Taylor Swift says Confederate monuments in Tennessee make her sick

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(CNN) For most of her career, Taylor Swift has been known in part for staying out of politics.

That's changed in the last few months. And her latest string of tweets, which call out Confederate monuments in Tennessee, is the most recent display of that shift.

"As a Tennessean, it makes me sick that there are monuments standing in our state that celebrate racist historical figures who did evil things. Edward Carmack and Nathan Bedford Forrest were DESPICABLE figures in our state history and should be treated as such," she said.

Edward Carmack's statue was sitting in the state Capitol until it was torn down last week in the protests. The state of Tennessee has vowed to replace it. — Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) June 12, 2020

In a series of 10 tweets posted on Friday, Swift goes details the histories of Carmack and Bedford, calling on Tennessee officials to stop "fighting for these monuments."

"Taking down statues isn't going to fix centuries of systemic oppression, violence and hatred that black people have had to endure but it might bring us one small step closed to making ALL Tennesseans and visitors to our state feel safe -- not just the white ones," she wrote.

Riznoy1 on June 13rd, 2020 at 21:49 UTC »

I love when people claim, “It’s our heritage.” The Confederate States lasted 5 years. Your heritage had the lifespan of a hedgehog.

palmbeachatty on June 13rd, 2020 at 21:37 UTC »

Fuck. Just imagine if we had Nazi monuments all over the place. It’s the same fucking thing.

werewolfmask on June 13rd, 2020 at 21:04 UTC »

Lot of butt hurt weirdos showing up in the thread. Juicy