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Taylor Swift just needs to ‘shake it off’ about those alt-right theories

By Emily Brooks

Published November 7, 2017 11:20pm ET

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Taylor Swift just needs to ‘shake it off’ about those alt-right theories — The blog post is ridiculous, but it's even more ridiculous that because of the current hysterical political environment, Swift's lawyers felt the need to take the comparison seriously. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP) | John Salangsang

The ACLU of California is defending the free speech rights of a blog which speculated Taylor Swift supports the alt-right and KKK after Swift’s lawyers sent the blog a cease-and-desist letter.

The blog post is ridiculous, but it’s even more ridiculous that because of the current hysterical political environment, Swift’s lawyers felt the need to take the comparison seriously.

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