Does Taylor Swift get more love or hate?

[Spider2024]

So apparently, there's a bit of a sizeable amount of people that don't like Taylor Swift. I was sort of surprised by this to be quite honest, because I think Swift is very likeable. She's a nice girl who stays out of trouble and is very talented.

So I wonder, what do you think is the majority consensus in the general public for Taylor: love or hate?

[Display Name]

She annoys me,but I really like her mouth and want to do stuff with it.

[Amazing Kitsune]

As a Teacher, I get to talk with young people about celebrities a lot.

They hate Taylor Swift with a passion.

I don't listen to music, so I have no opinion of her.

[Deleted]

I don't recall having heard of her before Kanye, but when he jumped onstage to interrupt her, it made him the ultimate heel and her America's g-damn sweetheart-in-chief.

.....then I think the glam of that moment faded when we learned that she basically went thru boyfriends left and right and then wrote songs bashing them, almost like she was dating guys JUST for the break-up and inevitable writing/singing of her pain from said break-up. Whether that glam faded quickly or not for everyone is up for debate.

[Orange]

I don't hate her because you can't hate somebody you don't know personally, but I know I really dislike her and have ever since the Kanye incident where people completely overreacted, treating him like a complete devil and her like a sweet, little angel who had never done anything wrong. Couple that with the fact that most of her singles catalog is putting other people on blast and her trying too hard at award shows to come across as fun (in my opinion) and you get a girl that I really dislike.

But hey, she's made her millions and she's living the dream, so I have to respect that for sure.

[Square]

I like her, she has good tracks and seems like a laugh.

[Sam Punk]

I think she's swell.

[Sektor]

I like her music, and I can admire her as a cunning businesswomen, but she really seems insufferable.

[Kevin Hamilton]

I've got no issue with her, I'm not in her demographic, so my exposure to her music is really limited, but she's pretty talented and has really marketed and branded herself pretty well.

I get why many would dislike her, but much of the bile seems way out of proportion.

[Cela]

She's a slut shaming mean girl who gets treated like an angel. Also kind of melodramatic about guys she's dated.

No huge feelings of hate though, just like pretty much everyone in current pop, I wish they would become Dairy Queen cashiers in Nebraska.

[Kevin Hamilton]

That's a really specific wish.

[wisdomwizard]

Not a hardcore fan, but I think she's all right. She hasn't done anything as bad as Justin Bieber yet. Most of the hate comes from the slut-shaming in some songs and the ex-boyfriend attack stuff. But at least she doesn't call them out by name as far as I know (except maybe the rare interview, if even that).

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

She gets a lot of grief for "popping up" country (she leans more pop these days, so that's kinda silly IMO) and going back to the That Other Girl's Not Good Enough For You theme a lot in her songs. I'm not a fan, but she doesn't seem like a bad person at all and I can clearly see she's got talent.

[Kevin Hamilton]

Pop country has been going on since the early 80s anyhow, she's not exactly a pioneer there.

["I'm Batman..."]

I'd like to give her some love.

[Deleted]

I'd not care about her if she wasn't constantly presented as a country artist. Her songs are damn near straight pop music and she gets nominated for country music awards.

As it is, can't stand her.

[Vice honcho room temperature]

I find people's opinion of her bizarre at times. Like they knew everything that happens with her relationships either way

[willywonka666]

Jan 28, 2014 17:22:34 GMT -5 Spider2024 said:

So apparently, there's a bit of a sizeable amount of people that don't like Taylor Swift. I was sort of surprised by this to be quite honest, because I think Swift is very likeable. She's a nice girl who stays out of trouble and is very talented.

So I wonder, what do you think is the majority consensus in the general public for Taylor: love or hate?

That's why some people hate her. Because she's likeable and stays out of trouble and that pisses people off. Hipsters

[Deleted]

Jan 28, 2014 18:48:47 GMT -5 Kevin Hamilton said:

That's a really specific wish.

There has to be a story behind that one.

[willywonka666]

Jan 28, 2014 17:50:58 GMT -5 Orange said:

I don't hate her because you can't hate somebody you don't know personally, but I know I really dislike her and have ever since the Kanye incident where people completely overreacted, treating him like a complete devil and her like a sweet, little angel who had never done anything wrong. Couple that with the fact that most of her singles catalog is putting other people on blast and her trying too hard at award shows to come across as fun (in my opinion) and you get a girl that I really dislike.

But hey, she's made her millions and she's living the dream, so I have to respect that for sure.

but they way the press reacted had nothing to do with Taylor herself though. You should dislike the press, or hate them, like I do