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"The quote, to be fair, did not come from a redneck hillbilly bent on driving Hispanics back whence they came.""

/rant on

As I was born and lived in Kentucky the first 25 years of my life, I consider myself a "Hillbilly". I now live amongst my close brethren, the above listed "Rednecks", in central Florida. We definitely are of different backgrounds and different cultures, but share a common foundation of being "Red Blooded Americans". We speak a little different and have a slightly different accent, but we have a common ancestry and will both bring arms to bear to defend this nation, foreign or domestic. That is not a threat, but a fact. Rednecks and Hillbillies, (I prefer the capitalization of these cultural diverse ethnic Americans), will stand shoulder to shoulder in any conflict to defend this great nation.

Why should John Archibald get a pass when disrespecting our culture and heritage to write a "touchy-feely" article denouncing this nations citizens to promote an illegal alien's fear of what she might "expect" to be said about her. This is an outrage. I have never disrespected anyone of another nationality, race or religious beliefs. Well, I did read the Koran and found some passages worthy of disrespect, so I'll qualify my statement. I have never made fun of or disrespected someone their nationality, race or cultural heritage as long as they don't threaten me or my family. Seriously, I just visited my local corner store and asked the proprietor which Hindu god he worshiped. He is a nice guy, my friend of several years and no threat to this nation.

Now, I have to endure my cultural heritage being "dissed" by this author so he can look good in his reader's eyes. He says, "Illegals" is now the epithet of choice. Just use it in place of the n-word." Well, I find offense when Mr. Archibald refers to "redneck hillbillies" and doesn't know the difference between the two.

Illegal is a word. Words have meanings and "feelings" are for liberals. Redneck and Hillbilly are words, too. In this author's own words, "Just use it in place of the n-word." (See how easy it is to be one of the offended you politically correct idiots?)

As a side note. I married a foreign girl 24 years ago. She is still a citizen of another nation and has had no desire to relinquish her citizenship... until now. All these illegals demanding their "right" to be an American has made her angry, too. I married my wife on foreign soil and had to leave her behind for over 2 months until our paperwork was completed to bring her "home". I have every right to call an illegal alien "illegal".

/rant off