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5. to quote Betty Davis when Joan Crawford died...

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Tue Oct 4, 2022, 01:33 PM

Oct 2022

"You should never say bad things about the dead, only good..Joan Crawford is dead...good!"...

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I agree. I don't get why we're supposed to pretend everybody was a great person Sky Jewels Oct 2022 #1

Commemoration doesn't imply wholesale agreement with every view they held. TheProle Oct 2022 #3

That's often true, but when someone is a racist and is fine with Trump extremism, Sky Jewels Oct 2022 #11

Maybe you can help with some links TheProle Oct 2022 #21

Well, she was all in for Trump. Wanted to campaign for him. So she knew what he was saying Sky Jewels Oct 2022 #23

to quote Betty Davis when Joan Crawford died... agingdem Oct 2022 #5

That's a keeper. Geechie Oct 2022 #8

Both of those "dames" were hell on wheels... hlthe2b Oct 2022 #15

💜 Heather MC Oct 2022 #43

I didn't know anything about her politics LeftInTX Oct 2022 #2

Google it! Heather MC Oct 2022 #45

Not celebrating I get. But I don't get being pleased either. LakeArenal Oct 2022 #4

So black people should just be quiet, when a racist dies, if the racist is really well liked? Heather MC Oct 2022 #48

There's grave-dancing & then there's "Rest in Screaming Torture Loretta Lynn VaginaTraitor" Hekate Oct 2022 #6

Yes, that was really extreme. ShazzieB Oct 2022 #46

This message was self-deleted by its author Heather MC Oct 2022 #52

People don't like it when reality intrudes on their parasocial relationships. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2022 #7

Pretty sure she's had Alzheimer's for many years now, so I'm not going to obsess about her. hlthe2b Oct 2022 #9

I had to listen to country music almost every day while growing up (father was in the radio biz) Sky Jewels Oct 2022 #22

She was a great artist. Elessar Zappa Oct 2022 #10

+1 for common decency TheProle Oct 2022 #14

I agree. Clapton breaks my heart; Waters frustrates the hell out of me. But their music remains hlthe2b Oct 2022 #18

Same here. Elessar Zappa Oct 2022 #19

Exactly, people need to be smart/complex enough to hold two thoughts JCMach1 Oct 2022 #33

You don't think when she comes out and endorses Donald Trump that that doesn't have an impact? Heather MC Oct 2022 #34

Thank you. Her music spoke to human values, compassion, equality, struggling to get by... Bucky Oct 2022 #47

"VaginaTraitor"? Silent3 Oct 2022 #12

No kidding.... TheRealNorth Oct 2022 #20

Sure, sure, she sold vagina secrets to the Russian's I believe lol EX500rider Oct 2022 #36

What happens if we lose the Vagina Cold War? Bucky Oct 2022 #50

Or you don't understand what a VaginaTraitor is, it's not weird, you possibly Heather MC Oct 2022 #37

This generation is mighty quick to write off everyone as garbage TheProle Oct 2022 #13

And white people are really quick to make excuses for racist when they want to cry about them after Heather MC Oct 2022 #32

Who is excusing any racism on her part? TheProle Oct 2022 #38

Wow... just wow! hurple Oct 2022 #16

Or I'm a black woman who isn't going to cry when a racist and a VaginaTraitor dies Heather MC Oct 2022 #29

This is the only post I see celebrating her death. GumboYaYa Oct 2022 #17

I mean why are you guys commemorating her? Heather MC Oct 2022 #25

Why are you s member of a site that celebrates the life of a racist? Kaleva Oct 2022 #24

My principles are firmly intact thank you very much Heather MC Oct 2022 #27

I wouldn't be s member of a site that violated my core orinciples Kaleva Oct 2022 #30

I find value in learning things I don't know from people I want to be in community with. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2022 #41

Ok but I think even you have limits Kaleva Oct 2022 #51

To hear the eulogy on NPR she should be canonized. JFC The_Casual_Observer Oct 2022 #26

Crazy Right🥂 Heather MC Oct 2022 #28

Yeah. I didn't join in the fawning adoration. She was a Trumpster. Bottom line. Aristus Oct 2022 #31

Never liked her music RussBLib Oct 2022 #35

I don't remember Loretta being that political? kentuck Oct 2022 #39

She endorsed Trump. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2022 #44

Dear Mr. Cox: mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 #40

She kissed Charlie Pride on stage and on on national TV Botany Oct 2022 #42

I had no idea of her support for Trump. And, apparently, you didn't either... demmiblue Oct 2022 #49

What does black womens' support of the Democratic Party have to do with your Loretta Lynn rant? emulatorloo Oct 2022 #53