{"id":2282480,"date":"2024-06-24T07:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T11:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taylor-swifts-own-lyrics-come-back-to-haunt-her-gets-slammed-for-singing-vulgar-song-around-young-fans\/"},"modified":"2024-06-24T07:59:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T11:59:42","slug":"taylor-swifts-own-lyrics-come-back-to-haunt-her-gets-slammed-for-singing-vulgar-song-around-young-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taylor-swifts-own-lyrics-come-back-to-haunt-her-gets-slammed-for-singing-vulgar-song-around-young-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift&#8217;s Own Lyrics Come Back to Haunt Her; Gets Slammed for Singing Vulgar Song Around Young Fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftaylor-swifts-own-lyrics-come-back-to-haunt-her-gets-slammed-for-singing-vulgar-song-around-young-fans%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2282480&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the controversy surrounding Taylor Swift&#8217;s use of explicit \u2062language against the patriarchy during her Eras Tour\u200d stop in Liverpool, specifically\u200b in the extended version of her song \u2064&#8221;All Too Well.&#8221; Despite her generally family-friendly image, during her concert, Swift encouraged her young fans to chant a profanity against the patriarchy,\u2062 which triggered a varied response on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a>\u200c and criticism from some quarters. Critics argue Swift benefits \u200bfrom the very system she seems to denounce, highlighting a perceived contradiction between her message and her status as one of the wealthiest entertainers. Additionally, some commentators express concerns about the\u200b impact of her lyrics on impressionable young fans. \u2064The article juxtaposes Swift\u2019s form of protest with the more overtly political music of bands like Rage Against the Machine, questioning the appropriateness of her message in a\u200d supposedly family-friendly \u2062setting. This\u2063 incident has sparked a \u200bdebate on whether Swift&#8217;s music \u200dis suitable for children and the broader implications of her influencing young\u2063 minds with such messages. In a wider context, the article briefly \u200ctouches on concerns about the forthcoming 2024 election, with a \u2063call to action from the Western Journal\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-reporter-forced-to-resign-over-n-word-controversy-tells-his-side-of-the-story\/\" title=\"New York Times Reporter Forced To Resign Over N-Word Controversy Tells His Side Of The Story\">deputy managing editor<\/a> emphasizing the importance of supporting efforts against &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-rep-anna-paulina-luna-scolds-dems-waving-ukrainian-flags-after-vote-put-those-damn-flags-away\/\" title=\"Video: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Criticizes Democrats Waving Ukrainian Flags - 'Remove Those Flags!\">lying leftist media<\/a> and corrupt elites.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/%20\"><span>C. Douglas Golden<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 24, 2024 at 4:23am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Taylor Swift is an industry. She\u2019s a billionaire whose records dominate the charts, who is marketed as both fearless and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-start-watching-oan-and-newsmax-on-any-device\/\" title=\"How To Start Watching OAN And NewsMax On Any Device\">family friendly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But, if you\u2019re going to drop hundreds so you can see her with your 12-year-old daughter, just be aware Swift will be telling your little girl and tens of thousands of others in attendance to \u201cf*** the patriarchy!\u201d You know, the one that made her rich.<\/p>\n<p>Swift\u2019s lyrics, to be fair, usually don\u2019t veer toward Rage Against the Machine-esque \u201cf*** you, I won\u2019t do what you tell me!\u201d vulgar chants attacking \u201cthe system.\u201d That\u2019s how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/taylor-swift-fans-literally-shake-earth-cause-seismic-activity-wild-concert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swift<\/a> has become the chosen soundtrack of both 12-year-old girls and their 42-year-old trying-to-be-cool moms during morning rides to school.<\/p>\n<p>However, the line in question \u2014 which is now going viral after her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/taylor-swift-mocked-viral-eras-tour-dance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eras Tour<\/a> stop in Liverpool, England \u2014 appears in the extended version of the single \u201cAll Too Well.\u201d The new version, with profanity, appeared in 2021 as Swift was re-recording her old material.<\/p>\n<p>The song is essentially another tell-off of a former lover, because of course it is. (In case you\u2019ve somehow avoided her oeuvre, songs filled with references to broken relationships are to Taylor Swift what songs filled with references to the Beatles and cocaine use were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loudandquiet.com\/short\/dont-just-blame-cocaine-oasis-now-kinda-richard-ashcrofts-fault\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to Oasis<\/a>.)\u00a0 This time, it\u2019s apparently about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/80s-action-cheesy-humor-mcgregor-vs-gyllenhaal-new-road-house-reboot-trailer-catches-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jake Gyllenhaal<\/a>, who didn\u2019t return her scarf or something. The nerve.<\/p>\n<p>The 10-minute version of the song features this set of lyrics, which differs somewhat from the 2012 original \u2014 mostly because of an additional line that includes a mention of the patriarchy and a certain word that begins with the sixth letter of the alphabet:<\/p>\n<p><em>And your mother\u2019s tellin\u2019 stories \u2019bout you on the\u00a0tee-ball team<\/em><br \/> <em>You taught me \u2019bout your past, thinkin\u2019 your future was me<\/em><br \/> <em>And you were tossing me the car keys, \u201cF*** the patriarchy\u201d<br \/> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now, I\u2019ve listened to the re-recorded \u201cTaylor\u2019s version\u201d a grand total of once, because 10 minutes of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/genius.com\/Taylor-swift-all-too-well-10-minute-version-taylors-version-from-the-vault-lyrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All Too Well<\/a>\u201d is about five minutes all too long for me. However, despite the fact that the song is three years old, footage from the Liverpool show went viral on social media last week with some genuinely shocked the most famous entertainer on earth at this moment could really believe there\u2019s some kind of glass ceiling out there still holding her back:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>WARNING: The videos below contain graphic language that some viewers will find offensive.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WE ARE SO LOUD ITS CRAZY <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LiverpoolTStheErasTour?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LiverpoolTStheErasTour<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DmSGXxsRQl\">pic.twitter.com\/DmSGXxsRQl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ghada \u2728 (@9tay8tay9_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/9tay8tay9_\/status\/1801697203372888438?\">June 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Now, look: I\u2019m not going to sit here and sermonize that this is the worst thing kids will hear before they turn 18, or even hear all week. Nor am I going to sit here and say that it\u2019ll destroy young minds. I listened to that aforementioned Rage Against the Machine song (\u201cKilling in the Name,\u201d just FYI) roughly 6,000 times before the age of majority, and I still turned out happy, productive and conservative \u2014 although in <em>spite<\/em> of RATM, not <em>because<\/em> of it.<\/p>\n<p>Rather, it\u2019s two things that are problematic here. First, nobody was selling Rage Against the Machine as the kind of music you could listen to in your family\u2019s car with your parents on the way to Sunday dinner with your uncle and aunt. There\u2019s a reason why the band was called <em>Rage<\/em> Against the\u00a0Machine, after all, and its concerts weren\u2019t exactly filled with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/exorcist-warns-attending-taylor-swift-concerts-says-artist-attracting-demons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tween girls mouthing along<\/a> with the lyrics to \u201cBombtrack,\u201d \u201cBulls on Parade\u201d and \u201cSleep Now in the Fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In case you\u2019ve somehow managed to miss it, this is <em>exactly<\/em> what the Eras Tour is: Impressionable young women and girls singing along to a pop idol \u2026 imploring them to \u201cf*** the patriarchy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Is Taylor Swift\u2019s music appropriate for children?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And there\u2019s the second thing, something Swift <em>does<\/em> have in common with the aforementioned band I\u2019m comparing her with: Much like the soi-disant socialist rebels in Rage Against the Machine became very rich men <em>because<\/em> of the machine, the woman telling young girls to \u201cf*** the patriarchy\u201d is one of the richest, most powerful people in the world \u2026 because of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/california-introduces-curriculum-teaches-capitalism-white-supremacy-patriarchy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">imaginary patriarchy<\/a> that she\u2019s raging so hard against.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Taylor Swift\u2026 A multibillionaire\u2026 gets an entire audience of mainly kids to scream \u201cF*ck the Patriarchy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grooming an entire generation to hate men.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lycHfUmP7n\">pic.twitter.com\/lycHfUmP7n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanAFournier\/status\/1804962124755861544?\">June 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">taylor swift got her audience of 88k fans to scream \u201cF*** THE PATRIARCHY\u201d at her concert yesterday<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 lady, you are a billionaire. get your head checked<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hJc0cl1Fmi\">pic.twitter.com\/hJc0cl1Fmi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 mary morgan (@maryarchived) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maryarchived\/status\/1804948389295013931?\">June 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Taylor Swift sings \u201cF the patriarchy\u201d and gets a bunch of impressionable young women to sing along with her, demonstrating she\u2019s a complete imbecile, knows nothing about how functioning societies are built, and shouldn\u2019t be influencing your children. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KYp3frbXhB\">pic.twitter.com\/KYp3frbXhB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 T.J. Moe (@TJMoe28) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TJMoe28\/status\/1804982336171446323?\">June 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When Swift giddily declares \u201cf*** the patriarchy,\u201d she\u2019s not doing it as a form of rebellion. Patriarchy, as strictly defined, is a male-run social caste system \u2014 and she is <em>the most visible artistic representative of the system in 2024<\/em>. Does she not see the contradiction, or does she simply not care so long as the (very lucrative) checks clear?<\/p>\n<p>Or, perhaps, there\u2019s a third option: \u201cThe patriarchy\u201d no longer means some sort of Y-chromosome dominated social structure, but is instead shorthand for men who behave like men have since time immemorial. Not in any sort of real toxically masculine sort of way, but in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dont-call-toxic-women-must-make-peace-masculinity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">normal, constructive ways<\/a> that now get lumped into the similarly meaningless phrase \u201ctoxic masculinity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the machine she\u2019s raging against \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dont-call-toxic-women-must-make-peace-masculinity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">men who aren\u2019t ashamed<\/a> to be men and take agency for their lives \u2014 and that\u2019s who she\u2019s teaching your daughters to hate. And parents are paying how much a pop for them to hear a billionaire tell them this?<\/p>\n<p>Save your money and teach your daughters how to find the one man who will make them happy, not the 73 or so different men who will become subjects of breakup songs. They might not be as rich as Taylor is, but almost nobody will be \u2014 and they\u2019ll certainly be happier.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44670\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44670\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44670\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44670\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44670\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he&#8217;s written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he&#8217;s written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014. Aside from politics, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-leaves-for-delaware-as-russians-prepare-to-take-kyiv\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Leaves for Delaware as Russians Prepare to Take Kyiv\">enjoys spending time<\/a> with his wife, literature (especially British comic novels and modern Japanese lit), indie rock, coffee, Formula One and football (of both American and world varieties). <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Morristown, New Jersey <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  Catholic University of America <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English, Spanish <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  American Politics, World Politics, Culture <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary by C. Douglas Golden, June 24, 2024: Taylor Swift, a billionaire music mogul, dominates the charts with a persona that blends fearlessness with family appeal. 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