And when the MAGA conservatives swoop in and try to claim Dolly as one of their own, it’s imperative that you do not let them.
Dolly Parton loved everyone. Immigrants, trans people, queer people, disabled people, poor people - Dolly loved them all unconditionally.
In 1988 Dolly Parton pulled every 7th and 8th grader in Sevier County into a room and told them to pick a buddy.
She made them sign a contract.. if BOTH graduate, she hands you both $500. One fails, nobody gets paid.
The county dropout rate went from 35% to 6%.
She handed out the checks herself.
In 1989 she offered $500 to every kid in the county who wanted to go to the local college.
When Gatlinburg burned in 2016, she sent 900 families $1,000 a month for six months.
You've probably heard that part.
Here's the part you haven't:
The fund raised more than expected, so she showed up in May and handed every one of those families another $5,000 on top.
Then she quietly put $3 million into the recovery group that handles the years after the news trucks leave.
She built her county an entire hospital.
She played a benefit concert in 2007, Dollywood and the Stampede matched it, and LeConte Medical Center opened in 2010 with a birthing unit and a women's center in it.
In 2022 she started covering 100% of tuition, books, and fees for Dollywood employees.
Full-time, part-time, AND seasonal.
In 1991 she paid for a bald eagle sanctuary because the birds couldn't be released back into the wild, no press release.
And when Hurricane Helene came through here in Western North Carolina, she wrote a personal check for $1 million and her companies matched it.
She didn't owe North Carolina anything, but she helped us anyway.
She started the Imagination Library because her daddy couldn't read or write. Before he passed, he told her it was the most important thing she ever did.
Rest in Peace, Dolly 🇺🇸
@Mghazake@prn63ss Maybe you aren’t from the US but in the US this is just an outright lie. Employers don’t like wimpy ‘nonchalant’ losers who have no spine to send an email of interest bc it might look ‘desperate.’ They want people who are confident and who express interest.
unpopular opinion: we shouldn’t use volunteers for war, we should draft everyone who has a domestic violence charge since they already proved they like to fight so much.
Some of y’all aren’t scared enough about running out of potable water. We need it to survive, our pets and farms do too. Data centres are using it up and wasting it. They project we could run out by 2039. Thirteen years. Stop asking AI questions, it’s not worth it.
@heartsfordnp I'm sorry to post a ss of my reply i just have so many words 💔 but TLDR: these are the same stories they've been telling. Common Reddit fake fan behavior /j
@AmazingPhil@DanAndPhilGAMES The natural predator of a wild Richard in a prime hunting spot… The Lester is preparing to spread the Cheese Touch to the unsuspecting prey. Notice his clenched fist, he is about to strike! @DanAndPhilGAMES
@layisnotonfire I'm possibly the most sexually fluid transman to exist tbh. Dw tho, you seem to have finally found phannies who aren't lesbians ♡ :3!!!
@pookielester@Xxb3rryb1ade That's toxic Dan stan 101 for ya. ‘Phil can never do anything *right* but Dan can never do anything *wrong* and if you disagree you're a bad person’ they're genuinely insufferable pick me’s. I dislike these people so much.
@dnproan Jealousy a disease hope they get better soon. Also hope it doesn't remove from your enjoyment either. I know those toxic twt fans can be draining as hell.
"There's no way you can write a ten page paper without chatGPT"
WE COULD LITERALLY DO EVERYTHING THAT EVER HAPPENED IN HUMAN HISTORY WITHOUT CHATGPT WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT.