Coming from KY and having lived in WV I know a little bit about the poor, illiterate, stung out people she wants to talk about.
First of all of these people are the salt of the earth. Many of these people were taken advantage of by the robber barrons and had their land and minerals stolen from them having been paid a mere pittance for them.
These are hard working people who have contributed mightily to this nation in many ways. You need to thank the coal miners who provided the electricity that has powered this nation for years.
Where would we be without electricity? Lights, air conditioning, computers, cars, medicines and the list goes on. Search for yourselves and see what all is produced from coal or coal has been instrumental in producing.
Try lying on you belly in 18 inches of coal without protective equipment to mine the coal and breathing the dust created when it is blasted from the mountain. You are in complete darkness like nothing you have ever experience unless you have been there.
Illiterate, I beg to differ with you. Uneducated perhaps but not illiterate. It takes a different type of intelligence to survive what these people have survived. Many people could not have survived what these people have had to endure. They have also produced some of the smartest people in this country that you do not know about. They have not all received the notoriety of Bill Gates or Elon Musk but they have made major contributions in all areas of life.
Strung out, yes there are those that are. There are all those people in every state, city, county location all over this country. Our own government has encouraged this like they encourage the destruction of education the family and the church. These were the foundation upon which this country was built and we wonder why we have the problems we do.
I am tired of all the negativity, lets find the positive and build upon it.
A young man ran away from home.
Came into a new town where and old man sitting on the front porch greeted him.
The young man asked what kind of people live there and the old man asked him what kind of people lived where he came from.
Young man replies, sorry folk, no good, and the old man replied I expect you will find plenty of the same here.
The young man walked on.
A short time later another young man who had run away walks into town and meets the old timer and asks the same questions.
The old timer replied the same asking this young man what kind of folk live where he had come from.
This young man replies, fine folk, salt of the earth.
The old timer replied I expect you will find plenty of the same here and the young man decided to stay and build his new life there.
My Grandfather told this story many times to many people.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?? Go Find IT and if you do not like it move on or CHANGE IT.
And Merry Christmas to ALL
Merry Christmas!