• Tikiporch@lemmy.world
    4·
    36 minutes ago

    I don’t know if you’re allowed to be an avatar of compassion if you’re worth nearly half a billion dollars.

    Edit: Eat the rich! But not this one…

    • Dharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.net
      19·
      4 hours ago

      And she could have been worth so much fucking more. I’m not a celebrity worshipper, and God knows I’m not an apologist for the rich, but no. Dolly was absolutely an avatar for human compassion. She was human, and had faults, but she did more good in this world than she did wrong, and she did more good than anyone else I’ve ever seen in similar positions. She was my best friend’s aunt, and even the inner circle family never really had anything negative to say about her, other than that she kept herself so busy worried about others that they worried about her.

      Wat h Lindsey Ellis’s video on her, if you want. https://youtu.be/uJuKN0chAZk

  • devfuuu@lemmy.world
    18·
    10 hours ago

    More than 2 or 3 memes about someone I never heard in life… Do i need to go research who she is? 😮‍💨

    • GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world
      17·
      7 hours ago

      She was an amazingly compassionate woman. You don’t need to be a fan of her music to respect her as a human being. She was a giant. She radiated warmth and kindness, and the world is a little smaller and darker without her in it.

      She grew up extremely poor in the mountains of Tennessee, and worked very hard to become a successful country singer. She had a long-running campaign, sending free children’s books to elementary school libraries, and she was helping lead the charge on AIDS research funding and public awareness during the AIDS crisis. Had a famously good lemon pudding recipe.

      Fun fact, Dolly the Cloned Sheep was named after her. (Well… named after her boobs, since Dolly was cloned from the mammary cells of her donor). Dolly Parton apparently found that absolutely hilarious.

    • PoastRotato@lemmy.world
      61·
      9 hours ago

      You probably should. Even if you’re not a fan of her music, she was an icon of kindness, compassion, and tolerance; you would be hard pressed to find anyone who had anything negative to say about her. Not to mention her charm and sense of humor.

      • quill7513@anarchist.nexusEnglish
        14·
        7 hours ago

        and a true embodiment of the Appalachian fun gay aunt archetype. i know she was cishet, but the fun gay aunt is an archetype, not a stock character

        • 4grams@awful.systemsEnglish
          1·
          26 minutes ago

          The only person you will hear that from is turnip.

          I do wish she had been more outspoken, but her actions spoke loud enough. Dolly has always a force for good and compassion, and the things she supported were incompatible with the hate that so many politicians dedicate themselves to.

        • Dharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.net
          7·
          3 hours ago

          Not really. She just refused to speak publicly about politics in general, except when it came to support for marginalized groups. So she had immense support for the gay and trans community, the black community, women, minorities, et cetera. You can infer her politics from that, but she often refused to speak about individual politicians, and did not throw her weight behind political campaigns. In a very big way, this has helped to push many towards tolerance and compassion, and the political figures that go with that.

          For instance, saying “I support gay marriage,” effectively told people which party she voted for, but by refusing to name the party or the politician, she gave many of her fans a way to realize their own voting habits might be misaligned, without the immediate, unthinking backlash and reactionary results of saying “I am voting for the Democrat”

          From her very outspoken support of the groups she supported, it’s almost impossible not to tell that she was left of center.

      • k0e3@lemmy.ca
        4·
        6 hours ago

        I don’t see much news of her here in Japan, so I doubt anyone would know about her or her death. I only know because of my Canadian upbringing (and I’m old).

      • remon@ani.social
        7·
        8 hours ago

        Not the person you replied to, but Europe. I have heard of her, but very vaguely. Definitely had to look her up when the news broke.

  • RustyNova@lemmy.world
    4·
    10 hours ago

    As much as I’d love being in this situation, “Avatar of love and compassion” means turning into an annoying pink haired elf so no thank you