Lance Parkin: The Tories are actually doing it. They are making this election a referendum on David Tennant. They are saying we have to pick a side: them or the Doctor. Them or Crowley. Them or real life David Tennant. Er ... OK.

The Tories are actually doing it. They are making this election a referendum on David Tennant. They are saying we have to pick a side: them or the Doctor. Them or Crowley. Them or real life David Tennant. Er ... OK.

Sunak implying David Tennant is racist for telling Badenoch to stop being a transphobe is a good reminder that the powerful regard all moral values and all forms of tolerance solely as tools to deploy to allow them to do whatever they want and to prevent the rest of us from doing anything.

What would you rather tell people? That you lost a popularity contest with David Tennant, or that you lost a popularity contest with Keir Starmer?

Still better than losing one with Liz Truss. 🤧

The US equivalent would probably be folks going after Dolly Parton. I am just....jfc, with this fucking assholes.

It's like having to pick between a night of passion with Idris Elba or a glimpse of a Polaroid of Rudy Giuliani's dick.

I literally just went *oh god no* out loud when I got to the end of that sentence. LOL

Sadly, they literally attacked her a couple weeks ago because of her charity work and that whole "love your neighbor" thing. I think they know they've lost the Culture War they started with their hate, and are becoming more and more unhinged because of it.

"False gospel": The new GOP attack on Dolly Parton is a tactic borrowed from the Christian rightwww.salon.com Fundamentalists disparage mainstream culture as "demonic" — Republicans just substitute the word "woke"

I know! I saw it. And the person who wrote the shitty article apparently realized the grave mistake they made and apologized.

Oh wow, I missed that they had actually apologized! Dolly really is the best, and I wish more people with her wealth and fame tried to be even just a little bit more like her.

She does good, often, and it makes my heart happy. Gives away books, donates money to people who need it, helped fund the moderna vaccine. Just a lovely human!

On a personal note, she supported the victims of the 2016 wildfires in Tennessee, both from her own business accounts and by helping to organize donations. People who'd lost their homes got $1k per month for six months to help them get back on their feet.

And was an uncredited producer of Buffy the Vampire Slayer!

Dolly Parton says she was 'very involved' as a producer on 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' and sent gifts to the cast to show 'I was proud of them'www.google.com Parton's production company Sandollar Television produced the show. "That little show did great," she tells Business Insider.

And she will always love you.

Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You (Live)www.youtube.com Dolly Parton performs "I Will Always Love You" http://vevo.ly/s8Tsr0

There was a wonderful story on Twitter from a mom who went to a Dolly concert with her daughter. Her daughter went back to school, and she was alone at the only diner open after for miles. There was only one seat left in the place… across from Dolly herself! Dolly waved her over and…

The thing about painting all your enemies as literal demons is that you’ve given yourself no other option but to attack any perceived opposition as such, no matter how beloved the person is

It’s actually a really bad strategy!!

As I understand it, it's an incredibly insidious strategy. It's not about bringing new people in, it's about further isolating the followers you already have, and cutting as many lines of commonality with people outside the group as possible. It's all about keeping control of them. It's just awful.

Yeah, the mechanics of it are indeed super reminiscent of abusers/cults

It's a TERRIBLE strategy!

Except that they have the magic racist reset: The Electoral College.

True, but not entirely relevant to the conversation at hand.

My intent was that while "losing" the culture wars might indeed be true to many (and who really decides anyway?), the reins of power are really all they care about, and the road to minority rule goes through the Electoral College.

So, of course, Dolly Parton be damned.

It makes me glad he doesn’t have social media so at least he doesn’t have to see ALL the bullshit. *sigh*

It's absolutely insane.

Yup. I was following some of it last night when I was not sleeping. It’s stupid and repugnant and ignorant and asinine. All of the things!

It's like they can't even HEAR their own putrid fuckery. My god.

They just did that, recently. Again because of her being an ally. www.salon.com/2024/06/11/f...

"False gospel": The new GOP attack on Dolly Parton is a tactic borrowed from the Christian rightwww.salon.com Fundamentalists disparage mainstream culture as "demonic" — Republicans just substitute the word "woke"

I am aware!

I didn't know they looked THAT tired...

o7

A popularity contest between a bunch of government shitholes nobody likes, and DAVID TENNANT. And they think they are gonna win?

'Who do you want to trust huh? The group of idiot bigot grifters who've mutilated the country for over a decade or THIS guy! This popular, beloved guy! Who's played characters you love and trust, AT LEAST THREE TIMES! And who lives his values! I mean come on! It's obvious! Right? Right? Hello?'

He has my vote 👍🗳

Sunak really thinks he has a chance against THE ONCOMING STORM himself???

Remember, Tennant's Doctor took down the PM of the Golden Age of Britain whilst in his bathrobe with 6 words.

Who does the public like more, The Doctor, or Rishi Sunak? 🤔 Gosh, this is a toughie.

I had thought they'd long since hit bottom They're hilariously proving me to be very wrong gingergetthepopcorn.gif

If this were a head-to-head contest, a la the US presidential election, it would be as hilarious as it would be a foregone conclusion.

The UK election isn't exactly a nailbiter, unless you get stressed out being asked to pick a number between 100 and 200.

Lower Lower ...

He wouldn't be the first actor to enter politica and he certainly wouldn't be the less likely one to be elected.

THOU SHALT RESPECT WOMEN ... unless they're trans. Good to know.

To be fair… I suspect the people they’re dog whistling to are hardly Doctor Who or Pratchett/Gaiman fans.

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