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Imagine for one moment if Taylor Swift took a commercial flight… The entire airport would shut down. If she boarded a flight, every single person would want a selfie with her. If you think this is false, you are deluded. It would be a huge security risk for her and her team. People who bag on her for flying private are completely unrealistic about what Taylor flying commercial would entail. You do not want one of the most famous people on the planet causing massive delay and distraction at a commercial airport. Every part of the system would grind to a halt.

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Eleanor Roosevelt flew commercial. David Ben-Gurion flew commercial. If Swift flew commercial, it might create a few short flight delays. But VIP travel is part of what common carriers are for. A airline can minimize VIP travel by going all-coach.

If Swift flew commercial, fans would put her travel on the internet, just like Sweeney. But if she has a specific problem with Sweeney, going commercial is a better idea than trying to stop his speech acts.

As for judging Sweeney, the Musk flip-flop suggests this is a borderline case for free speech. But I’m on the free speech side of the border.

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You are 100% correct in your analysis. But I don't think that is the issue here. I think the issue is that Taylor and people like her like to deride others for their ecological "sins". I think if Taylor Swift would just SHUT THE FUCK UP AND SING then there would be no issues. But she can't. She MUST virtue signal. And so, since she MUST do this, then it also stands to reason that we plebs MUST likewise call her out for being an annoying attention whore who should SHUT THE FUCK UP...

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