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Swashbuckler Blue
@swashbucklerblue.bsky.social
Just another gentle giant nerd trying to make the world a more welcoming place. High likelihood of content focusing on fencing, ttrpgs, cooking, unhinged media theories, deconstructing white supremacy, and cats.

"Justice, justice you shall pursue!"
keep fighting! pass it on. 🙏
July 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Always, and you as well!
February 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
In multiple senses of the word! 🤣
February 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Not suggesting that's what you're doing, but post game views of the performance on YT suggest a "broad swath" of Americans enjoyed it enough to re-watch, while a very specific narrow band of Americans were complaining about it.
February 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Oh, forgot one bit of context. Week before the game legislators in LA made a big stink about the "not family friendly" shows put on by recent artists. Careful analysis shows they only complained about Black women. So there has been conflation of people complaining about quality when they mean race.
February 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
If the issue is that you just don't like the music...that's fine. But please understand he's in the discussion to be the greatest hip hop performer of all time so having KDOT perform was an important acknowledgement of a great American performer in a great American genre. ☮️
February 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Uncle Sam saying "Stop being ghetto... Just play the hits!" was met with a flag made of Black dancers and "the revolution is about to be televised."
February 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Immediate context is this was a generational work of protest art, with the President in attendance, using the trappings of fascism to say loudly that Black people will not give in.
February 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
OK. So. Background context is this is a victory lap on one of the most culturally important hip hop beefs of a generation. Kendrick won SO bad he got 5 Grammys for a song calling Drake a pedo. Drake threatened to sue the NFL if it was played at the superbowl... It was played at the superbowl.
February 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The new go to reaction gif
February 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
My son asked if they were still fighting. I said, no...no they're not. 🤣
February 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
You know they like to sue...Chef's kiss!
February 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Rob... I'll explain later.
February 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Missed the next song I was laughing so hard!
February 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I see the point you're trying to make but I'm explaining that it's lost because literally the only reason this exact "Aha!" became a thing is antisemitism. You're trying to argue all billionaires are bad; I'm asking you to do it without reinforcing beliefs that will get people killed. Your call.
February 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM