#btw some snark blogs on here i truly stan

[thatskepticalbitchcara]

What do you think about anti accounts saying they run those blogs to protect queer youth from engaging with conspiracy theories?

lol i think it’s usually bullshit. i mean, listen. i totally understand and relate to feeling frustrated when people insist something that goes against objective reality is true? like i get it. i think it’s a normal human emotion to be like, “this theory that this thing taylor swift did is related to karlie kloss” isn’t true... but i definitely don’t believe for a second that most anti blogs actually care about young gay kids or conspiratorial thinking. if it’s a blog that’s main purpose is to debunk and deconstruct actual conspiracy shit like what ttb, for example, says then i think that’s fair enough but running a blog dunking on anyone who thinks taylor isn’t straight or thinks maybe she has had some relationships with women or interprets her songs through a gay lens or engages with celebrity gossip or jokes about there being “no heterosexual explanation” (and other similar memes and phrases etc) isn’t protecting anyone from anything. it’s them being personally annoyed with people saying their fave white millionaire is gay or writes gay music or whatever the fuck and using that as a moral high ground instead of just being like lol yeah i run a snark blog. i’m very pro dismantling conspiratorial thinking even on smaller scales because like.. look at what the USA has become over the past few years. i was just discussing with people how fringe conspiracies on the right are becoming more and more mainstream to a worrying extent. however, in my experience, the VAST and overwhelming majority of “gaylors” are gay kids and young adults just engaging with taylors music and public image in a way that makes sense to them and having fun with it (ie: joking around, being lighthearted) OR people who just enjoy celeb gossip of all kinds or both. like larry is a full blown conspiracy, right? it’s even more elaborate and advanced and harmful than late stage kaylor but from what i’ve noticed, larry antis engage in directly arguing with and debunking posts made by larries spreading harmful and illogical thought patterns. kaylor antis or gaylor antis tend to circle jerk over misconstruing or blowing out of proportion things that “gaylors are saying.” by all means, dunk on conspiracies and stupid shit and illogical stuff all you want but be honest that “late stage kaylor” is a tiny portion of the fandom and people who believe in the babygate and bearding contracts are an even tinier number. maybe spend time dismantling and debunking actual harmful conspiracy theories or idk engaging with content you enjoy. just make a swiftie blog instead of thinking you’re doing a service to humanity and the gay community by proving every song taylor writes is about joe alwyn and she’s never had a gay thought in her life. like. who the fuck cares? we don’t know the girl or what goes on in her personal life and that’s fine. media literacy and dismantling conspiratorial thinking are very important but do y’all think the 40 kaylor conspiracy theorists are reading your blogs like “oh so insightful!” no?