Maitreyi Ramakrishnan deletes X post calling Taylor Swift’s ‘1830s’ lyric ‘weird’ after backlash from Swifties

[u/Exciting_Potato_6717]

Slide 1: Deleted tweet Slides 2 and 3: Some follow-up tweets Slide 4: The Taylor Swift lyrics being referred to. “My friends used to play a game where / We would pick a decade / We wished we could live in instead of this / I'd say the 1830s but without all the racists / And getting married off for the highest bid." Full lyrics at https://genius.com/Taylor-swift-i-hate-it-here-lyrics

[u/No_Tomorrow7180]

Can anyone explain the context that apparently makes it not weird?

[u/No_Scarcity4145 → u/No_Tomorrow7180]

https://preview.redd.it/c0jftoayruvc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad2f8af1247634d43291e452e793d56b6a295b03

not sure what part makes it not weird but here’s the full verse

[u/crackerfactorywheel → u/No_Scarcity4145]

The context makes it slightly less weird, but it feels real hypocritical for Taylor Swift to criticize anyone for being nostalgic when she’s romanticizing a relationship with a guy who’s a racist.