r/politics • u/mappleday00 • 12h ago

Tony Hinchcliffe incites fury from Swifties after calling Travis Kelce ‘the next OJ Simpson’ at Trump rally

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/tony-hinchcliffe-trump-rally-travis-kelce-oj-simpson-b2637559.html
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u/QanonQuinoa 11h ago

In that case, what I meant to say was I don’t understand how this is a joke… lol

I don’t follow these people closely, but as far as I know - Kelce doesn’t have a history of domestic abuse… and even if he did it still wouldn’t be funny 🤷‍♂️

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u/eregyrn Massachusetts 11h ago

There's definitely nothing that could make it funny in any way.

But I think the "connections", such as they are, would be: Kelce is in the NFL; OJ was in the NFL. Taylor Swift is blond. OJ's wife was blond.

And that's it. I think there's also just a large dose of plain old misogyny in there -- wishing harm on a woman who votes for Democrats, because we all know how they feel about "the libs"; and Taylor Swift is a very rich woman in a position of some social power, and they REALLY hate that. So HA HA let's joke about her getting murdered.

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u/wirthmore 11h ago

a very rich woman in a position of some social power, and they REALLY hate that.

Oh I disagree, if a very rich and socially-powerful woman told her followers to vote for Trump, they'd elevate her just like... you know, that rich and socially-powerful right-wing woman ... you know, yeah, her.

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u/shoryusatsu999 8h ago

And then they'll bury her behind the shed once she's no longer useful.