Taylor Swift was able to buy her privacy at MSG. What about the rest of us?

Reply to Taylor Swift was able to buy her privacy at MSG. What about the rest of us? on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:12:02 GMT

eager_eagle@lemmy.world — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:12:02 GMT

I'd prefer not to have a car, but this country makes it really inconvenient to do it, so I have one. That's not a double standard, that's adapting to your reality. Maybe the sec team arrived to the conclusion that they wouldn't be as effective without them in a society under the 2nd amendment.

Reply to Taylor Swift was able to buy her privacy at MSG. What about the rest of us? on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:06:02 GMT

spacenoodle@lemmy.world — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:06:02 GMT

I'm not sure I've hear her argue about anything

Reply to Taylor Swift was able to buy her privacy at MSG. What about the rest of us? on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:00:02 GMT

dancemomssavedme@lemmy.zip — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:00:02 GMT

Those people can carry guns and if they can afford it then they can hire armed guards too.

I don't make the economic rules but if you can't afford armed security then yeah, you won't have armed security I guess.

Reply to Taylor Swift was able to buy her privacy at MSG. What about the rest of us? on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:23:31 GMT

pucker4676@lemmy.ml — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:23:31 GMT

There's no such thing as a good billionaire.

Reply to Taylor Swift was able to buy her privacy at MSG. What about the rest of us? on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:04:34 GMT

lastyearsirritant@sopuli.xyz — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:04:34 GMT

What about non-millionaire/billionaire people with stalkers? People have violent Ex's, violent coworkers - and rarely, but still happens - violent strangers.

Poor people have lives that are threatened. Domestic abuse/murder is all too common all across the world.

So why is she more valuable?

Reply to Taylor Swift was able to buy her privacy at MSG. What about the rest of us? on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 06:39:34 GMT

robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 06:39:34 GMT

this really isn't the gotcha people think it is

Reply to Taylor Swift was able to buy her privacy at MSG. What about the rest of us? on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 06:33:15 GMT

the_che_banana@beehaw.org — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 06:33:15 GMT

There's a lesson here: stop being poor

Reply to Taylor Swift was able to buy her privacy at MSG. What about the rest of us? on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:54:54 GMT

unabart@sh.itjust.works — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:54:54 GMT

Life’s like a shit sandwich… the more bread you got, the less shit you’ll taste.

Reply to Taylor Swift was able to buy her privacy at MSG. What about the rest of us? on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:10:40 GMT

echo@lemmy.today — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:10:40 GMT

If you have the money to spend, then probably yes.

Reply to Taylor Swift was able to buy her privacy at MSG. What about the rest of us? on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:02:47 GMT

malyca@lemmy.zip — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:02:47 GMT

Swift is a billionaire

Reply to Taylor Swift was able to buy her privacy at MSG. What about the rest of us? on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:02:35 GMT

malyca@lemmy.zip — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:02:35 GMT

She does, at least she has a compelling argument for it.

Reply to Taylor Swift was able to buy her privacy at MSG. What about the rest of us? on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 03:42:39 GMT

papastevesy@lemmy.world — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 03:42:39 GMT

Even if you're not a billionaire, there are plenty of consumer-grade non/less-lethal self-defense tools available, I'm sure her security could get the military-grade shit though. It would be a nice change of pace to see her actually fight for anything worthwhile, she's so influential she could change the world overnight. All I've ever seen her fight for is more money.

Reply to Taylor Swift was able to buy her privacy at MSG. What about the rest of us? on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 03:32:33 GMT

dancemomssavedme@lemmy.zip — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 03:32:33 GMT

We don't because we aren't millionaire musicians.

You ever seen the stalker that targeted Bjork or some of the unhinged superfan people in South Korea who stalk down KPOP members?

There's some weird people out there man. I think if you are that famous then yes you kind of do need armed guards like that.

Especially with some of the frothing at the mouth MAGA folks out there who some of them think she's like a plant or deep state propagandist or some other weird shit I only saw it in passing on some Facebook posts by those people.

Reply to Taylor Swift was able to buy her privacy at MSG. What about the rest of us? on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 02:53:06 GMT

alexstarfire@lemmy.world — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 02:53:06 GMT

They didn't have the best example. But you can't really expect to guard against guns with knives and tasers. Sometimes you have to use what is available while fighting for change.

Reply to Taylor Swift was able to buy her privacy at MSG. What about the rest of us? on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 02:20:11 GMT

spacenoodle@lemmy.world — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 02:20:11 GMT

Sorry, I forgot that we all need a team of armed guards in order to exist.

Reply to Taylor Swift was able to buy her privacy at MSG. What about the rest of us? on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 02:12:16 GMT

jmp242@sopuli.xyz — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 02:12:16 GMT

Idk I think this is similar to being against exploitative capitalism but also shopping at Walmart because you need to be able to eat.

Reply to Taylor Swift was able to buy her privacy at MSG. What about the rest of us? on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 01:41:55 GMT

voytrekk@sopuli.xyz — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 01:41:55 GMT

Venues should not be allowed to have this level of surveillance for public events. The way the owner of MSG has uesd it is proof enough, banning people for unrelated reasons because the owner is a massive piece of shit.

Reply to Taylor Swift was able to buy her privacy at MSG. What about the rest of us? on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 01:16:40 GMT

rotatingparts@lemmy.ml — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 01:16:40 GMT

Not privacy related, but ... another double standard is that she is against guns yet her security team was armed at her wedding.