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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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[-] realitista@lemmus.org 11 points 20 hours ago

Thats just because you haven't heard the 100 better musicians who's daddy couldn't buy them into the business.

[-] BillyClark@piefed.social 3 points 18 hours ago

I don't think the existence of better musicians means other musicians are objectively bad, though. There may be hundreds of people who can write better comments than me, but that doesn't mean my comments are bad.

[-] realitista@lemmus.org 4 points 17 hours ago

I think if you heard all the objectively better stuff given the treatment it deserves, you wouldn't have any interest in the stuff that's being crammed down your throat. Not that it would be worse than it is today, it just wouldn't get the money and attention and production it gets due to far better things being available on the market.

[-] BillyClark@piefed.social 3 points 16 hours ago

I already have no interest in Taylor Swift, though. I just have heard some of her music and I don't think people have bad taste in music if they like it. I'm already an older man, and there's only so much I can permit myself to become a stereotype.

Anyways, I mostly listen to Japanese music, to try to help me learn/maintain Japanese, and Japanese music I think is even more corporate than American music. If I had it in my heart to dislike corporate music, I wouldn't have any room to dislike things like 6-7, which is far more important.

[-] realitista@lemmus.org 3 points 16 hours ago

I don't begrudge anyone their love of Taylor Swift either. I just think that it's mostly because that's what was fed to them rather than because of any genius she may have.

I, also an older man, don't spend much time disliking pop culture, whether it be Talylor Swift or 6-7, neither of which matter much to me despite having a 9 year old that said it pretty constantly last year. I save most of my hate for the fascists ruining our world.

[-] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 0 points 11 hours ago

She didn't take any one person's place. She just jumped the queue. The others could still try and make it without money. It's just a lot harder.

[-] realitista@lemmus.org 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Yes they can try to be the best producer, mixer, recording engineer, mastering engineer, marketing, PR/AR, distribution, promotion, tour booking manager, in order to rise to the level of those spending millions on it.

A few actually pull that off. But for the most part those things are reserved for acts with money to spend. Stuff like almost all large venues being owned by only 1 company with deep ties to the established record and promotion companies makes it very hard to book your show there even if you had the money to do so.

The truth is that the vast majority of pop stars come from wealthy and connected families who can afford to buy them into the business or who are already established in the entertainment businesses.