I have never gotten the hate for Taylor Swift

What is it with that? In my opinion, she is easily the most talented artist/musician of the Hilary Duff/Miley Cyrus era of tween music. She is genuine, her personality is very bubbly and cute, and she writes her own material which is more than can be said for other, more famous pop artists like Beyonce. While she isn't the greatest singer of all time you also have to admit neither were The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, and other famous artists from the 20th Century. While I know most, if not all of you people will contend that she isn't in the same league of song writing ability as those aforementioned, I still contend that a lot of her songs are catchy and solid. They're not going to be on any all-time great lists but they're still solid. She's also surprising good and charismatic live on stage and can whip almost any crowd into a frenzy with what she says and does on stage.

So, yeah, I've just never gotten all the hate for Taylor Swift. She's one of the better pop artists of this generation who just so happens to cater to a younger audience. There's nothing wrong with that.