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Taylor Swift fans ‘sickened’ after ICE contractor attends wedding (metro.co.uk)

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Fans of Taylor Swift have been shocked after it emerged that a contractor for the controversial Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) was in attendance at her wedding.

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It appears that Steven J. Demetriou, the Executive Chair of a company called Amentum Services was also among the crowd gathered to see the happy couple say ‘I do.’

Amentum Services is currently the sole contractor for ICE’s Camp East Montana, a detention centre in El Paso.

The artist has faced swift backlash for her choice of guests, including online commenters who have shared their dismay on social media.

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[-] EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 148 points 16 hours ago

"followers of billionaire shocked to find out billionaires act like billionaires, don't care about fans opinions"

You CANNOT be a billionaire AND a good person. The two are not compatible. If you were a truly good and decent person who cares about others, you WOULDN'T BE A BILLIONAIRE

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 7 points 8 hours ago

If I were a billionaire my job would quickly be to find good ways to give away my money. Cancer research, paying for school lunches, fund libraries, found some sort of institution that makes life better for people.

[-] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago

Yep. That's exactly what Mackenzie Scott (Bezos' ex-wife) did when she got her divorce settlement, got busy giving it all away. More power to her.

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 hours ago

Yes, but you would've started doing this long before you became a billionaire, which would've precluded you becoming a billionaire in the first place. Unless you had a change of heart after being visited by three ghosts or something like that.

[-] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

I think Stoly is more implying an incredibly unlikely event in that they are suddenly in possession of a billion dollars, kinda like the Adam Sandler movie "Mr Deeds"

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

That is correct and very charitable on your part. There is a way in which sometimes the machine starts churning and suddenly the person is a billionaire.