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Ohio is not Appalachia. (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by BonesOfTheMoon to c/politicalmemes
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[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 months ago (3 children)
  1. You gotta get political news from more sources than here, this place is biased as hell
  2. Appalachia is a geographic, socioeconomic, and cultural region of the united States
  3. JD Vance claims to be as Appalachian as they come
  4. JD Vance is from west of Cincinnati, well outside if Appalachia
  5. JD Vance is a carpetbagging piece of shit
  6. A carpetbagger is an opportunistic colonial entering the region of the south or Appalachia (context dependent) to make a quick buck exploiting the poor of the region through various forms of grift, theft, and violence
[–] superweeniehutjrs 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I was exaggerating a little. I guess I should say I only get my political memes from Lemmy. Every other source I follow is quite serious

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Good. Good good good. That's. A relief, tbh

[–] doingthestuff 1 points 3 months ago

There have to be 100 better criticisms of Vance than this. I'm on the east side of Cincinnati and I often drive an hour to go hike trails in an area called the Edge of Appalachia. Real Appalachia is just a little farther.

He only said his family was from Appalachia, I have no idea when or not that's true. But there are tons of self-described redneck/hillbilly types all around the outskirts of Cincinnati. I'm going to a Hardy show tomorrow (technically today) and although he crosses over into rock, his two opening acts are country and that show is going to be packed with people like I'm describing.

Vance absolutely grew up with money, I don't know if he has misrepresented that. But lots of people around Cincinnati come from families that think of themselves as Appalachian. The dude is scary though, just talk about his politics and you'll convince people.

[–] psycho_driver 0 points 3 months ago

this place is biased as hell

Not necessarily wrong most of the time though.