Guys, I know it may seem easy to act like this is some intentional snub, but logically there’s really no one to be angry at, least of all Taylor Swift. Chinese Resellers are a massive, huge problem- they will throw literally anything on a shirt if they think it will sell. More likely than not, you’re either looking at stuff that was either:
A) Imported, actual Taylor Swift merchandise in real, legit stores selling designs that pertain to her album, which is titled ‘T.S. 1989′ and has nothing to do with the Tiananmen Square massacre, or,
B) Illegal, copied works from people in China who do this for a living for such companies as Ebay, Etsy, Alibaba, etc. who will hop onto anything remotely popular and try to sell it to a worldwide market online. This is a well documented and ongoing issue, I myself have had tons of shops in China take my designs and slap a mockup together and try to sell it, it’s just a part of making art on the internet in this day and age.
If it is A, then the people in the Chinese department stores ordering and selling TSwift merch are the ones to ‘blame’, and we all know that China very actively wiped the Tianamen Square Massacre out of their History- the people running those department stores likely don’t even know it happened.
The people selling her official merch to stores are not likely making the connection either, and know the initials stand for Taylor Swift.At worst, it’s a slight faux pas, but do you really expect no company on the face of the earth to ever sell anything with the initials T.S. to any stores in China?
If it is B, then obviously the culprits are Chinese and likely don’t know about the event, and in any case wouldn’t care, because they aren’t selling Tianamen Square merchandise, they’re selling Taylor Swift merchandise. There’s a lot of injustices in the world but this is really not something you should be wasting your anger on, and Taylor Swift has corporate deals with massive companies for her official merchandise, which is likely all handled by people other than her.
I think a better use of that anger would being outraged that the Chinese Government censors their peoples’ version of History in a legitimate, totalitarian way of a massacre THEY committed against unarmed college students, rather than being upset at a girl who happens to have the same initials and birth year of the massacre and dares to have merchandise made for her latest, completely unrelated album.
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I think the fact that within Hogwarts there’s a lot of distaste for Slytherin and Hufflepuff shows some interesting insight into the wizarding community. Like, Hufflepuff represents hard work and fairness, right? But there’s the idea that Hufflepuffs are losers, sort of the proverbial nice guys who finish last. On the other hand, Slytherins, who represent cunning and ambition and personal drive, are seen as cutthroat and generally nasty and mean.
Ultimately, Hufflepuff and Slytherin are both rooted in philosophies on self betterment and achieving success in life, both in terms of being a better person and being a more powerful/wealthy person. The obvious question raised by Hogwarts student’s disapproval of both Slytherin and Hufflepuff is this: if it makes you a loser to succeed through hard work and fairness, but a cheat to succeed through cleverness and an attitude of doing whatever it takes to achieve your goals, how is someone in the wizarding world expected to gain power/wealth/status if they aren’t already born with it?
It’s also worth noting that in a world where magic can do your work for you, Hufflepuffs are scoffed at for being willing to work at all, and Slytherins are shunned for taking advantage of magic to it’s fullest.
SB:
I’m waitin’ on you. This is your job. I’m waitin’ on you…
Cop:
You seem very irritated.
SB:
I am. I really am because I feel like what I’m getting a ticket for, I was
getting out of your way. You were speeding up, tailing me, so I move over, and
you stop me. So, yeah, I am a little irritated, but that doesn’t stop you from
giving me a ticket.
Cop:
Are you done?
SB:
You asked me what was wrong and I told you. So now I’m done, yeah.
Cop:
Ok. You mind putting out your cigarette, please?
SB:
I’m in my car. Why do I have to put out my cigarette?
Cop:
Well you can step on out now.
SB:
I don’t have to step out of my car.
Cop:
Step out of the car. [Cop opens the car door] Step out.
SB:
No, you don’t have the right-
Cop:
Step out of the car!
SB:
You do not have the right to do that.
Cop:
I do have the right. Now, step out or I will remove you.
SB:
I refuse to talk to you other than to identify myself-
Cop:
Step out or I will remove you.
SB:
I am getting removed for a failure to-
Cop:
Step out or I will remove you. I’m giving you a lawful order. Get out of the
car now or I’m gonna remove you.
SB:
I’m calling my-
Cop:[Cop
reaches into the car] I’m gonna yank you out of here.
SB:
Okay, you gonna yank me out of my car?
Cop:
Get out.
SB:
Ok. Alright. Let’s do this. Don’t touch me.
Cop:
Get out of the car!
SB:
Don’t touch me! I’m not under arrest. You don’t have the right to-
Cop:
You ARE under arrest.
SB:
I’m under arrest for what? For what? For what?
Cop:
Get out of the car. Get out of the car! Now!
SB:
Why am I being apprehended? Because you’re trying to give me a ticket for a
failure-
Cop:
I said get out of the car.
SB:
Why am I being apprehended? You opened
my car door-
Cop:
I am gonna drag you outta here.
SB:
So you’re threatening to drag me out of my own car?
Cop:
Get out of the car!!
SB:
And then you-
Cop:
[Cop points his taser at her.] I will light you up!!
SB:
Wow.
Cop:
NOW!!
SB:
Wow. [Sandra steps out of the car.]
Cop:
Get out of the car!
SB:
For a failure to signal, you’re doing all this. You’re doing all this for a
failure to signal.
Cop:
Get over there. [Cop points her over to the sidewalk, while pointing his taser
at her.]
SB:
Right. Yeah. Let’s take this to court. [Sandra continues to walk toward the
sidewalk.] Let’s do this for a failure to signal. Yep, for a failure to signal.
[Sandra is led out of the view of the dashcam video.]
Cop:
Get off the phone.
SB:
I’m not on the phone. I have a right to record-
Cop:
Put your phone down.
SB:
This is my property.
Cop:
Put your phone down.
SB:
Sir?
Cop:
Put your phone down. Right now! Put your phone down.
SB:
[Sandra puts her phone down on the trunk of her car.] For a fucking failure to
signal, my goodness.
Cop:
Come over here!
SB:
Y’all are interesting. You feelin’ good about this whole thing?
Cop:
Stand right here.
SB:
You feelin’ good about yourself? For my failure to signal, you feel real good
about yourself, don’t you?
Cop:
Turn around.
SB:
You feel good about yourself, don’t you?
Cop:
Turn around. Turn around now. Put your hands-
SB:
Why am I being arrested?
Cop:
I’m giving you a lawful order. I will tell you-
SB:
Why am I being arrested? Why can’t you tell me that part?
Cop:
I’m giving you a lawful order. Turn around.
SB:
Why will you not tell me what’s going on?
Cop:
You are not compliant.
SB:
I’m not compliant ‘cause you just pulled me outta my car.
Cop:
Turn around!!
SB:
Are you fucking kidding me? This is some bullshit.
Cop:
Put your hands behind your back.
SB:
Cause you know this is straight bullshit, and you full a shit. Full a straight
shit. That’s why y’all are some scary fucking cops. South Carolina got all y’all
bitch asses scared. That’s all it is. Fucking scared of a female.
Cop:
If you would have just listened-
SB:
I was tryin’ sign the fucking ticket. Whatever.
Cop:
Stop movin’!
SB:
Are you fucking serious?
Cop:
Stop movin’.
SB:
Oh, I can’t wait till we go to court. OH,
I can’t wait! I cannot WAIT ‘till we go to court! I can’t wait. OH, I can’t
wait. You want me to sit down now?
Cop:
No.
SB:
Oh, you gonna throw me to the floor? That’ll make you feel better about
yourself?
Cop:
Knock it off.
SB:
Ah, that’ll make you feel better about yourself? That make you feel real good,
won’t it? Fucking ass. Fucking pussy. For a failure to signal, you doin’ all of
this. In little ass Prairie View, Texas. My god. They must-
Cop:
You were getting a warning, and now you’re going to jail.
SB:
For what??
Cop:
You can come read right- [Cop leads Sandra back over to the trunk of the car.]
SB:
I’m getting a warning for what?
Cop:
Stay right here.
SB:
You just pointed me over there!
Cop:
I said stay right here.
SB:
Get your fucking mind right. OH, I swear on my life, y’all some pussies. A
pussy ass cop pulls for a fucking signal, you’re takin’ me to jail. What a
pussy. What a pussy. What a- you about to break my fucking wrist.
Cop:
Stop movin’!
SB:
I’m standin’ still! You keep movin’ me, goddamn it!
Cop:
Stay right there.
SB:
Don’t touch me. Fucking pussy, for a traffic ticket.
Cop:
[Goes around the car and closes the front door. Walks back off screen to where
Sandra is on the sidewalk.] Come read right over here. [He stands by the trunk
of the car and shows her the written warning.] This right here says a warning.
YOU started creating a problem. [Cop walks out of shot, toward Sandra.]
SB:
You asked me what was wrong!
Cop:
Do you have anything in your purse that’s illegal?
SB:
Do I look like I have anything on me? This a fuckin’ maxi dress!
Cop:
I’m removing your glasses.
SB:
This a maxi dress.
Cop:
Come on over here.
SB:
Fucking assholes. For a- you about to break my wrist! Can you STOP!? You are
mother fuckin’ about to break my wrist! [Sandra makes sounds of pain.] STOOOPP!
Cop:
[Sounds of struggle.] Stop! Now! Stop it!
Cop
2: Stop resisting, ma’am.
Cop:
If you would stop then I would tell you!
SB:
[In pain.] For a fucking traffic ticket.
Cop:
Now stop!
SB:
[In pain.] You are such a pussy. You are such a pussy.
Cop
2: No, you are.
Cop:
You were yankin’ around.
SB:
[In pain.] For a traffic signal.
Cop:
You were yankin’ around. When you pull away from me, you’re resisting arrest.
SB:
This make you feel real good. This make you feel real good, don’t it? A female
for a traffic signal. For a traffic
signal. I know that makes you feel good, officer.
Cop
2: I got her. I got her.
SB:
I know it make you feel real good. You a real man now. You slam me, knock my
head into the ground, I got epilepsy, you mother fucker.
Cop:
Good. Good.
SB:
I hope I-
Cop
2: You should have thought of that before you start resisting!
SB:
Yeah, this is real good. Real good for a female. Yeah. Y’all strong, ooh. Y’all
real strong.
Cop:
I want you to wait right here. Wait right here.
SB:
I can’t go nowhere with your fucking knee on my back. Duh.
Cop:
[To Cop 2] I’m gonna open your door. [To man recording the brutality.] You need
to leave. You need to leave. You need to leave.
SB:
[inaudible] For a fucking traffic ticket.
Cop:
For a warning. For a warning. You’re going to jail for resisting arrest. Stand
up.
SB:
If I could!
Cop:
Roll over.
SB:
I can’t even fuckin’ feel my arm!
Cop:
Tuck your knee in.
SB:
I can’t-
Cop:
Listen, listen, you’re gonna sit up on your butt.
SB:
You just slammed my head into the ground. Do you not even care about that?
Cop
2: He’s telling you to getup.
SB:
I can’t even hear!
Cop
2: Yes you can.
Cop:
Sit on your butt.
SB:
You slammed my head into the ground.
Cop:
Sit up on your butt.
SB:
He threw my fucking head to the ground. What the hell?
Cop:
Now stand up.
SB:
All this for a traffic signal. I swear to god. All of this for a traffic
signal. [To witness.] Thank you for recording! Thank you! For a traffic signal.
Slammed me into the ground and everything.
Everything. I hope y’all feel good.
my mom passed out from laughing at her own joke oh my god i said my ears were ringing and she said “so answer them” so she started laughing and all the blood rushed to her head and she blacked out and i think that’s all you really need to know about what goes on in my house
