Appalachia, ideologically, is at war with itself.

“Broad-based assumptions give way to a very complex reality: Co-existing simultaneously you have a deep-set conservatism and a deep-set liberalism. Co-existing simultaneously you have a region that has rebelled against American political and economic ideologies and a regions that has probably the most deeply felt sense of patriotism than any other place in the nation.”

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Comments (2)

  1. Tom wrote::

    We are a very complicated group of people. We don’t take to insults very well from outsiders and have developed a method to deliver insults to each other without using knives and guns.

    Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 9:58 am #
  2. tracy wrote::

    I feel your dad has stated this well.

    Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 10:26 pm #