“Of course Black Lives Matter. Do we think our little white asses are the only ones that matter?” — Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton was that rarest of things. I mourn her passing, and yet the baton has been passed. We lost John Prine, but gained Jesse Welles. We lost Tony Rice, but gained Billy Strings. And now we have lost Dolly Parton, but we have gained Taylor Swift. May the circle be unbroken. ❤️
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Over on Facebook, this missive resulted in a host of know-nothings riding in to bash Taylor Swift. Here’s what they missed, and why the comparison is poignant:
▪️Taylor, age 36, has won 14 Grammy Awards (out of 58 nominations), and is the only artist in history to have won Album of the Year four times.
▪️Taylor has won 12 Country Music Association (CMA) Awards out of 28 total nominations, and has won the CMA’s Entertainer of the Year award twice.
▪️Taylor has also earned at least 70 top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, which is the second-most of any artist in chart history.
▪️Taylor Swift's Eras Tour shattered global entertainment milestones, becoming the first music tour in history to surpass $2 billion in ticket sales, drawing over 10.1 million attendees across 149 shows, and setting the all-time record for the highest-grossing concert film.
▪️ Taylor Swift has donated over $100 million to charity. See >> https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swifts-charity-donations-gifts-timeline/
▪️Taylor Swift has refused to allow Trump to use her music in any form, and her lawyers are all teeth. As Wikipedia notes, “Swift is pro-choice, an advocate of gender equality, LGBTQIA+ rights and gun control, and a vocal critic of racism, white supremacy, sexism, homophobia, and police brutality. She condemned Trump's presidency, accusing it of racism and fostering violence during the George Floyd protests, criticized the policies of the Republican senator Marsha Blackburn and the overruling of Roe v. Wade, and supported the Equality Act, the creation of Juneteenth as a national holiday and the removal of Confederate statues. She endorsed the Democratic tickets of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the 2020 United States presidential election, and Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 election.” See >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_impact_of_Taylor_Swift
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