in the world - sweaty men trying to push a handegg up and down a field - being infiltrated and rigged so even that is no longer sacred for your Sunday winter ritual. Fucking epic.
"Right wingers"? Who? Some former presidential hopeful and some lady named Laura? We need to set a number when some "journalist" says a group of people are saying/doing something. 40, 50 people. I don't know. A few turds on Twitter hardly qualifies. Election season is certainly heating up.
This is so incredibly stupid.
NFL fans around the league, regardless of political faction, have been calling the Taylor Swift Super Bowl since the relationship was announced. It isn’t right wingers doing this.
Just wait. We will see Taylor Swift lift the Super Bowl trophy next to Mahomes and Kelce. It’ll be plastered all over everything for a month.
It isn’t right wingers doing this.
It's pretty annoying when people are obviously just responding to the headline. Read the damn article. It's about specific right wingers pushing the conspiracy theory. So in this case, yes. It is in fact, right wingers doing this.
But only Fascists & Conservatives are brain-dead stupid enough to actually believe this is some kind of conspiracy & that the other however many teams in the Chief's conference would go along with it.
It's staggeringly stupid, but if you can believe in a magical old man living in the sky that watches you masturbate, you can believe in anything.
Don't kink shame god. It gets boring up in heaven.
It's almost like it's the chiefs' fourth Superbowl with Mahomes and they're a decent team to place bets on. Though as a native to KC it's a bit wild considering the regular season they just played. I like to think the guys I know shitting on Kelce for not having his best year are feeling like assholes for being so sexist about how "women ruin men's careers."
Just wow. Only a tidbit of the crazy they are spouting in this article.
This shit sounds like deepfried AI hallucinations, but I know people are actually that dumb.
Remember every accusation is a confession…
And they'll somehow always find ways to bring you to a loss for words even when you expect the absolutely deepest level of stupidity and craziness you can imagine. These past handful of years have just been a constant shattering of expectations of how dumb and fucked up people manage to be. And 90% of it is coming from right-wing fanatics.
Normal people are not equipped for the power of the internet.
Didn’t seem to care about that too much during Covid, not sure why it’s a problem for him now.
If the guy is endorsing a team from San Francisco, the capital of libruls and the gay, he must be part of the conspiracy.
Absolutely. If anyone is going to stop socialism, Jewish space lasers, and the San Francisco 49ers, it's a guy from Kansas with a mustache and his blonde country singer girlfriend.
Really feels like conservatives picked the wrong side here?
Why are there people so convinced that football, or the outcome of any sporting event, matters at all? Like I know that this is just some media manipulators trying to stir people up, but I also fully believe that they will succeed and that the number of people who will find this argument compelling will be depressing (though who knows, maybe humanity will have a pleasant surprise).
Main character syndrome. They all think they're God's chosen, but they all also secretly believe that they are God's chosen-er
The World Cup defeat that lost an election
But hey, no pressure or anything guys.
I don't get it, do the Chiefs have Swift and Kelce as spokespeople or something? Why would they tour with Chiefs, if that's what they're saying.
Travis Kelce plays for the chiefs, Taylor and Travis are dating. Taylor is present at many chiefs games and almost surely will be at the Super Bowl. Taylor is very outspoken about the need to vote, rarely if ever says who to vote for but presses the need to have your voice heard. Republicans and other fascists know that their policies are wildly unpopular, especially with the youth, and so hate the idea of anyone encouraging the youth or anyone else to vote and possibly outnumber the hateful citizens that normally vote for republicans
Had to look up this Kelce fellow. He has earrings? Oh noooo (for right wingers).
Your mistake is trying to understand crazy
It reads like someone parodying schizophrenia.
I don't want what he is having.
Lmao what the actual fuck 🤣
Taylor Swift stole my pic-a-nic basket!
Somebody's playing with the cursed Mad Libs booklet again.
Japan gets the Death Note, America gets the Conspiracy Mad Lib...
That seems fair.
My right wing neighbor dropped this conspiracy on me a few months ago, when Kelce and Swift just started dating. His thought was that Kelce had a COVID vaccine commercial, and the government was using him and Swift to reach a broader population of little girls to brainwash them into getting the vaccine for the "fake disease".
I haven't followed up with him on it, but now that the Chiefs are in the Super Bowl, I'm sure he's doubling down on his crazy conspiracy theory. I guess I shouldn't say "his" theory. I didn't realize it at the time, because I don't mainline Fox News and News Max, but I guess this must have been something my neighbor heard on some crazy show at some point.
That has to be the lamest conspiracy theory of 2024, and we're only in January. Strap in, kids. It's election year and it's finna be a doozy.
actually, they have been planning a new series of incredibly complex conspiracies with almost no payoff, as a conspiracy to make regular conspiracies seem less plausible....
Some kind of Big Lie you might say
Cue the anon.
Hahahahahahaha bahahahahahaaa. Oh wait... They're serious. Let me laugh even harder BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAHQHAHAH!
There's a Q six letters in. There's 12 months in a year, which is 6x2. That means THIS YEAR BIDEN RIGGED THE SUPER BOWL! It's clearly an admission from a secret agent associatied with Q.
/s just in case it's needed, because we live in the dumbest of all possible time lines.
Careful, every time we say we live in the dumbest possible timeline somebody on the other side says hold my beer.
Homer Simpson: "We live in the dumbest possible timeline... so far."
"Editor wastes ink on this bullshit instead of the news"
Not a waste of ink - it got you and a bunch of to read and react to it.
And thar's gold in them eyeballs......
Jokes on them. No one reads articles here.
That's why they're putting ads in the headlines now.
Implying that anything happening in the US is news, not just bullshit.
Breaking News, A Squirrel fell out of a tree!
Taylor Swift doesn't need the Superbowl.
Conservatives are so out of touch that they think that Taylor Swift still needs a platform after a record breaking music tour. If anything, she is the platform that the NFL needs for a female audience, not the other way around.
She can have a regular owl like the rest of us.
You have an owl? Funny i never got mine.
I can't even afford an artificial owl. :(
Nobody does, really.
I dunno, I imagine it'd be a cool brand name for oversized toilets.
I prefer the owls
I'm almost certain she can just buy a Superbowl now
Right wingers say stupid shit that makes no fucking sense. News at 11.
Are there any shady commercials of products that I can buy before 11?
I'll sell you the rights to buy pluerpen coin at half its actual value when it is released next month. That's a whole 50% off, and it'll almost certainly go up in value one million percent the first week. This is totally a very legit and real coin that will displace Bitcoin. So, how many coins do you want to buy? With your 50% discount they're only $37,000 per coin. Should I put you down for 5?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTNSkgv4nPI
when I was reading 1984 a few years back it occurred to to me that the main character is trapped in his own hell. he tells you how he is dependent on big brother for everything, even his opinion. But his temptation and love and freedom cause his downfall. His handler even knows he will one day fall into the snare. And when they break him, they do so with simple lies that he is forced to believe, because its all that he has left.
But its not big government that is keeping him trapped. He could leave his life and become a prole but his fear is too great. And he returns to the party even when he knows its his doom.
The conservatives are trapped in this same hell cycle. Brought on by themselves. And they fear that leaving the party so much so that they will harm anyone else who tires.
Sounds like 1984 is about to get banned South of the Mason Dixon. Can't have these liberal, Yankee views corrupting the youth.
1984 + Biden (5 letters) = 1989 = Taylor Swift
Funny because I saw this thread and thought of the Two Minutes Hate.
You say this as if liberals aren't caught in the same trap.
Just because conservatives are rotted doesn't mean they're the only ones
Not much critical thinking goes on in the United States, regardless of party. Which prevents the development of any understanding of material conditions or structural oppression
The definition of neoliberalism:
"Neoliberalism is an economic and political ideology that emphasizes the value of free market capitalism, minimal state intervention in the economy, and the importance of individual entrepreneurial freedoms. Central to neoliberalism is the belief that open markets, free trade, and the unrestricted flow of capital are the best means to achieve economic growth and societal prosperity.
Historically, neoliberalism gained prominence in the late 20th century, particularly under the leadership of figures like Margaret Thatcher in the UK and Ronald Reagan in the US. This period marked a significant shift from Keynesian economics, which advocated for stronger government intervention in the economy, to a model favoring deregulation, privatization of state-owned enterprises, and a reduced role for government in social welfare.
The impact of neoliberalism has been global, influencing economic policies across various countries. It led to the liberalization of international trade and finance, the proliferation of free trade agreements, and the globalization of economic activities. However, it has also been critiqued for increasing income inequality, contributing to social disparities, and exacerbating environmental degradation due to its focus on economic growth and efficiency over social and ecological concerns."
Yeah, those damn liberals and their... Summer school lunch programs... And not wanting kids to get cut to ribbons in the Rio Grande... And wanting to assure access to healthcare, no matter who you are or your gender expression, or if you want safe access to an abortion... And want to end systemic racism...
Yeah, you're right - both sides are the same. /S
While I'd join your side here, the term "neoliberalism" does not refer to a contemporary form of liberalism but, rather, has been coined to mean, roughly: "unchecked capitalism, privatization of services and reduction of state-run programs."
For what it's worth, I find it an incredibly poorly chosen term, since there is no relation to liberalism (liberalism as in "live and let live, personal freedoms, tolerance"). If liberal-bashing wasn't so popular, it could as well have been called "neoconservatism" since it was Reagan and his ilk that pushed this kind of economics.
Or it could just be tucked under the umbrella of libertarianism.
Yeah, I caught that a bit too late. I agree wholeheartedly that it sounds a heck of a lot like libertarianism, and that it's intentionally conflated into neoliberalism purposefully to bash the liberal "brand" (?). And this poster's propensity for both-sides arguing kind of confirms that for me.
Maybe you should Google neoliberalism. You seem to be unaware of what it is and what it has done to social democracy
Summer school lunch programs and restricting kids from getting sliced up in a booby trapped river.
All this and more on neoliberalism today.
Seriously if that's what we have to watch out for sign me up. I back social protections all damn day.
The erosion of all social programs has occurred under neoliberalism. The reason that things are the way they are is because of neoliberal policies that have been in place for the past 50 years. The reason that school lunch is as weak as it is is because of neoliberalism's successful war against the New Deal and its destruction of American social democracy.
In case you legitimately don't know what the term neoliberalism means, which you may not because the United States' propaganda has grossly distorted the meaning of the word "liberal":
"Neoliberalism is an economic and political ideology that emphasizes the value of free market capitalism, minimal state intervention in the economy, and the importance of individual entrepreneurial freedoms. Central to neoliberalism is the belief that open markets, free trade, and the unrestricted flow of capital are the best means to achieve economic growth and societal prosperity.
Historically, neoliberalism gained prominence in the late 20th century, particularly under the leadership of figures like Margaret Thatcher in the UK and Ronald Reagan in the US. This period marked a significant shift from Keynesian economics, which advocated for stronger government intervention in the economy, to a model favoring deregulation, privatization of state-owned enterprises, and a reduced role for government in social welfare.
The impact of neoliberalism has been global, influencing economic policies across various countries. It led to the liberalization of international trade and finance, the proliferation of free trade agreements, and the globalization of economic activities. However, it has also been critiqued for increasing income inequality, contributing to social disparities, and exacerbating environmental degradation due to its focus on economic growth and efficiency over social and ecological concerns."
This really seems like you're very hung up on semantics.
Its not semantics to name and recognize the ideology and platform of the Western ruling class for the past 50 years
Okay, but when Americans say 'liberal,' that's not what they're talking about and I'm sure you know that. So yes, it is semantics.
When they say "neoliberal" that's precisely what is meant.
And why is it that the United States would have a different meaning of the word "liberal" compared to the rest of the Anglosphere/The West?
Who benefits from that conflation of terms? And, more importantly, who is harmed?
For the same reason that most of the rest of the people in the rest of the English-speaking world say 'biscuit' and they say cookie in the U.S. Believe it or not, things mean different things in different countries. Also, believe it or not, you do not to get to dictate what those things mean.
No, but the ruling class does. And they benefit from the public not perceiving what they have done to our public good.
FDR is dead and Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan killed him in the name of economic growth
If you think Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher supported any form of liberalism you are seriously, seriously out of touch with reality. I don't know if you lived through those times or not, but I did and there was not a shred of liberalism anywhere near the vicinity of those two individuals.
Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher are the poster children of neoliberalism.
Neoliberalism is an economic and political ideology that emerged in the latter half of the 20th century. It advocates for free-market capitalism with minimal state intervention. Key tenets of neoliberalism include deregulation of industries, privatization of state-owned enterprises, reduction of government spending, particularly on social welfare, and the promotion of free trade.
Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, although nominally politically conservatives, implemented policies that strongly align with neoliberalism:
Market Liberalization: Both Reagan and Thatcher aggressively pursued market liberalization policies. They reduced government regulation in several key industries, believing that an unregulated market would be more efficient and beneficial for economic growth.
Privatization: Thatcher's government notably privatized several state-owned enterprises in the UK, including British Telecom and British Gas. Similarly, Reagan's administration promoted privatization in various sectors, shifting responsibilities from the government to private entities.
Tax Policy: Both leaders implemented significant tax reforms, reducing the tax burden, especially for businesses and higher-income individuals. This approach reflects a neoliberal belief in stimulating investment and economic growth through lower taxes.
Reduction in Social Welfare Spending: Both Thatcher and Reagan cut government spending on social welfare programs. This aligns with the neoliberal view that too much state provision can stifle individual initiative and market efficiency.
In the context of economic and political ideologies, "liberalism" can have different meanings. In the classical sense, it refers to a philosophy emphasizing individual freedoms, limited government, and free markets. This classical liberalism aligns with some aspects of neoliberalism, such as the emphasis on free markets. However, in modern American political discourse, "liberal" often denotes a preference for more government intervention in the economy, social welfare, and progressive social policies, which is somewhat at odds with both classical liberalism and neoliberalism.
Therefore, while Reagan and Thatcher were politically conservative, their economic policies were liberal in the classical sense and distinctly neoliberal. They emphasized free-market capitalism and reduced government intervention, aligning with the core principles of neoliberalism.
Unfortunately, us Americans have permanently conflated "liberal" to mean "democrat". It was part of a targeted effort to drag the Overton Window further to the right.
Most Americans just think a "progressive" is someone who buys that brand of insurance.
Was this a ChatGPT response too?
Most of it, why?
So then why don't they bet on it and make tons of cash?
Because there's a chance trump and the good guys can defeat the forces of evil and un-rig the SuperBowl
But only if you send them a cheque for your entire life savings
What, and take time out of their busy outrage schedule?
They probably will bet on it.
How does that dispute their underlying point?
Also, I very much doubt that NFL game fixing is so hard to believe. The United States has a strong history of game fixing in all of its nationally popular athletic leagues. From boxing to baseball. (Say it ain't so, Joe)
So we should not be surprised at the possibility that the NFL would do the same thing, particularly after happily integrating gambling into their entire product at an unprecedented rate over the past 5 years.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_match-fixing_incidents
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sox_Scandal
Regardless, this is legitimately the most important presidential election in US history. Trump's victory would destroy the United States. Given that, it would be malpractice for the American and Western intelligence agencies not to utilize the most watched 3.5 hours of 2024 American television to diminish Trump and boost his opponents.
I hope that Taylor Swift/The Chiefs are a psychological operation of our intelligence agencies. Our agencies need to be doing things like that to ensure Trump loses. Because if he wins then The West will end. And I have to live here in The West, so I would prefer that it didn't end.
Wait, so you're hoping that the American government is covertly manipulating the roughly 1 in 3 Americans who watch the Superbowl expressly to retain the incumbents power because it means we'd avoid a fascist autocracy?
Yes, because the alternative would be even worse
I fully agree that our current system is incredibly broken though. It's just that Trump, and the Heritage Foundations Project 2025, etc, would make things drastically worse than they already are
We aren't a meaningfully "free" country, at least not by any charitable definition. But that doesn't mean we can't get worse. We can, and we will if Trump wins
But if you become a monster just so you can destroy a monster, have you really accomplished anything worthwhile?
I just want the fascists on my side.
Depends how bad the other monster was, I suppose.
Becoming Tony Soprano as a means of stopping Sauron, for instance, would likely be worth it.
Here, the combined intelligence agencies of the West appear to think that Trump is an existential threat to Western civilization. If they're correct about that then I guess that justifies rigging the Super Bowl. Especially when you consider that there are significantly worse things (Gaza Genocide) going on right now. To say nothing of the bad things that they/we did in the past
Annnnnd now X (formerly known as Twitter) is banning search for “Taylor Swift” due to AI fakes. But really it is to mute her potential powerbroker endorsement of Biden. Seriously.
Taylor should start her own Fediverse instance
Edit: Get Margot Robbie to help out since she's already been here, ostensibly
Fairly certain Musk is not playing 5d chess and this is just a lovely coincidence for him
At this point I'm not sure Elon even knows how to play regular chess.
Is that the game in which you shit on the board and declare yourself the winner?
You misheard her. She said, "Shit on my chest!"
He'd refuse even if he knew because the Queens are "too woke."
Why would the Superbowl need to be rigged for her to do this? Everything the woman does is already reported and televised everywhere.
The theory is that it needs to be rigged so that the Chiefs are in the super bowl because she is linked to Chiefs player Travis Kelce. So Kelce playing in the Super Bowl gives her a very plausible reason for being there and for being heavily featured with him
I get that. What I'm saying is it doesn't matter. She's got media attention 24/7 if she wants to say something. Anyone who would be swayed by her is already listening.
But it would look weird if she was there and heavily featured and the Chiefs weren't playing. This result makes it look much more "natural" which makes it easier for the public to accept and not question ("She's his gf, of course she's there! And if she just happened to endorse Biden/diminish Trump at or after being heavily featured on the most watched tv program of the year by far then that's just a coincidence!")
The point is that this introduces her to a mainstream American audience in the most "natural" way possible. Which then allows her to persuade the public throughout the rest of the year because we all will feel like we already "know" her. Plenty of people already "know" her, of course. But we don't need to reach those people. We need to reach the undecided and out of touch Americans in Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Arizona - and we do that by using the Super Bowl as a political branding opportunity with our cleancut and All-American characters of Taylor Swift and her classy bf Travis Kelce.
It's pretty simple marketing/branding/persuasion. Not even the most complicated marketing effort that she herself has been involved in.
But they don't need the super bowl for that. She could go outside wearing a Biden t-shirt and it'd be plastered all over everyone's screens in 20 minutes. Going to the effort of rigging the Superbowl to get Taylor Swift in front of people is just unnecessary. The work is already done for you.
The people you're trying to reach are the people who would never hear about her wearing a shirt like that.
You need uneducated swing voters in swing states. Aka, people who perpetually have their head in the sand. Using the Super Bowl is one of the only ways to reach those people and is one of the only remaining artifacts of the monoculture
Why would they give a shit about Taylor Swift's opinion if they're not already aware of her?
Why do people currently give a shit about Taylor Swift's opinion if they used to be unaware of her?
The goal is the spread her influence and encourage more Americans to follow her. Particularly women, who are more likely to support Swift and Democrats anyway
I don't think any of this, if true, is bad btw. It's how "free and fair" elections have always worked in the United States, or at least for the past 60 years. And it's worth it if it means Trump does not win
Doesn't mean we should pretend that our government doesn't regularly do things like this though
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO
Because they're morons? She's a manufactured celebrity. Her (or any other celebrity) opinion on politics should mean nothing to anyone.
Haven't the chiefs been in 3 of the last 4 SBs? They're a strong team, it's not much of a surprise.
They're genuinely not a strong team this year. They have no passcatchers outside of Kelce and their rb is a 7th rounder. Obviously Mahomes is good, but that's about it. They're the weakest they've been since this dynasty began, which is partially because they've had weak draft picks from all of their recent success.
So it strains credulity a bit that they're in the super bowl again given this team. San Francisco should destroy them without much of an issue - we'll see if that's in the script though
That’s because right wingers are the dumbest people on the planet
Reality is rigged -the guy who went to Texas to watch JFK come back from the dead
He stil cum bak. We juss git dat and time rong. U will see. He cum back wit Jesus may b. U wood never even no be cause u librools cant see real trooth.
Thank u, god bless.
The fuck does Taylor Swift have to do with this?
She told people to vote and most Taylor Swift Fans probably aren‘t conservative
Also, conservatives hate when people get rights.
Dear wokeists, if conservatives don‘t want people to have rights, then why are they part of the right-wing? Checkmate, liburals
Asking people to vote? In a democracy? How dare she! /s
She once only made country music, and she has many conservative fans.
Yes, but the fuck does she to do with the super bowl, I don't think she "owns" a team
She's pegging Travis Kelce, who's playing in the superb owl.
Her boyfriend is on one of the teams playing. That's it.
Important dick appointment either way, cheer-up or celebration.
Also there are some pretty hot AI generated pornography that so many people liked they shared it all over the place. Clearly something is up!
I love the idea that hard right idiots get enraged and boycott everything they love, leaving them sitting alone in their garages angrily muttering to themselves and hating everything.
Who would have guessed that defining your identity by the things you hate, and your politics by the people you want hurt, would lead one towards being a miserable fuck.
It's funnier cause they'll just scream about boycotting while not actually being willing to do it.
It must be exhausting being like these guys. Imagine spending that much emotional energy on hating stuff that you can just as easily ignore and go about your day.
Conservatives believe whatever feels good for them to believe at that exact moment. The only evidence they need that a white football player dating a white pop star is a psyop is the cortisol their brain gave them when they came up with the idea.
It would be funny if it wasn't also scary. These people are unhinged.
And most of them are armed.
Nothing is stopping sane Americans from being armed as well, don’t let the magas have all the firepower.
The NFL probably is rigged but not for the reasons these fuckheads think.
Can't believe you'd accuse the NFL, sponsored by Draft Kings and Fan Duel, of rigging the Super Bowl. Is nothing sponsored by Caesars Sports Book sacred?
See I could definitely see the NFL rigging this one to try to gain more fans, since the venn diagram of extremely dedicated football fans and extremely dedicated swifties is basically 2 seperate circles, so its a significant growth opportunity for the NFL
Based on what evidence???
"Everything The TV tells me not to like in life is on purpose and against me specifically!!! Everyone is thinking about me, all the time, and plotting. EVERYONE!"
Aren't you paying attention? She rigged the Superbowl so Joe Biden could score a touchdown. I think? Because she definitely couldn't tell people to vote without rigging the Superbowl.
This is one of the worst leftovers of the Trump Cult and regime. Trump got his cultists all hooked on conspiracy theories, and their brainwashed minds were not ready for that level of addictive content, and it worked far too well. It has become similar to a religion in many ways. Everything that makes Our People look bad is an evil conspiracy. Anything that doesn't work out well for Our People is a conspiracy against us.
Oh boy, I love stealing the superb owl from idiots.
My god those cowards will cry about everything.
The joke is on them... the game is definitely rigged, she's paid off the NFL so that she can announce she's running for president on an independent ticket against Trump and Biden.
Sadly, that could make Trump win. Swift stealing the younger voters from Biden. No trump supporters would waver for some young singer so the vote would split.
I was going to ask for someone to explain this for a non American that doesn't understand a word of it, but I think I'd rather remain ignorant tbh.
I'm American, I know what all the words mean, but they make no sense when put in that order.
Absolutamente the best course of action
American here. I’m sorry to report that 2024 is just a bad year to be literate on earth. The headline sounds batshit insane to me, and yet I can 100% hear some conservative family or acquaintance say it with zero joking or sarcasm.
I'm just waiting for it all to devolve into a kind of nonsense where they all go crazy and do a suicide pact or some shit like the Heavens Gate cult. It can't be far behind with the delusions they spit out day after day.
They had a trial run with bleach already
To be honest, I do not mind the Super Bowl getting ruined for these miserably ignorant and miserable knuckle-draggers.
In the national divorce... I never thought liberals would get football
That and the weird sub-cult of Elon Musk fanboys on the right that have resulted in a not huge but not insignificant number of Trumpanzees who are diehard drivers of... electric sedans...
My societal-collapse bingo card has been way off so far.
Well the other team is SF, which if I had to guess is probably the right's most hated city in America. It must be galling to them that the 49ers are easily one of the winningest teams in NFL history.
Is there a limit to right-wingers idiocity somewhere? I mean, there must be a point where some fellows pull a person back and tell "What you just said makes absolutely no sense!"
I'm sure there will be a convenient excuse lined up if the Chiefs don't win.
It's those damn liberals in San Francisco ruining it
"We changed the outcome by having discovered it! That'll show them!"
It certainly smells like a ploy to get more women to watch football, but that's about it.
I think the Chiefs have proven perfectly capable of going to the Superbowl by now lol
Yeah that's one of the bizarre parts of this. They've been to the super bowl 3 times in the last few years. But suddenly THIS year is the conspiracy to get them there.
Of course it could be purely happenstance. It's just that the dates of all these events are in such close proximity that one can't help but think that there are backroom machinations. Ultimately, I probably won't watch the Superbowl because I don't watch sports.
If Biden, who is from Delaware, were able to rig a Super Bowl, he would have the Baltimore Ravens, which are significantly closer to Delaware and undoubtedly have lots of fans there, in the big game instead of the Kansas City Chefs, who are much farther away from Delaware.
You jest, but I remember sitting in a bar in Vegas in the spring of 1994.
There were two guys in there going on and on about how the Clintons had rigged college basketball to ensure an Arkansas championship.
Biden wants to Mahomes cook. LET HIM COOK
You know a conspiracy theory is psychotic when it presumes a massive multi-billion dollar corporation would manipulate consumers into supporting their left-wing agenda.
They're obviously doing it for the money.
They said the same shit about Hillary. If she wins definite war with Russia, I knew people very concerned about that and it affected voting. I don’t understand the conservative mind.
Yeah phew, good thing you're not at war with Russia
Idk man. Had we gone to war with Russia, then they probably wouldn't have gone to war with Ukraine. Given their performance against Ukraine, we probably would have squashed them like a tiny little bug under the weight of our terrible boot. Then they probably wouldn't have the resources to run massive online troll farms any more, the Republican party would be negatively impacted, and there would be a lot less propaganda online. Perhaps the whole world would be a little better off if we had gone to war with Russia.
US vs Russia means NATO vs Russia, you don't want to see that war. It will not be fought with infantry and tanks.
makes you wonder though. Russia lost almost all their well trained forces in the opening weeks, what if they were perfectly trained to fight Americans but couldn't handle Ukrainian style of warfare? interesting whatif
Afaik that was because of a "no fly zone" comment she made, so it wasn't completely false.
Certainly the Chiefs don't have years of dominance...
Yeah, I don't get it. With 4 Super Bowl appearances in 5 years, they are clearly the Lord's anointed football team.
As a chiefs fan: see 2012. Not anointed, just incredibly lucky.
True, but that led to Andy Reid. Also, for a 2-14 team, there were a ton of Pro Bowl players on the team that year. I just knew they'd be monsters with the right coach.
The Pats went 5-11 in Belichick's first year. The Cowboys went 1-15 in Jimmy Johnson's first year. Sometimes you have to walk through the desert before you reach the promise land.
Maybe tell the right wingers that inhaling oxygen is socialism and supported by Biden and the Democrats.
That could solve all of our problems.
I hear some republican called Cohaagen is trying to make that claim
lol
The officiating crew they had at that game, and how many times they cut to her, it doesn't make me tinfoil hat, but it does remind me the NFL is almost entirely profit driven.
Also comparing comment threads (on YouTube) of the games yesterday, it's amazing how much more derision is stirred when the officials seem to have bias (chiefs ravens), compared to when the game is called with restraint (49ers lions). The niners lions comments were downright civil, while Ravens and Chiefs were openly hostile.
She can't endorse him right now?
And you fascist fucks are powerless to do anything about it. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Counterpoint, I saw the Ravens play this Sunday. This is a fair point.
Yes, it was a liberal conspiracy to defeat the rabidly conservative city of.... Baltimore.
Counter-counterpoint.
The Lions collapse was even more boggling.
It's all part of the woke agenda for San Francisco to win. The corporations (and liberals) need that gay representation in the Super Bowl to sell more Pepsi!
Vivek Ramaswamy, this mutha fucka down the rabbit hole. He's paranoid AF
As a Niners fan…I fully expect Taylor swift to win
Kittle does his thing, Greenlaw and Bosa too.
what is this timeline
Curses! Foiled again!
A centrally located team for a centrist candidate.
Imagine your favorite thing in the world - sweaty men trying to push a handegg up and down a field - being infiltrated and rigged so even that is no longer sacred for your Sunday winter ritual. Fucking epic.
"Right wingers"? Who? Some former presidential hopeful and some lady named Laura? We need to set a number when some "journalist" says a group of people are saying/doing something. 40, 50 people. I don't know. A few turds on Twitter hardly qualifies. Election season is certainly heating up.
This is so incredibly stupid.
NFL fans around the league, regardless of political faction, have been calling the Taylor Swift Super Bowl since the relationship was announced. It isn’t right wingers doing this.
Just wait. We will see Taylor Swift lift the Super Bowl trophy next to Mahomes and Kelce. It’ll be plastered all over everything for a month.
It's pretty annoying when people are obviously just responding to the headline. Read the damn article. It's about specific right wingers pushing the conspiracy theory. So in this case, yes. It is in fact, right wingers doing this.
But only Fascists & Conservatives are brain-dead stupid enough to actually believe this is some kind of conspiracy & that the other however many teams in the Chief's conference would go along with it.
It's staggeringly stupid, but if you can believe in a magical old man living in the sky that watches you masturbate, you can believe in anything.
Don't kink shame god. It gets boring up in heaven.
It's almost like it's the chiefs' fourth Superbowl with Mahomes and they're a decent team to place bets on. Though as a native to KC it's a bit wild considering the regular season they just played. I like to think the guys I know shitting on Kelce for not having his best year are feeling like assholes for being so sexist about how "women ruin men's careers."