Question? My sister says West Vorginians are hillbillies? (Man: to live in, eat)

[citybilly]

For a yuppie/redneck rig, how about a Saab 9000 with a toy-hauler ? A VW Passat with a lift kit and mud flaps?

I guess the OP couldn't resist the WV forum and came back. The nature of the original post was obvious, and we all is jest havin a little fun wif the city slicker feller, or gal; we'll shore nuff miss 'em tho'. hee hee...

[snorpus]

By the way, taw, we aren't just picking on you.

Obama says we're prejudiced, small town folks who spend our days sitting on the porch. There's a thread about that.

Cheney makes a joke about inbreeding and West Virginians. We took him on, there's a thread on that.

The national media says West Virginians must be racist since they voted for Clinton, not Obama. Long thread on that one, still going on.

Pittsburgh casting director looks for "weird looking people, like they're from some holler in West Virginia." That was a few months ago, the movie company fired her.

Stick around, you actually might learn something about West Virginia.

[ArizonaBear]

Originally Posted by citybilly

For a yuppie/redneck rig, how about a Saab 9000 with a toy-hauler ? A VW Passat with a lift kit and mud flaps?

I guess the OP couldn't resist the WV forum and came back. The nature of the original post was obvious, and we all is jest havin a little fun wif the city slicker feller, or gal; we'll shore nuff miss 'em tho'. hee hee...

Compromise here:

A SAAB 9-7X with a V8.

[GottaHerdOn]

Originally Posted by taw1955

Well shes in Ohio now but shes from Minnesota and proudly so. Us minnesotans know how to treat people. Well I had a typo and as if you west Virginians never make a typo? God have mercy on your souls!!

Sweetie your starting to become about as popular as your sister is in this forum. Watch your steps. I think you are probably a caring and sweet individual. Just a little uninformed on what might offend people. To "some" people the word (hillbilly) is the equivalent of saying the N word to black people for the f word to gay people. I just consider those words hurtful, and they pack a lot of pain and should never be used. To some people the word might not bother them at all, or they may pride themselves on it. (god help them)

Not to sound condescending but a good way to smooth things over with the people on here would be a good old fashioned, clear and affirmative apology on behalf of your sisters for her hurtful statement, and some of the hostility that has ensued.

We have a lot of pride in West Virginia, and we love our state very much. I'm probably one of the worst people to go off on people when I hear them making those kind of horrible statements about WV. In person and online. Just ask some of the regulars on here, I flip out. But yeah - good luck

[taw1955]

On behalf of my sister and myself I apologize for ruffling anyones feathers. Your right I am a great person and meant no disrespect to anyone. Believe me a lesson well learned.

[David Kennedy]

2 points for that...by the way, almost everyone in Ohio came from Wv...moved there in the 1950's.

[harborlady]

DK, so there are no pure bred ohioans? You're saying they're american mutts????

Wait till the Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims cotillion find out.
Oh the shame of it all!

[appalachiangirl]

Hmm... I wonder if Kentucky,Tennessee,Virginia,North Carolina (western part) natives,etc. are also seen as hillbillies. These areas are mountainous as well. Funny how WV gets singled out (although I have heard "hillbilly" and "redneck" used in reference to people from PA as well).

[GottaHerdOn]

Originally Posted by taw1955

On behalf of my sister and myself I apologize for ruffling anyones feathers. Your right I am a great person and meant no disrespect to anyone. Believe me a lesson well learned.

Thank you for your apology Do you have any questions about WV?

[David Kennedy]

I'll give the history again:

After the French and Indian war, England emptied her prisons and sent the offenders to the new land. Many were political and religious. Many had followed Mary, Queen of Scots and her husband, William, in the rebellion.

In the new land they were taken to the edge of the Virginia colony and given a rifle and an axe...and driven at gunpoint into the wilderness. These were the mountain regions to the west...Hampshire and Berkeley counties...
These people assimilated with the native peoples and learned their skills.

Because they were sent into the hills, they were refered to as the 'Hill Willams'.

Within 40 years or so their reputation for living in buckskin, living off the land and their toughness became legendary.

When Washington began his army, he used their local militias as his sharpshooter corps. This added to the legends...Dan Boone of Kanawha county...Zack Morgan of Monongalia county....later, even David Crockett of the Alamo in 1836.

These people were very private and many settled in the remotest part of America in their time...East Tennesee, Wv, Kentucky and West NC. Dan Boone said he didn't want a neighbor within 50 miles of his cabin...liked privacy and didn't want to be crowded...

If you ever have the opportunity to travel these areas, do so, a person will see some of the most beautiful land our country can offer...I love it..just to glide down into the valley that holds Statesville, Va. It's like looking over into heaven...hundreds of cattle graze on the fields, taking the place of the buffalo and elk who roamed there decades ago.

These people began the attitudes of distrust for government that we share today...they began the attitudes of discipline and self help and community help we still see.

They were magnificent in their toughness to survive and make do...and still, 200+ years later, the ignorant give the same speils as they did then...the outcast 'Hill Williams...now relegated to 'Hillbillies'..

Ask the Marine Rifle Range Officer who he wants...West Virginia, Kentucky or Tennesee Hillbillies or New York City wise guy. WW-1...WW-2...Vietnam...Iraq...same as the rebellion of 1776...answer has always been the same.
Archibald Henderson came from the heart of this area and began the tradition of Navy Snipers in the ships rigging in the early days of the nation...he was chosen because he came from this indigenous area.
And for all of the flag waving and nation saving...when it was needed...when the libs see that their a**es need saving..these hillbillies have shed more of their blood for this nation than any other group...

This has been, and still should be, a very proud tradition...montani semper libri...Mountaineers....(hillbillies) Always Free!