There’s this tempest (in a teapot?) going on regarding singer Taylor Swift and some statements she made via twitter regarding her 28th Birthday.

Now, before I get a little farther along, let me say: I think I know, like, one song of Ms. Taylor’s.  I vividly recall catching a performance of hers a few years back at some award show -this was when she was still mostly doing country music- and thinking “There’s a reason she’s popular”, even if her music then, and now, doesn’t necessarily appeal to me.

Having said all that…

So what did Ms. Taylor say?

Below a picture of her standing before a filled-to-the-gills stadium performing, she writes:

I love you guys so much. This was a photo @paul_sidoti took at @capitalofficialJingle Bell Ball in London a few days ago. I couldn’t have asked for a better year, all thanks to you. Thanks for all the birthday wishes. Can’t wait to see what 28 will be like. See you on tour 😄

What’s so controversial about that, you ask?  It boils down to this:

I couldn’t have asked for a better year

To which people who have viewed 2017 as a horror show -I’m one of those who agree with that sentiment, and calling this past year a ‘horror show’ is, IMHO, putting it mildly- responded in kind.  How so?  You can read some of the reactions in this article, presented on Huffingtonpost.com and written by Lee Moran:

Taylor Swift said she ‘Couldn’t have asked for a better year’ and divided us all

Among the more humorous responses, Rich E stated:

I mean, yeah there were Nazi’s and white supremacy marches, and families are being town apart, and there were mass shootings, and people are losing health care, but none of that affects me, so 2017 was great!

There are a few others presented, but my favorite is probably this one, written by Dana Schwartz:

Read the room, Taylor.

To defend Ms. Taylor, she’s young, she’s likely been living in her own bubble with (understandably) her own interests and has made it a point of -or, perhaps, simply has no interest in- things outside this personal perview, especially in the political field.

So, yes, enjoy your birthday and your continued, hard earned success, Ms. Taylor.  But, perhaps, you may want to start considering your statements -as indeed everyone should!- and if they’re maybe/kinda/sorta tone deaf.