Taylor Swift has become an unlikely neo-Nazi icon for far right groups who hail her as an 'Aryan goddess'
White supremacists have been spreading bizarre claims that the Bad Blood singer is a secret fascist who is simply waiting for Donald Trump to be elected so she can 'announce her Aryan agenda.'
'Firstly, Taylor Swift is a pure Aryan goddess, like something out of classical Greek poetry. Athena reborn. That's the most important thing,' Andre Anglin, the writer of far right blog Daily Stormer said.
Teenager Emily Pattinson had first began creating the memes in 2013 to spoof a number of other memes at the time which falsely attributes inspiring quotes to Marilyn Monroe
'Probably, she will be betrothed to Trump's son, and they will be crowned American royalty.'
Swift, who is notoriously tight-lipped about her political leanings, first began to gather a neo-nazi following after memes started popping up of Taylor with Adolf Hitler quotes attributes to the singer.
Teenager Emily Pattinson had first began creating the memes in 2013 to spoof a number of other memes at the time which falsely attributes inspiring quotes to Marilyn Monroe.
Pattinson stopped making the memes after Swift's lawyers sent a letter claiming that the comparison with Hitler was 'harmful' but the trend was set and countless new Swift-Hitler memes have emerged online since
The memes quickly went viral and were so popular that the Shake It Off singer's lawyers sent a letter to picture sharing website Pinterest demanding that she remove the posts.
Her lawyers insisted that associating Hitler with their client was 'harmful,' 'abusive,' 'ethnically offensive,' 'humiliating to other people,' 'libelous,' and no doubt 'otherwise objectionable.'
The letter argued that there were certain historical figures, such as Hitler or Charles Manson, who are 'lightning rods for emotional and negative reaction.'
Pinterest refused however, stating parody laws and Pattinson also declined to remove them although she did stop making new ones.
But the trend was set and countless new Swift-Hitler memes have emerged online since then.
The memes also caught the attention of white supremacist organizations who have taken the singer as an unwilling icon of Aryan culture.
'We are certain that as soon as Nazis saw her, they were magnetically drawn to her sculpted Aryan form and angelic demeanor,' Anglin said.
Swift, who is
tight-lipped about her political leanings, first began to gather a neo-nazi
following after memes started popping of Taylor with Adolf Hitler quotes
attributes to the singer
A representative for Swift did not return a request for comment.
Andre Anglin, the writer of far right blog Daily Stormer described Taylor Swift as a 'pure Aryan goddess'
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