The charge to immortalize Parton at the capitol was the idea of Tennessee State Rep. John Windle, and, to be fair, it has its merits. She’s a rare figure whose legacy is both established and still resonant. For 35 years, via her Dollywood amusement park, Parton has served as a one-person economic stimulus to her hometown of Pigeon Forge, while her global appeal has been a boon for tourism and population growth statewide.
“Putting up a statue of Dolly Parton, who’s still alive, is a little weird,” says Memphis resident Charles L. Hughes, an author, music historian, and scholar who serves as the Director of the Lynne and Henry Turley Memphis Center at Rhodes College. Hughes, who is white, notes that Parton can be a “convenient dodge” for white people wanting to claim a “powerful projection of safe, communal, and broad-minded space.
Rep. Windle’s reasoning for a Parton statue is both a curious and benign one. “The only connection that Dolly Parton and I have is that we are both hillbillies,” the lawmaker toldIt’s in examining the proposed funding for the statue that the flaw in Windle’s plan emerges. According to the lawmaker, money would come from gifts, grants, and donations from private sources, and the public would be welcomed to offer input into the statue’s design.
Rolling Stone sounding a bit tone deaf...
Who wrote this garbage?
This is pretty funny and sounds a lot like many of your other bad takes throughout the years.
What an idiotic take on an entirely noncontroversial issue.
Ridiculous. Your brain is warped.
Charley Pride?
This is the worst article you have ever put out
The fuck are you talking about? When exactly would be the appropriate time?
The person that wrote this garbage shouldn’t be allowed to write a grocery list. This is the biggest display of idiocy & stretching to find racism I’ve seen in quite a long time. DollyParton deserves far more than one statue & her race shouldn’t detract from that. FUCKOFF
Dolly deserves a statue. This article is click bait garbage.
WTF do high school kids in New York know about Dolly Parton. Good lord
She deserves a statue
What a fucking pointless article.
Best way to honour Legends is while they're alive
She already has a statue in sevierville, how many does she need? Love, Samuel.
This article is so dumb
Outside from States, we love Dolly than Democrats
Extremely telling that a man wrote this.
Marcus Dowling's argument is silly and pointless.
I’ve been looking for a reason to unfollow RS ... and here it is .
Oh I guess I jumped the gun when I replaced the Mother Mary statue in my front yard already.
I agree with those whom are saying Dolly doesn’t deserve just 1 Statue, but imho, deserves innumerable ones. Her many Philanthropic deeds, have changed and enriched countless lives.
Bit harsh
I agree she doesn’t deserve one she statue... she deserves 10.
TeamStatue
You reposted the stupidest article I've read this year because your entire article is based on some dumb fucking idea that you can only have one statue added at a time. You take that fantasy idea away, and you have no argument nor article to repost.
Says who?
Dolly deserves a Washington Monument because she’s done more in helping kids than any government program. She’s staunch advocate to teach kids to read.
Boooooooooooooooo
She is beloved no statue changes that.
marcuskdowling What a vile bitter piece of journalism!!!! Dolly Parton has done more for the state of Tennessee than any of those people!!!!
It’s pretty sad Nashville can only afford one statue. 😂😂😂
DollyParton Charlie Pride was an iconic country singer of color. How about a statue of him AND Dolly Parton? Two incredible icons that changed our lives forever❤️
Why are you going there? Delete this tweet.
Says who?
Umm...black person here! 🙋🏾♀️ stfu and give us a Dolly statue. Damn.
Is it possible to have more than one statue made?
Give Dolly a fuckin statue. She’s like the Aretha Franklin of country. Give it!!
No wonder Bob Dylan grew such disdain for you!
WHY?
Per your author's logic, Dolly shouldn't have a statue because her plaque is already in the HoF nearby, AND since not-from-Tennessee John Lewis ONLY has a street in town named after him, he should have a statue go up first. Respectfully, ...what in the actual fuck?
It doesn't have to be one or the other; we can celebrate more heroes than one alone. Sheesh.
She does
Wtf 🤷🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Stupid article
Why can't we do both, can't people multi-task?
Just do a black statue of her:)
Look we know one of the commandments is to not pray to false idols, pretty sure a statue of Dolly does not apply.
Shut up you idiots.She deserves it for all she's done.
Build two ! It doesn’t have to be either / or. Stop thinking like that.
All this because you hill folks still divide people into “races”... A Dolly statue in Nashville should’ve been up long ago already. And then you can raise one of Lauryn Hill in Brooklyn to remind Brooklyn why they’ll never drop another good album.
Racists. She can't have one now based on the color of her skin?
And Dolly would agree 100%
Why 😂
This is why Democrats lose so often.
Interesting read and compelling arguments but surprised the author ignored the significance of Dolly's ImaginatonLibrary contributions.
So Rolling Stone is anti-female ?
I'm sure Dolly Parton does not want a statue of her at the Tennessee capitol. She has an entire Dollywood as a memorial and the country music hall of fame, etc. So many honorings.
You’ve become an incorrigible teen. Ugh.
yeah, let’s pit black people against the beloved Dolly Parton that should win us some hearts and minds 😑 🤦🏾♂️
Yes because “skin pigment above all else”..
'Sure it's a vagina but it's a caucasian vagina and therefore undeserving of praise.'
why not both?
Give many people statues at the same fucking time. Click bait shit. 'But we can only make one statue at a time... the one sculptor on Earth is weary.'
Pardon
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