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The height of stan culture is saying Travis Scott did nothing wrong when he literally stood on stage and watched the crowd beg for help because people were getting injured and dying, watched paramedics struggle to get through the crowd, and watched the crowd body surf unconscious and/or dead bodies to the paramedics and still didn't stop the show.

There are a lot of people at fault for what just happened at AstroWorld and Travis Scott is one of those people. He has a history of encouraging his fans of bypassing security and rushing the stage. He quite literally wants you all to get hurt or killed.

Get a life and stop defending celebrities, especially the ones who like to watch as you take your last breath.

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I haven't seen a ton of stuff on Tumblr about the Astroworld fatalities, which is awful because it was such a tragic disaster and people in power are trying very, very hard to sweep it under the rug (see this removed video). It's also being grossly misinterpreted.

I refuse to believe that Astroworld demonstrates that we are all animals at heart or that celebrity culture corrupted every person. First, this was not a stampede-- it was a crowd crush. Someone in a crowd crush has no idea what is happening towards the front and is helpless to move. Crowd crushes are largely the fault of poor crowd organizing/management. Some of the people in the crowd were assholes-- those who stormed the gates, danced on ambulances, etc. Most of them were just caught up in a press of bodies.

Travis Scott is not an innocent party here. He encouraged fans storming the gates and has been charged twice before in 2015 and 2017 for inciting hysteria at his shows. He encouraged violence against a kid in 2015 while crowd-surfing for allegedly trying to steal his shoe and at another show told fans to jump from a balcony-- fans later suffered serious injuries. He encouraged fans to flip off security trying to break up to the crowd and get to injured people. He has a history of being awful to security. I hate cops as much as anyone, but security guards aren't cops. They're just some guys who are getting paid a shit wage to prevent people from getting hurt. You're not standing up to the "man" by being a dick to security at a concert any more than you would be for getting tossed out of a bar by a bouncer for being drunk and disorderly. You're just being an asshole.

Travis Scott encourages people to "rage" at his shows with no care for the consequences. Well, that's just a mosh pit, right? Except, punk/heavy metal shows are famously focused on a sense of community and social responsibility. There have literally been scientific studies that demonstrate how focused heavy metal fans are on helping people who fall during shows. However, if you co-opt the goal of a mosh pit as a stress-reliever and/or a way to release anger without the rules of etiquette or citizenship, then you might be Travis Scott you've created an incredibly dangerous situation.

Travis Scott saw an ambulance trying to get through and he didn't stop playing. He saw a fan's lifeless body being carried away and he didn't stop playing. There is no way he couldn't have heard the crowd chanting to stop. This is not normal behavior. Side note: Here are some examples of responsible examples of crowd control behavior from artists who stopped their shows to stop people from getting hurt in no particular order that I found on Reddit in no particular order: Adele, ASAP Rocky, Avenge Sevenfold, The Killers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, KSI, MCR, this entire compilation).

These artists aren't heroes. They just know that crowd crushes have happened before and are practicing basic human decency.

And there were people who tried to help. If you haven't seen the video of the girl who climbed up on a camera platform or read her account, it's brutal, terrifying stuff. People were chanting to stop the show. This ICU nurse tried to help and documented the severely undetrained staff. Concertgoers did their best to pull others to safety, but the people who were in charge simply did not care.

Remember how when Squid Game came out and people who completely missed the point were talking about how it showed that people were awful and would turn on each other? It's a similar situation here. There were some assholes, but ultimately Travis Scott simply does not care about his fans. He's built his brand on being mysterious and edgy-- he doesn't care who dies for him. And that’s the story, not the entirety of the crowd, but one out-of-touch millionaire celebrity who doesn’t care.

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I’m laughing but also kinda nervous bc this article was published in 2018, and now AH is literally being accused of being a psycho rapist and abuser who also happens to have a cannibalism fetish

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Armie Hammer’s assigned FBI agent has really been living their best life these past few years huh

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“ah surely the kanye jeffree starr alleged hookup is the craziest thing I’ll hear today” I say, a full minute before checking twitter to see armed maskless white supremacists have stormed the capitol building and the senate is barricaded in their chamber

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On one hand, these photos of Trump supporters breaching the Speaker of the House’s office and stealing the podium might be funny.

On another, they represent an absolutely terrifying reality that fascists can literally walk into the US Capitol Building, fully derail a joint session of Congress, and march around smiling like it’s a joke because it was all too easy.

Meanwhile, Black Lives Matter activists were met with armed police/military, chemical weapons, bullets, etc. for protesting in the streets. Some protestors were injured and killed. But today, cops take pictures with the Trump coup.

Take a look at this white privilege and never again tell me it doesn’t exist. Utterly embarrassing.

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The lighting was so nice today 😌💕

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look i don’t know how reliable a source of information this website is but the idea that you can easily get rid of vampires in your home just by telling them they’re not welcome anymore is extremely funny to me

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hey since louis tomlinson admitted that larries made him and harry’s friendship fall apart and dan howell said phannies digging into his relationship w phil made him experience ptsd symptoms and brought him to a terrible place, can u all stop w the shipping bullshit now

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me, age 15: i cant wait to be 20 when i will finally reach my full potential, peak me,

me, on my 20s: i cant wait to die

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Rest in peace Brayla Stone (17) from Little Rock 😭 protect Black trans women

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Thank you to The New York Times for writing about this.

A 28 year old black man was killed here in Denmark by two white brothers who have shown support for the “White Lives Matter” movement and extremely racist political parties. The man was brutally murdered and had a knee pressed against his neck - just like George Floyd.

Police are saying there’s no reason to suspect a racist motive.

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we’ve “cancelled” shane dawson 100000 times. we’ve “cancelled” jk rowling 100000 times. we’ve “cancelled” 6ix9ine 100000 times. we’ve “cancelled” jeffree star 100000 times. cancel culture is not what you think it is. maybe stop trying to find reasons to stick up for horrible people and start listening to the people affected by their actions/words/beliefs. i cannot stand to see all of this blow over yet again and for ppl to continue giving these assholes platforms, especially when they try to “separate the art from the artist.” shut the fuck up

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A 28 year old black man was killed here in Denmark by two white brothers who have shown support for the “White Lives Matter” movement and extremely racist political parties. The man was brutally murdered and had a knee pressed against his neck - just like George Floyd.

Police are saying there’s no reason to suspect a racist motive.

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I need boy advice help!

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