No Sympathy for the Hillbilly.

[The Polack MSgt]

13. Raised in coal country and I live in corn country now.

As a teen/young adult I watched amazed as Reagan put a black face on government services and demonized unions.

He did it to tap into the hatred and distrust bubbling under the surface of my neighbors and cousins. And it worked.

I was dumbfounded when almost overnight mill workers and miners abandoned the party that did more to raise their standard of living than any republican ever even tried to do.

Because of Cadillac driving welfare queens. Atheists. Mexicans. And the ace in the hole for ever - Dems will take your guns.

For my family deer season was really harvest season. Between the uncles (and one Aunt), cousins as, my dad and I - we filled several freezers with meat that we ate through out the year. Gun control was an immediate hackle raiser with all of us.

I won't down play the racism though... It's racist as fuck in the Appalachians