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In reply to the discussion: I'm seeing a bunch of posts and articles about "Hillbillies" & other rural whites... [View all]dembotoz
(16,832 posts)5. They don't see that. And we have allowed the gop to muddy those waters
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I'm seeing a bunch of posts and articles about "Hillbillies" & other rural whites... [View all]
The Polack MSgt
Mar 2017
OP
But we've just had 8 years of a Democratic administration that proved that all the fears of
Squinch
Mar 2017
#59
You can't prove a negative and I can tell you the Op is correct...they REALLY thought HRC was going
LaydeeBug
Mar 2017
#7
They thought HRC was the devil in human skin and had been running America in secret for 40 years
Jonny Appleseed
Mar 2017
#26
But *even* *more* than all that, it's the guns. This isn't because I agree with it either...
LaydeeBug
Mar 2017
#36
The "assault rifle ban" made AR type rifles more popular than they would have been otherwise...
PoliticAverse
Mar 2017
#3
How do you explain how well Jesse Jackson did in Appalachia during his campaigns?
nikibatts
Mar 2017
#9
I'm not trying to excuse them - Just tried to use a calmer tone of voice
The Polack MSgt
Mar 2017
#20
You don't realize it, I'm sure, but the same fear tactics worked on you re. gun control.
kcr
Mar 2017
#27
Meat is murder - So I've been told. Hunters know what harvesting meat entails
The Polack MSgt
Mar 2017
#30
I have never killed a deer but do understand why the herd has to be culled each year.
appleannie1943
Mar 2017
#34
I have lived in a rural setting since 1969. I am anything but a hillbilly. I'm a liberal.
appleannie1943
Mar 2017
#29
Many of these references come from the new well-known book "Hillbilly Elegy" by JD Vance
wishstar
Mar 2017
#42
dems need to clearly, unequivocally identify themselves as the party of GOOD jobs for the 99%;
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2017
#47