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I was doing some long distance driving today and found myself in Beckley at lunch time, so I pull off the road into a local establishment, placed my order and had a seat. As I sit there, I can't but help to hear these two old toothless farts talking about the London terror attacks, on ask if the woman speaking was their Prime Minister, the responds don't know and don't give a shit. There your first clue, these people are uninformed.
The conversation progressed to their beloved, thing in the white house to which the refer to as President. At some point one said to the other that the president has his head exactly where it needs to be on this. I literally spit my food out and laughed out loud at them.
At this point, I lost my appetite and got up to pay my bill, on the way out, I stopped and ask the old fuckers if the coal jobs had come back yet and then walked out.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,359 posts)HipChick
(25,485 posts)billh58
(6,635 posts)People who vote against their own interests are beyond ignorant -- they're fucking stupid. In this particular region, they allowed the right-wing to strip-mine their natural beauty and resources, because they were too fucking backward to adapt to new technologies and industries.
The Red states deserve the likes of their hero Trump, and all of grief he brings them.
doc03
(35,349 posts)a tragedy that is, they take pride in their beautiful mountains but let the coal industry flatten them.
liberal N proud
(60,338 posts)I have flown over WV and that is when it really hits you.
oasis
(49,392 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Deliverance.
liberal N proud
(60,338 posts)But, yeah, I did think, these morons are probably armed.