Aug 26, 2026, 1:16 AMA famous southern 80-year-old country-singing Christian woman died today, and none of the rather lefty people I know are insulting her, making fun of her death or faith, or calling her a nazi. They are posting positive messages about her. People on "the left" don't hate religious people. They hate bigotted assholes.
Aug 26, 2026, 1:39 AM@quaap
I admire Christians, it’s just that there are so few of them.
Aug 26, 2026, 3:40 AM
@quaap Dolly Parton was a person who clearly showed what the USA could have been. For a German Kid growing up in the 1980s like me, she was a person who showed that the USA is not just Reagan, Rocky and Rambo, but that there's also compassion and kindness.
With very few exceptions, I always very much disliked her music, but she was so much more than that. I rarely feel anything when some celebrity dies, but this one saddened me deeply. And I am as far left as it gets.