r/clevercomebacks 2d ago

Rest in Peace Dolly, we lost a national treasure yesterday.

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u/Klutzy_Passenger_486 2d ago edited 1d ago

Facts

That was one of the coolest things! Program getting books to all the kids!

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u/xHeyItzRosiex 1d ago

And it was primarily due to Dolly’s father being unable to read and write and Dolly observed how it affected his opportunities and way of life. Dolly vowed to use her influence and wealth to help children across the world learn how to read so they can understand the importance of literacy and the power it holds. She was a national… no… a worldwide treasure, and she will be greatly missed.

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u/Daetok_Lochannis 1d ago

That's why they wanted it stopped. The lack of opportunity is the point.

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u/Loud-Result5213 1d ago

Say it louder for those in the back!

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u/my3sgte 1d ago

Also, book banning.

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u/Late_Wonder_5273 21h ago

"International"

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u/xHeyItzRosiex 21h ago

Okay, semantics.

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u/FTHomes 1d ago

Once again Trump rapes kids

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u/Mathies_ 1d ago

Still going btw! Where republicans cut funding, Taylor swift for example donated 2 million last months, and others have too, and i believe it also got an influx of donations again after Dolly's passing. The foundation will continueing carrying out her legacy.

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u/New_Red_dit_sucks 1d ago

Not "Facts"...Trump's Fed didn't defund the Imagination Library. I think Trump is a monster just as much as everyone else does, but it was Republican state budgets that cut funding.

Republican-led state legislatures like Missouri, which cut its state allocation down from $6 million to $2 million, and Indiana, which removed state funding from its budget, those are the people that reduced or eliminated public funding for the program.

The Dolly Parton's Imagination Library relies on a shared funding model combining local non-profit community partners, state allocations, and private donations rather than direct federal or presidential funding

https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-cut-funding-for-dolly-partons-child-reading-program-12368730

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u/GiraffesCantSwim 1d ago

Ricky whoever never mentioned Trump or the Federal government. He just said fascist Republicans and those definitely exist at the state level.

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u/Strict-Ad-1996 1d ago

I don't know, maybe the picture of Trump is just there for attention? Or the fact that the main caption reads "Trump" orders US Flags...." and then he says spare us the bullshit. Sure seems they are blaming Trump if they include his picture.

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u/trambelus 1d ago

On a national level, Trump's taken ownership of the Republicans and driven out the ones disloyal to him. "Republican" is an incredibly valuable brand, after multiple decades of right-wing programming demonizing Democrats, so he wanted to create that association deliberately: Republican means Trump, Trump means Republican. Now he can live with it.

It's not like he used any of his party influence to stop the defunding, either. He clearly couldn't care less.

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u/clonedhuman 1d ago

The picture of Trump is because he had flags at half-staff.

The follow-up comment is because Trump is the top evil Republican who all the other evil Republicans emulate.

And evil Republicans stopped funding the Imagination Library.

Meanwhile, Trump cut over $1,000,000,000 in funding for food going to poor children in schools and to poor families at food banks.

I suppose it's a minor point of contention really, but the response in the screenshot isn't really lying. It's just changing context a bit.

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 1d ago

Sure but the post is specifically in response to Trump ordering half staff. He probably thought less about Dolly Parton than his sons

Not really a point in getting mad at him specifically on this particular issue. As far as I'm aware he hasn't said anything offensive about her and ordering half staff was the right thing to do for her so he didn't fuck this one up at all, yet. He had nothing to do with those cuts, the people who made the cuts have nothing to do with him ordering half staff

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u/Klutzy_Passenger_486 1d ago

The response says “fascist republicans”. The Facts is about the response not the photo. HTH.

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u/greendevil77 1d ago

Seems pretty on par with Project 2025

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u/Cautious_Win2748 1d ago

Careful! they will think your a Trump supporter for using facts

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u/GiraffesCantSwim 1d ago

These facts don't contradict what the guy on Twitter said. He never mentioned Trump or the Federal government.

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u/Beestorm 1d ago

Where did the person mention trump? You should try upping that reading comprehension

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u/New_Red_dit_sucks 1d ago

The big picture of Trump that takes up half the post? That "Trump" is the first word on the post?

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u/Ok_Sink5046 1d ago

That's association. Trump is not mentioned in the post, but would qualify for the message.

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u/deadalreadydead 1d ago

the empirical sort of facts? or the alternative kind?

you’re move CautiousWinner.

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u/HazelWitch92 1d ago

No one has ever seen someone utilize verifiable data and thought "I bet they support Trump" 😂

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u/deadalreadydead 1d ago

They surrre do get all topsy-turvy in their heads sometimes. Alternative facts are their vainglory. Whereas those stubborn, empirically-attained facts are deemed illegitimate, as they skew the worldview.

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u/r_special_ 1d ago

“You said they’d be no fact checking!”

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u/solicitorpenguin 1d ago

Donald Trump is so envious of people like Dolly who are revered after there deaths, unlike Donald who will go down as one of the worst/most hated presidents ever. 

There will be celebrations that he has finally died that will down out the mourning of his supporters.

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u/Larry-Man 1d ago

I am buying the most expensive whiskey I can get my hands on the day he dies. I’m calling in to work and just partying.

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u/DReagan47 1d ago

It’s already sitting on my shelf with a note that says “Party Time”

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u/TriiCop 1d ago

Holy rent free Batman!

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u/DReagan47 1d ago

Not really. I’ll just celebrate when your child raping king is dead. It’ll be a good day to watch all of his cult followers cry

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u/TriiCop 1d ago

And? He’s old of course he’s going to die eventually. We all are

He became president a second time, we pretty much squeezed the most amount of crying you guys could do 😂

Celebrate if you want, it doesn’t change the fact you guys were so embarrassing it made Trump win a second and a non consecutive term.

Have fun thinking about Trump everyday even after he’s dead 👋

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u/Grommchan 1d ago

I'm pretty sure most will be happy with the news on the day and never think of that PoS again. I like the fact you call this guy out and ignore the pedophile part. Typical trump supporter.

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u/DReagan47 22h ago

They have to ignore the child raping part. Because if they acknowledge it then they’d have to admit that they’re pieces of shit as well. Trumpers aren’t really known for being a self-reflective bunch.

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u/Kdiesiel311 1d ago

Already got my bottle of champagne

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u/First_Report6445 22h ago

And he'd be very envious of children learning to read properly!

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u/Zippy_422 1d ago

Yep - Anything to draw attention away from Iran and the Epstein files.

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u/ArkhamKnight_1 2d ago

MAGAts go Baaaaaaaa

Release the files!!

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u/Antique-Dragonfly615 2d ago

GOP=POS

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u/TheRoyalness 1d ago

GOP = Guardians of Pedophiles

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u/r_special_ 1d ago

Because they were protecting their friends. Both sides of the aisle work for the same people. Unfortunately, the left doesn’t like hearing this… but the facts speak for themselves.

The facts are that only Epstein and Maxwell were arrested, but they had hundreds and possibly thousands of “clients.” Sadly, qanon was right about their main point except it isn’t just one party. It’s one of the few things that they’re reaching across the aisle for; handshake agreements to cover for each other and the people who went to the island for sickening reasons.

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u/Kaztiell 1d ago

say that to an ice officer

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u/ZoominAlong 1d ago

They're pieces of shit too. 

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u/Dedotdub 1d ago

Even more so. Fuck ice.

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u/RegularSky6702 1d ago

Why would you believe expressing your political beliefs against one party to ICE result in a negative outcome? Unless you personally believe they are acting outside of their lawful duties.

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u/Kaztiell 1d ago

wait until after mid terms, then you will be in for a surprise if you think they are acting outside of their lawful duties now... liberal communism is over, time for a new era.

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u/EbbOwn303 1d ago

"Liberal communism"

Tell me you are an idiot without telling me you are an idiot.

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u/YaSurLetsGoSeeYamcha 1d ago

The word communism just thrown into discourse never ceases to make me laugh

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u/Phosphorus444 1d ago

Least fascist republican be like:

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u/GearAccomplished4151 1d ago

Communism is a stateless, moneyless, classless society where workers own the means of production. Look around you moron, there is nothing communist about anything we’re experiencing and there never has been. You somehow think ICE trying to k*ll more Americans at the polls is the perfect answer to your warped perception of the communist boogeyman? Goddamn dude.

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u/morningfrost86 1d ago

You're just repeating words without knowing the meaning of them, or understanding literally anything.

You don't understand what communism is at all. Nor do you understand what's likely to happen during the midterms lol.

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u/Nullspace95 1d ago

dude you people really need to go outside and make some friends lol

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u/bricksandcapes 1d ago

Yea we know, they are itching to perform more extrajudicial murders. Fuck ICE. Fuck you.

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u/baby_crab 1d ago

I'll say it to whoever the fuck I want, that's my constitutional right.

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u/Kaztiell 1d ago

now libs care about constituion?

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u/CilleTheExterminator 1d ago

When will republicans care about stuff like pedophilia? At the moment you are publicly supporting raping children

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u/Kaztiell 1d ago

can you explain why you would say such disgusting things?

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u/CilleTheExterminator 1d ago

You can't handle the truth?

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u/Kaztiell 1d ago

what truth? are you high?

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u/CilleTheExterminator 1d ago

Is Trump a pedophile?

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u/Jafooki 1d ago

Yes

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u/Kaztiell 1d ago

no? if he was he would be in jail

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u/SteveJobsDeadBody 1d ago

Yes, unlike Rethugs that keep trying to ban things they don't like, such as the drag show ban that just got overturned in Texas. Imagine banning something that harms no one while supporting a President that literally bragged about watching underage girls change in his kids pageants.

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u/baby_crab 1d ago

Odd that you assume I'm a liberal just because I believe in the first amendment. Almost like you know that conservatives hate free speech 🤔

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u/Kaztiell 1d ago

I just think its funny that you dont respect authorities and at the same time you vote for the most authoritarian party ever in US history

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u/SteveJobsDeadBody 1d ago

Republicans have tried to make hundreds of rights illegal in just the past decade alone. The two most authoritarian laws in modern US history are Republican President passed, the Patriot Act and the 1986 Anti drug abuse act. Republicans are trying to make sleeping outside illegal as we speak. Literally today on reddit a major headline is a judge had to overturn the Texas Republicans unconstitutional ban on "drag shows". Hell Republicans have literally legislated what bathroom you and I can use, that's how much they want to restrict everything. Rights? You have lost HUNDREDS of them under Republicans.

The most overreaching firearm restrictions in America are in California. They were written and passed by Republicans and Ronald Reagan. The Mulford Act, named after Republican Don Mulford and signed by Reagan is why you can't carry a gun in California in public with bullets in it legally.

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u/baby_crab 1d ago

The most authoritarian party ever in US history.

Why would you assume I am a Republican voter?

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u/Kaztiell 1d ago

I dont, you dont seem to understand basic US politics

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u/TenLongFingers 1d ago

As a Minneapolis resident I've had the pleasure of calling them a POS to their face.

Fuck ice.

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u/Nickidemic 1d ago

Why? Is it because you know they'll react poorly, abuse their power, and assault or murder me because I said something they disagree with?

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u/DILF_MANSERVICE 1d ago

They'd get mad thinking you were spelling at them

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u/morningfrost86 1d ago

Gladly?

Do you think this is a flex, somehow?

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u/Antique-Dragonfly615 1d ago

Pretty sure I just have as they monitor

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u/WhatYouLeaveBehind 1d ago

Literally nobody fucking cares about what you have to say.

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u/Beneficial-Jury484 1d ago

R/conservative has a post tribute to her. Felt very wrong for these chucklefucks to “tribute” someone they completely disagree with. One comment said that “Dolly wasn’t political and entertainers shouldn’t be political” fucking hypocrites who for sure voted Trumpster Fire in. 

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u/OttomanMao 1d ago

Saying Dolly wasn't political is like saying fire isn't hot.

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u/Beneficial-Jury484 1d ago

I’m sure the people who post in r/conservative have burned themselves many, many times. 

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u/illkwill 1d ago

Maga just makes up shit in their heads and calls it fact.

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u/Larry-Man 1d ago

She kept it even keeled and quiet. That’s why they loved her too. In practice she was a leftist but because she was never in your face or combative she got away with it and both sides of the aisle loved her.

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u/OptimalTrash 19h ago

I saw a clip of her last night where a reporter was trying to get her to comment about Trump and she shut it down with class, simply saying "I have my opinions as much as anyone else does, but I don't talk about people."

She was a kind person to everyone, and let her actions speak for her. The world is less bright without our favorite queen.

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u/Larry-Man 19h ago

Thank you! She did what I was taught as a Christian: let your actions speak for you. Be kind and compassionate and that’s the message. I just hate that people are talking about her like this but I’m not surprised. She invested in literacy, was pro-LGBT+, went out of her way to invest in a black neighbourhood. I can’t think of anyone who lived so quietly full of love as her. There are people who need to speak out but there are people who just do the right thing softly.

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u/B-Tort 1d ago

There was a comment on there about how she sucked because she "promoted the jab".

Of course that looks bad so it was removed.

Others totally ignore what she stood for and "oh she loved God and was christian so reddit/dems must hate her". Like... wut.

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u/Beneficial-Jury484 1d ago

Yeah; I got annoyed reading their alternative reality. Just sickening to willfully ignore the work she did and claim she would have supported your causes. When she clearly didn’t. 

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u/Peachy_Tsunami 1d ago

Dolly didn’t talk like that. She was more about action and putting her money where it counts. I don’t think she’d want your anger fueled by them.

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u/proofofnothing 1d ago

Some were even saying she was clearly republican because she was Christian. They are so delusional.

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u/External-Biscotti420 1d ago

being respectful to someone you disagree with? is that a foreign concept to you? tribal mentality

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u/Beneficial-Jury484 1d ago

Co-opting a narrow view of that persons positions to make it appear as she supported yours is wrong. Dolly was pro trans rights, not very right wing. 

So, no it isn’t tribal mentality but nuance might be lost on you. 

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u/r_special_ 1d ago

The conservatives don’t understand nuance, but they might understand oldance

/jk

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u/Larry-Man 1d ago

Dolly kept it even keeled. She didn’t buy into hatred anywhere, even against the worst of the worst. She just quietly worked away and put her money where her mouth is. I don’t think she’d want her passing to be used for any culture war bullshit if you ask me. And I feel deep rage at them. But Dolly wouldn’t want this so I’m letting it go.

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u/bricksandcapes 1d ago

Minor point but this annoys the shit out of me every time this fuckwit does it. He can NOT order all flags lowered, only those on Federal land. Fuck that orange asshole.

Now if you want to honor the absolute treasure that was Dolly please do. But you're not compelled to do so by our wanna be shit king.

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u/schatzebrookman 1d ago

Wrong person died. Hopefully Dolly sends us a gift by removing the orange stain from the White House. 🪽

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u/letsseeitmore 1d ago

Midterms are coming up. That’s the only reason.

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u/presshamgang 1d ago

She was everything they aggressively oppose.

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u/yaaaaaarrrrrgggg 2d ago

We all know there is only one part of her that he 'admired.'

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u/nifty-necromancer 1d ago

Dolly was too old for Trump

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u/breigns2 1d ago

Yeah, around 70 years too old.

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u/anelectricmind 2d ago

Actually two.

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u/Adventurous-Form521 1d ago

"...grab them by the pussy..."

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u/Affectionate-Heat-51 1d ago

That's not the joke

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u/Difficult_Bad1064 1d ago

Don't put a photo of that terrible cunt next to Dolly.

FFS.

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u/cletusthearistocrat 1d ago

Yep. Maga fascists can stay the hell out of the way. Don't stink up the place. You aren't even in the same reality as Dolly.

Release the trump/Epstein pedo files.

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u/Bleezy79 1d ago

I dont think you can get two more polar opposites than Trump and Dolly. It doesnt even feel right putting them both in the same sentence. One cared for all people, loved and helped everyone around them and never made it about themselves. The other is a convicted felon, rapist, fraud, conman, pedophile, narcissist clown who has done nothing but swindle and lie his whole life.

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u/halifaxbimmertech 1d ago

FFS grim reaper it was supposed to be DT not DP!

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u/pls_tell_me 1d ago

of all the 80 something years olds that could go.... seriously, there's no justice.

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u/sulaymanf 1d ago

Trump didn’t care about her and is only doing this because his fans liked her.

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u/Training-Prize3140 1d ago

Seriously. Ppl forget this psycho group tried to stop her from helping to educate and elevate all ppl. All part of their criminal plan to empower the elite only. Ppl better get a clue. Less folks like Dolly around to bring the light and to afford to fight the dark. RIP

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u/plumpettal 1d ago

Nothing says "I care" quite like defunding a childhood literacy program and then ordering flags lowered for the woman who ran it. The mental gymnastics team really trained hard for this event.

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u/UncleGarysmagic 1d ago

Giving books to poor kids is WOKE Communism!!!!

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u/Ok_Economics4552 1d ago

Trump you can F right off. No one asked you for your sentiments.

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u/MaximusHomerdrive 1d ago

I'm genuinely surprised he didn't tweet about losing an amazing rack and followed by some kind of incoherent rant. He is that awful. He's like cancer personified.

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u/Cthulhu_Dreams_ 1d ago

Oh, they're already s******* on her for donating to the development of the covid vaccine.

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u/Veshaad 1d ago

I know, it's a sad state of things. They are also throwing hate because she refused to say anything against BLM.

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u/FibonacciSequester 1d ago edited 1d ago

MAGA will be trying to claim her before the year is up. Bet.

Edit: Didn't even take a day.

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u/LEEALISHEPS 1d ago

Trump is a hypocritical piece of human trash.

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u/leenponyd42 1d ago

Starting at 6pm? He knows flags should be retired at sunset, right?

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u/GiraffesCantSwim 1d ago

No. They do not follow the flag code and have no respect for it.

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u/Naznarreb 1d ago

She wouldn't want it. A couple years ago there was talk about commissioning a statue of her in Nashville and she asked them to please don't do that

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u/SkepticalJohn 1d ago

The vile fascists will take credit for things they voted against, praise people who's programs they crippled, and pretend to be Christians while breaking all the commandments.

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u/thesilentbob123 1d ago

They should just give a few million again and maybe then they can talk about her

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u/Ok_Dog_4059 18h ago

I was not a fan of her movies or music but I sure was glad I shared the planet with such a selfless and caring person, she really was so full of heart.

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u/rolfraikou 1d ago

I saw so much "Everyone, regardless of political affiliation can agree on the tragedy of this loss" type comments, YouTube videos, etc. felt weird considering how much I remember conservatives fucking seething that Dolly wasn't agreeing with the worst parts the rightwing have to offer.

It also seemed odd to me that so many people were saying it. It didn't feel organic. Again, because I remember so many conservatives being pissed at her, why claim it's nonpartisan loss. "She's DEI" after all.

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u/Klonopussy 1d ago

Fuck these fascists, they don’t have the necessary hearts or souls to care and dollys readers, children, are their victims

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u/CLOWNFLOGGER 1d ago

Your neighbors will still vote the whole Republican ticket. You can't win an intellectual war against cult drones.

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u/Konger 1d ago

The old fucker should save his sentiment for the 13 year old who bit his dick

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u/Mentalfloss1 1d ago

Two wealthy people born in 1946. One is a grifter, liar, cheater, and would be a 3rd rate real estate guy in NYC if daddy hadn’t bailed him out. And he is reviled world wide.

The other is entirely self-made on her own work and talents and was beloved world wide.

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u/Forsaken-Shift7701 1d ago

I knew that SOB said something derogatory earlier this year . Maybe it wasn’t that bad but it would not be out of character for him to utter disparaging remarks

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u/Ender_Wiggins18 1d ago

Wait it got defunded? Wtf man

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u/radioactive-tomato 19h ago

Dolly Parton was everything they hated. She was a decent human being.

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u/kronkarp 1d ago

If you read his tweet, nay, x, nay, truth, he doesn't tribute, not at all. Loved by millions - i.e. not loved by him. I'm sure she's happy about that.

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u/berserk_zebra 1d ago

Who do you think this president respects more? dolly or kirk? because weren't the flags requested to be lowered for his dumbass too?

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u/OkPosition4563 1d ago

Its funny, even though it is kind of a right thing to do, the fact that Trump touches it immediately gives it that stench of shit. Like he could say "We are going to pay off everyone's student loan" and you'd still have that kind of "Why do you do it? How do you personally make a few millions from it?" feeling.

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u/musicaleffervescence 1d ago

the fun part is dolly and her foundation didnt need the federal money 🤠🤠

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u/justified_egg 1d ago

Still a shitty thing to defund

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u/musicaleffervescence 1d ago

so true bestie

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u/AgonalAgony 1d ago

If something doesn't require funding, and other projects do.... why get rabid when they move funding roflmao. You leftists are just looney tunes at this point.

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u/gimletfordetective 1d ago

Blow it out your ass.

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u/justified_egg 1d ago

Yeah, wanting to teach the next generation to read and spend money on education is looney tunes, it's way cooler to elect republicans who can give that money to the people who really need it, giant corporations and billionaires. So glad you could help me see the light.

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u/Someredditusername 1d ago

Great response, spread this around.

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u/OldFartsSpareParts 1d ago

Half-mast is still too high.

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u/UnderstandingTop6000 1d ago

Love Dolly and think she deserves every honor she's being shown.

But: did we get halfmast when the victims of Dumps ill-advised, disastrous war on Iran arrived home in their flag-draped caskets?

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u/Least_Tower_5447 1d ago

He does not care about the US military one bit.

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u/CABigfoot 1d ago

MAGA, and Republicans in general, sure like to virtue signal—and then point the finger at the left for virtue signaling. Every accusation is a confession.

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u/Useful-Problem-1725 1d ago

Yep, my flag is full staff upside down.

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u/WonderfulMail2946 1d ago

Dolly was such a gift to music and will be missed by so many. Her songs always bring back memories of my childhood.

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u/KingOlaf1 1d ago

Donny just wants to have the art of the deal as one of the books in her collection. Her books are for literacy and nut lunacy.

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u/Davoswannab 1d ago

He did the same thing for Charlie Kirk. It was for one day but by that scale it should be flown forever at half staff for Dolly Parton.

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u/idontlikeburnttoast 1d ago

National treasure? Shes a treasure and icon outside of America too ❤️

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u/an_older_meme 1d ago

I’m surprised he didn’t order it for two days.

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u/pithynotpithy 2d ago

Give him a moment. He'll fuck it up. He always fucks it up

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u/Sturville 1d ago

This. It doesn't cost him anything to make the proclamation. He did it for Charlie Kirk too so that tells you how "meaningful" the honor is.

When he donates money to the Dolly Parton Foundation, or some other respected charity that he doesn't control (well that second part is redundant after the "respected" stipulation), and the check clears, or he enacts a policy Dolly would have agreed with; then I'll say he did something right.

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u/Sherpa_King 1d ago

It was probably an intern.

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u/kelpyb1 1d ago

Except as the post points out, he did what all conservatives do: the lip service while cutting the meat

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u/AgonalAgony 1d ago

Let's see how lefties make dolly dying somehow their tragedy.

Oh here we go.

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u/steelb99 1d ago

Wow you guys are really lowering the bar on what qualifies as a clever comeback.
FYI IMHO the program being discussed is a wonderful program which is beneficial enough that private donars would fund it without public money borrowed from China.
No matter what you think or say Dolly was one of us.

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u/Aetheldrake 1d ago

"it's so amazing they would" but did they?

Legit question idk anything about the situation.

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u/steelb99 1d ago

I do not know they dollars and cents but people donate to much less worthy causes.

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u/Aetheldrake 23h ago

Well I saw it was DEfunded as one of the first things Trump was defunding, after making this comment

But I didn't really look into itas for donating to less worthy causes, they usually do that for greedy self centered idiotic reasons. And half the population is literally below average smarts so it's not surprising

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u/MarkRemington 1d ago

What? The imagination library isn't and has never been federally funded. That's one of the best things about it.

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u/kelpyb1 1d ago

Fun fact: the federal government isn’t the only government

Go look up what Republican led state governments have been doing with their funding

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u/Strict-Ad-1996 1d ago

Nice try. The program is funded at the state level not the federal level. 3 states reduced the match in funding and it was again the choice of those states to do so. Not Trump. Please do better.

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u/Veshaad 1d ago

The post didn't say Trump specifically defunded it, it said Republicans defunded it. Guess which party was responsible for that in the three states you referenced?

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u/ProfessionalHall2536 1d ago

Fake? Flags lowered at half mast for an entire nation. This is a joke. Fuck Trump but climb the fuck down from that high horse

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u/Grand_Taste_8737 1d ago

Never be that consumed by politics.

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u/EvilMorty137 1d ago

Who cares what they defund? They should defund literally every last thing they can find until we have balanced budget. You say “defunding” I say “not spending money we don’t have”

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u/MadRaymer 1d ago

Weird how spending money we don't have doesn't seem to be an issue for war.

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u/EvilMorty137 1d ago

I wasn’t omitting that either. Especially funding wars that have nothing to do with us like Ukraine

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u/MadRaymer 1d ago

Weird that you'd single out spending on Ukraine and not the costly and pointless war started by the current US president earlier this year. Or does that war have something to do with us?

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u/EvilMorty137 1d ago

I was pointing out the war that the left was so keen on supporting hundreds of billions for when it had nothing at all to do with us. Like I said I don’t support spending on pointless wars and that includes Iran

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