Comment(s) Of The Day: White Race Edition

Comments on Lexington: What’s eating Appalachia? | The Economist

Ludavico Corde 24 mins ago

These Scots-Irish, cretin, rednecks of Appalachia, are truly a barbaric race. They have created a backward, third-world, impoverished, no-man's land, that spans entire State geographies and several State borders. This is in large part due to their backwardness, isolation, tribalism, xenophobia, and general lack of education. How did America let this happen??? We have let a third world country develop right in in our southern heartland. I just feel sorry for the innocent children in those areas, being raised in filth and squalor, and with little chance of education and jobs.

vyjgrande in reply to Ludavico Corde 6 mins ago

You, sir are an ignorant bigot. Nothing more. I am Scots-Irish, Appalachian born and bred. I still call this area home after exploring much of America and the world. There is no better place to live on the planet. I am saying this with an objective set of eyes. Your comments represent what is wrong with our country. An opinion filled with bigoted hate based on a generalization of a whole region of people. Have you ever visited Appalachia? Visit a ghetto in Norfolk Va. or Flint, MI and call the inhabitants of those regions "a truly barbaric race". See what happens...the backlash from the posters on this website would be monumental.Is it really okay to attack a "race" of people and generalize the whole lot of them? My education and upbringing here taught me that it is not okay to do that. I have more choice words for you, but I was always taught to take the high road, as you have apparently not learned.

The last time, I think, the Scots or the Irish were referred to as a race was when the English were trying to justify murdering them and stealing their  property. Hmmmm.


The next comment really hits the nail on the head.

Comments on Lexington: What’s eating Appalachia? | The Economist

longlivecapitalism I normally don't bother to get involved in these sorts of discussions but I'm so appalled at the flagrant hypocrisy of so many of the comments that I can’t help it. Making broad generalizations about all of Appalachia based on the lowest low lifes you can find living there is no different than going into a ghetto in any city and basing your opinion of an entire race of people on the minorities that live there. The idiots you find in your “local watering hole” in Appalachia are the same ones who burn tires, throw trash out of pickup truck windows, and dump their used motor oil on the ground when it costs nothing to recycle it. And make no mistake, they are on the same mental level as your inner city "gangsta rappers." Ironically, most of them that say, “I aint votin for no [insert racial expletive],” don’t bother to vote anyway and thus are outside of the scope of this article.
I grew up in Appalachia, worked my way through college, earned an MBA, and eventually landed a high paying job in the city. When the financial crisis hit I was surprised by the number of my big city friends and coworkers living in houses ranging in value from about $800k up to $1.2 million who were afraid of losing everything they had. Why? Because despite generous salaries they were already living paycheck to paycheck and everything they “owned” they didn’t really own, the bank did.
Here’s the point... If you come to Appalachia and go to a high school soccer game and talk to the better class of people that truly represents most of Appalachia, the ones that actually bother to vote and get involved in their communities, you get a different story. If you ask the right questions you will find that the real reason they won’t vote for Obama again is that, to them, Obama represents that person in the $1 million home that spent way too much, made bad decisions, and now wants a government program to bail them out. I’m not saying that viewpoint is factually correct, I’m just saying that’s what’s really eating people. They work hard, they save, they spend within their means and then they see their government giving handouts to everybody under the sun except them. They don’t care about Keynesian economics, quantitative easing, or that the bailouts actually started under Bush, all they see is that they were promised hope and change and four years in things are not any different than they were under the previous President, except that the previous President actually spoke to their values more so that, at least, was a plus. It really is a cultural difference and the debate is legitimate.