On Taylor, Swastikas and Letting You Choose Katy Perry as the Next Hitler

I’m a wee bit torn on this one.

Below is a picture of Taylor Swift (lover her!) with some random guy at Katy Perry’s (hate her!) birthday party. As you can clearly see, the random guy next to Taylor has a big ol’ swastika painted on his chest.

Nazi alert!

There’s some mild fury on the internet over this picture. Some people are concerned that innocent little Taylor Swift is now going to try and exterminate the Jews or some other such nonsense. I, for one, don’t think Taylor Swift is the next Hitler. I also don’t think the random guy next to her is the next Hitler. Katy Perry may very well be the next Hitler, but that’s a post for another day.

Taylor’s people have explained that Taylor took hundreds of pictures with hundreds of people at this particular party. She did not know all of these people. She was just being an innocent little celebrity posing with her fans. You can’t fault a girl for that, can you?

But can you fault her for not noticing the huge swastika on the random guy’s chest? Had I seen that coming toward me, I would have certainly run screaming from any cameras in the room. No one wants to be seen in a picture with some random guy with a swastika on his chest. Talk about a party foul.

Some really educated people will rationalize this whole thing and claim that the random guy is Hindu or Buddhist and that the swastika is an ancient religious symbol that has only recently been used to represent the plot to kill every single Jewish person on the planet. While true, I don’t buy it for one second. That random guy is no Hindu. Just look at those glasses!

I’m curious, however. What do you think?

As for me, I’m willing to give Taylor the benefit of the doubt. She’s way to earnest and sweet and blond and cute to ever knowingly get involved with a Nazi. She was just being a good little celebrity. How is she supposed to control what her fans are wearing (especially when Katy Perry clearly sends them over to sabotage our poor Taylor)?

Until we have all the facts, however, I’d just be cautious about condemning Taylor if you happen to be Jewish.