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ohheckyeah

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56. The area I was talking about....

Mon Aug 27, 2012, 12:20 AM

Aug 2012

coal mining country in southwestern Virginia, didn't at that time, charge for dumping stuff. Where I live now, doesn't charge but I know not every area is like that.

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Slate--Here Comes the Hillbilly, Again: What Honey Boo Boo really says about American culture. [View all] antigone382 Aug 2012 OP

The first Mountain Dew commercial kentuck Aug 2012 #1

great find LiveNudePolitics Aug 2012 #3

They do proud2BlibKansan Aug 2012 #57

Thanks for another illustration of what I'm talking about. antigone382 Aug 2012 #7

That's as bad as the Frito Bandito add muntrv Aug 2012 #31

I'm from Western Pa LiveNudePolitics Aug 2012 #2

+1 antigone382 Aug 2012 #6

well if it makes you feel better arely staircase Aug 2012 #14

well if it makes you feel better LiveNudePolitics Aug 2012 #23

no problem arely staircase Aug 2012 #24

greenwich village performance art LiveNudePolitics Aug 2012 #62

never been to one arely staircase Sep 2012 #63

I'm a hillbilly (a real one - I'm from East Tennesse where the Fawke Em Aug 2012 #40

It depends on how it's said. antigone382 Aug 2012 #44

but they enjoy white privilege arely staircase Aug 2012 #4

Well, to some degree, I wouldn't necessarily say that they don't. antigone382 Aug 2012 #5

Well, if they voted right maybe we liberals wouldn't be so mean to them cthulu2016 Aug 2012 #8

I point you again to the example of Judy Bonds. antigone382 Aug 2012 #10

I'm sorry, but Pab Sungenis Aug 2012 #9

See post #10. n/t antigone382 Aug 2012 #11

Exactly.... ann--- Aug 2012 #12

Judy Bonds did not revel in ignorance. antigone382 Aug 2012 #13

but her opinions on mt removal are in the minority arely staircase Aug 2012 #16

Well of course they are. antigone382 Aug 2012 #18

thanks, i get where you are coming from arely staircase Aug 2012 #25

lol, I think that might have been a discussion between you and me... antigone382 Aug 2012 #38

Neither does my beloved wife, a sophisticated woman from eastern Tennessee. n/t Bertha Venation Aug 2012 #42

shows like "Bridezilla" target urban/city stereotypes along with the rural stereotypes Liberal_in_LA Aug 2012 #15

To me, shows like that, "The Real Wives of..." "bad girls club" etc. antigone382 Aug 2012 #17

I hear ya. I watched that documentary about Appalachia. It explained the source of one stereotype Liberal_in_LA Aug 2012 #20

True... ohheckyeah Aug 2012 #28

dump's not free. everytime you go you have to pay. HiPointDem Aug 2012 #35

We don't. ohheckyeah Aug 2012 #37

I'm in Maine and we have to pay to drop off certain items at the dump magical thyme Aug 2012 #49

The area I was talking about.... ohheckyeah Aug 2012 #56

we do. depends on jurisdiction & what you're dumping. HiPointDem Aug 2012 #55

Well, not everyone has access to a truck. antigone382 Aug 2012 #39

yep. big difference in poor rural areas and city in transportation availability. Another Liberal_in_LA Aug 2012 #43

Yep...used to catch a ride with friends, but it wasn't very easy... antigone382 Aug 2012 #58

I appreciate the responses to this thread, and will check back in tomorrow. antigone382 Aug 2012 #19

It always baffles me that people here in W.Va. celebrate the continuing Jesco White minstrel show Adenoid_Hynkel Aug 2012 #21

I just watched that mess on Netflix this morning, in fact. Codeine Aug 2012 #46

Great post. Reminds me of a few days ago when listening to a DJ on WDTW FM 106.7 muntrv Aug 2012 #22

Excellent article. Lifelong Protester Aug 2012 #26

For a corrective view, read Joe Bageant's "Deer Hunting with Jesus" Lydia Leftcoast Aug 2012 #27

America handed WV over to the coal industry and said "Here have your way with her." limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #29

For a better understanding...I do suggest everyone read Joe Bageant's books.. riverbendviewgal Aug 2012 #30

thanks for the suggestion limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #32

Exactly. n/t antigone382 Aug 2012 #45

Outstanding post. lumberjack_jeff Aug 2012 #33

Unfortunately, class bigotry is still considered more acceptable than racial bigotry eridani Aug 2012 #34

I get it all the time here in Montana sorefeet Aug 2012 #36

Thanks for all of the supportive responses... antigone382 Aug 2012 #41

Three of my Grandparents were "Hillbillies" who would have sooner eaten bees than vote Republican Burma Jones Aug 2012 #47

The words classy and sophisticated do not describe the Honey Boo Boo family. Initech Aug 2012 #48

The words classy and sophisticated also do not describe amusement based on class-based prejudice. nt antigone382 Aug 2012 #52

True. Initech Aug 2012 #54

No one held a gun to the heads of kurtzapril4 Aug 2012 #50

Well, she's six...so she doesn't really have a say either way. antigone382 Aug 2012 #53

Cute Doggy in the first pic! smirkymonkey Aug 2012 #51

I come from a long line of hillbillies, probably one of the first in this country, MadHound Aug 2012 #59

That photo with the two rednecks and the Rottweiler RebelOne Aug 2012 #60

Thank you for this thoughtful thread. K&R myrna minx Aug 2012 #61