[forkinsocket]

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[rbmillerjr]

bookmarking for reading

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Then there's Cletus Del Roy Spuckler, arguably the stupidest of all the characters on "The Simpsons." He eats skunk, makes moonshine and, in a running gag, may or not be married to a close relative.

That character is annoying. One of the many reasons why the show should have been canceled a while ago.

But how current a problem is this kind of prejudice? There's always a city vs. country split and there always will be one, but does the country even think about "hillbillies" as much as it did thirty or forty years ago?

[Varda]

“Scots-Irish hillbillies”

Well, none of the hillbillies I grew up with were Scots-Irish. They were mostly English (surnames) but really had no idea where their ancestors were from. I miss a fine roast squirrel and snapping turtle soup. Good eatin’.

[eleni121]

Stereotypes die hard.

The real racists are in New York City and they are Democrats.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KACQuZVAE3s

[Varda]

“Hillary got all twangy.”

This is something liberals do. They seem to have no idea how idiotic they sound.

[yldstrk]

I think W Va is one of the most beautiful places this girl has ever been.

[don-o]

Well. That was a waste of five perfectly good minutes. Thanks for nothing.

[the invisib1e hand]

IF it appears in Newsweek it’s hype.

[Bender2]

Re: And no one in West Virginia thinks Obama actually kicks back with a bottle of Bud.

Yeah, Steve, but the voters of West Virginia still keep sending Robert Byrd and Jay Rockefeller back to DC, so they must have a very large suspension of belief factor back in them hills and hollows!

[BuffaloJack]

> Scots-Irish hillbillies
Even that is too PC. Those of us that are prefer the Scotch-Irish hillbilly designation.

[Past Your Eyes]

I’m always amazed that “Appalachia” doesn’t include the Appalachian Mountains of New England. I guess we were the rich cousins up here. Fine with me. I don’t need to be identified as any kind of a victim.

[Plutarch]

No one should attempt to make any analyisis of American cultural and political geographic regions without first studying Albion’s Seed .

[Liberty 275]

I have a master’s degree and I’m a “Hick” a “Redneck” and a “Cracker”.

[bert]

I think that many Democrats in South west Virginia and East Tennessee, including the union type, have rationalized Hussein to be a Muslim. They won't vote for a Black man but being good Democrats won't discriminate because of race. They therefore discriminate on religion.

[jamndad5]

“Waters is right: would an elected official make a joke that coarse in public about any other group of Americans?”

Does the phrase “White N******” ring a bell?