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I'm surprised he didn't call her woke and say he was happy she had died, like he usually does with everyone who has ever done anything good in their lives.
Despite all the good she did in the world, she refused to speak out against Trump or the Republican party or their policies. Regarding Trump and Hillary in 2016, she said their both crazy. She never explicitly supported either side and went far out of her way to avoid ever choosing a side in politics at all, which is a shame. In my opinion, by not speaking out against the people who actively undermined the good she was doing in the world, she really just undermined herself.
There's a billboard by my house that for the last 6 months or more has had a picture of her with the phrase, "See the good in everybody." But I can't. I can't see the good in Trump or any of the toadies he surrounds himself with. Their evil completely occludes any good in them and I'm sad that she didn't seem to see that.
You don't have to read this, and I'm not intending to proselytize, and I'm no expert (in fact I'm pretty new to this) but Buddhism believes in the oneness/connectedness of everything. I look at djt and his lackeys as scared unwise people doing evil out of fear (fear of ego, fear of different, fear of weakness, fear of change, and so on). I honestly feel bad for them. It must feel awful inside to look at and treat the world that way. So "See the good in everybody" seems like a concept that is close to awakening.
Dolly had nothing to gain by being political. I don't blame her for keeping her personal politics to herself. In fact, I'd like it if more celebrities did the same. I disagree that her silence about politics undermined her children's literacy efforts (because we all still talk about those efforts and will for decades to come).
I wish you all the best today.
I live in Tennessee, so my opinion of Dolly is definitely biased. She was and is a treasure. I think she understood something most people in positions of power and prestige do not: what you say matters little, what you do matters lots.
Could she have showed up on political stages? Sure. Could she wear a #I'mWithHer shirt? Yeah. Is she the kind of person who's going to play moral trolley problem lesser of two evil games? Absolutely not.
Dolly came from a place where nobody gave a damn about her or anyone else, and they still don't. So she decided she would. She decided to cut through it all to let kids know that someone cares about them and that kindness always wins.
Well said. The world would be a better place if more of us quietly did good deeds. Advocacy is also good, but many don't go past that.
Frankly, I don't think Dolly Parton would have realistically done as much good trying to weigh in on the politics. A lot of her good works were focused in areas that would have likely turned against her if she put herself in opposition to Trump. The people that you might hope to be swayed by Dolly are probably more likely to suddenly dismiss her as some mere entertainer that succumbed to the "woke mind virus" rather than be swayed. Then her philanthropic works would have gained enemies to no practical good result.
I can. It’s the blood clot.
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With the Iran war and increased oil prices, Trump probably had a positive effect on the climate crisis. And he might have pushed US politics towards socialism long term. But that's really all I can think of.
Lots of electric cars and solar world wide now.
She had huge boobs, no way he’d ever have a bad thing to say about her.
Yeah, that’s all it takes.
Idk, if he were a boob guy wouldn't he prefer adults?
Blonde hair helps
Didn’t she wear a wig?
it's show business. she wore both tons and tonnes of wigs (one is nautical i think).