Not even close. This hack has turned hard working not necessarily ‘rich’ folks who love their independence into a trite stereotypical joke. I venture to say he has spent NO time in the Appalachia that I live in and certainly has not gotten to know any of the fine folks who reside there. He has decided to find drunks and dopers…. gosh what a concept cause I sure can’t find those in the big city.
This a%$ wipe couldn’t last ten minutes trying to keep up with the folks he sneers at
I spent plenty of time in Eastern Kentucky working on coal mining equipment and this guy describes life exactly as it is.
He doesn’t claim that EVERYBODY is this way, just a significant chunk of the population.
BINGO!
National Review would never have dared to print a piece like this about blacks or Hispanics, so they saved their venom for poor white people. I think the main objection to them is that they do not support gay marriage, a big human-rights issue over at NR these days.
No, he isn't. But you are ignoring the economic collapse of northeastern rural America. I'm glad you're OK and I'm doing fine, but it's bad here.
He’s never been there really, he just watches “Justified” religiously so’s he knows how it is.
I don't know. I'd like to see some numbers on the proportion of the population of this area who are on EBT cards, who receive what is today's equivalent to 'Aid to Families with Dependent Children', and in a related issue, the percentage of children born out of wedlock. THOSE would be the leading indicators of people dependent on government handouts, as opposed to the hard working lower middle class.