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riverbendviewgal

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7. Have you read DEER HUNTING WITH JESUS by Joe Bageant?

Reply to get the red out (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 20, 2017, 09:27 AM

Mar 2017

I have read his books and blog. He died of Cancer but I got to exchange emails a couple times.
He was a hill billy too and wrote why the rural Applachian think like they do.
If you read them what do you think ofhis writings?

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No Sympathy for the Hillbilly. [View all] Cattledog Mar 2017 OP

Well.... the fact is we don't need the extreme left or the alt right to win. msanthrope Mar 2017 #1

Say in public what you say in private. Good advice wcast Mar 2017 #2

Fact is.. Democrats are pretty dang perfect just the way they are... fun n serious Mar 2017 #3

Frank Rich can write! He slaps the babylonsister Mar 2017 #4

Fuck them. Fuck every last one of them. Orrex Mar 2017 #5

I wish I could rec your post and liquid diamond Mar 2017 #11

I am a hillbilly get the red out Mar 2017 #6

Have you read DEER HUNTING WITH JESUS by Joe Bageant? riverbendviewgal Mar 2017 #7

I haven't read them get the red out Mar 2017 #8

Check his blog riverbendviewgal Mar 2017 #12

I downloaded get the red out Mar 2017 #17

Raised in coal country and I live in corn country now. The Polack MSgt Mar 2017 #13

It's a mutually exclusive view of life. ananda Mar 2017 #9

Fuck that ridiculous bullshit. JTFrog Mar 2017 #10

Rich is saying we should forget about reaching the Deplorables for they are irredeemable. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #14

Well I'd agree with that. nt JTFrog Mar 2017 #15

If they want to come to the side of light they can, but we aren't... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #16

Frank Rich is great. nt tblue37 Mar 2017 #18