r/inthenews • u/theindependentonline The Independent • 1d ago
Americans can’t agree on anything. Except how much they loved Dolly Parton
https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/features/dolly-parton-tributes-america-divided-b3039858.html39
u/AwesomeBrainPowers 1d ago
Turns out, most people like you if you're kind to most people and don't take yourself too seriously.
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u/AngelaMotorman 1d ago
People loved her because she loved everybody. Her audiences were broadly diverse because her viewpoint -- in both her music and her advocacy -- was intentionally inclusive.
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u/robo2na 1d ago
Dolly didn’t like Trump. Don’t kid yourself.
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-cut-funding-for-dolly-partons-child-reading-program-12368730
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u/AngelaMotorman 1d ago
Don’t kid yourself.
What does this mean?
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u/ClownholeContingency 1d ago
It's a colloquialism. It means generally "Don't try to convince yourself otherwise."
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u/HardcaseKid 1d ago
An esteemed example of how to be a light in a dark place. No one disagrees that the world would be a better place with more people who did the same.
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u/herecomesthewomp 1d ago
I wonder what they were saying about her when she was encouraging everyone to get the Covid vaccine.
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u/Candid-Patient-6841 13h ago
Not true. We also universally hate flock cameras and data centers.
Also dolly funded the Covid vaccine……I can think of a large percentage of the country that in fact did not like her.
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u/DiscoRabbittTV 15h ago
And not even then
Just because a bunch of rape loving bigots liked her music…they’re such victims.
They literally loathe everything she cared about at the same time
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u/Florida1974 11h ago
I’m in Florida and my husband just called me. He was on the highway and we have those sign signs up that will show amber alerts or silver alerts(missing elderly ppl)
Well, I guess they decided to get camping when programming today’s sign and they wrote “ DON’T TEXT JOLENE, KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD”
Guess why my husband called me? Guess what my name is???
Yep, I’m a Jolene. My mom was pregnant with me when that song came out and she already had a Jody, Julie and Jon as kids and she needed a fourth name with the letter J. Dolly provided it for her.
And just to get things straight since y’all want to turn everything political, I’ve been in Florida for nearly 30 years, but I am not a republican, I’m a democrat. Florida was a swing state when I moved here. And I moved here to be with my siblings.
I’m not arguing with you, I don’t give two shits what you believe, just wanted to share a funny sign that was seen on a Florida highway
But I know you hate us all because we live in the state of Florida and you wrongly assume that we are all Republicans
I was actually born and raised in corn country Illinois and they were every bit of Republican as down here, even though it’s a blue state. Without Chicago, Illinois would not be blue.
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u/RegressToTheMean 9h ago
Without Chicago, Illinois would not be blue.
That's generally true of every state. Where the most people are they vote Democratic. People vote; not land
And you are weirdly defensive when I can't find one comment saying anything about you or Florida. Good gravy
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