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You don't have to read this, and I'm not intending to proselytize, and I'm no expert (in fact I'm pretty new to this) but Buddhism believes in the oneness/connectedness of everything. I look at djt and his lackeys as scared unwise people doing evil out of fear (fear of ego, fear of different, fear of weakness, fear of change, and so on). I honestly feel bad for them. It must feel awful inside to look at and treat the world that way. So "See the good in everybody" seems like a concept that is close to awakening.
Dolly had nothing to gain by being political. I don't blame her for keeping her personal politics to herself. In fact, I'd like it if more celebrities did the same. I disagree that her silence about politics undermined her children's literacy efforts (because we all still talk about those efforts and will for decades to come).
I wish you all the best today.
I live in Tennessee, so my opinion of Dolly is definitely biased. She was and is a treasure. I think she understood something most people in positions of power and prestige do not: what you say matters little, what you do matters lots.
Could she have showed up on political stages? Sure. Could she wear a #I'mWithHer shirt? Yeah. Is she the kind of person who's going to play moral trolley problem lesser of two evil games? Absolutely not.
Dolly came from a place where nobody gave a damn about her or anyone else, and they still don't. So she decided she would. She decided to cut through it all to let kids know that someone cares about them and that kindness always wins.
Well said. The world would be a better place if more of us quietly did good deeds. Advocacy is also good, but many don't go past that.