~ What Would Dolly Do?! ~

 

Brings jobs and millions of dollars to a dying city making it a tourist attraction folks fr eeerrryyyyywhere come to visit. Raised enough money for her home town after a fire devastated the community to help families get back on their feet for SIX MONTHS. Creates a program that sends books, for free, every month, to ANY child living in TN until they are FIVE!!!! But sure, has a racist agenda. Uh-hu. Ok.

I truly believe Dolly is one of the most inclusive entertainer, entrepreneurs, citizen of TN, EVER, Anywhere. She is someone who presents kindness to every reporter, every fan, every artist that stops to speak or ask her advice. I can NOT even handle this ridiculousness!!!!

Removing all reminders of history, painful, right, wrong, etc. does NOT erase it. It also does a disservice to anyone and everyone that chose to represent their country in one way or another, making it the free, beautiful country it actually is by going through these un imaginable chapters of our past. Sadly, and even contradictory to my point perhaps, that freedom even entitles this kind of ridiculousness.

I visited the Holocaust museum once and was so broken hearted over the facts of this historic event I have not been able to go back to it again. That sadness and anger it caused me does not mean it should be erased as a piece of history. It happened. As did the wars of the states. It shouldn't have, but it did and I think all are the wiser, in one way or another, b/c of growing up learning about it in history classes. How do we learn what needs to be said and done now, in order to not repeat our regretful pasts, if we do not study our nations past, observe it in different cities, in different outlets with different people??!!! I may be rambling. My fuse is lit.

Don't get me started on the cancelling of the viewing of #GoneWithTheWind this weekend!!! CLARK GABLE WAS MIXED RACE!!! The actress to play "Mammy", was the first African American female to be nominated for an Oscar. Which she was nominated for her role AS MAMMY!!! I need to get off this soap box right quick!!!

Anyway, lets not neglect to pray for our business and community leaders, political and otherwise. I gotta go calm down. Love you all!! Even the ones coming for Dolly.......I don't really like you right now, but I love ya as a fellow American and human.....cause that's what Jesus would do......and probably Dolly.......