The word "hillbilly"

[Sam Hall]

Originally Posted by kstater

So you've changed your convictions and you no longer feel it's "just like other derogatory terms aimed at other groups of people"? And you now feel it's "to categorize people from that area.?"

I didn't like somebody from So Cal saying it.

[eazyb81]

The only hillbilly that matters:

[keg in kc]

Why would anybody call people from the midwest hillbillies? Where the **** are there any hills?

Now, people from west virginia are another story.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

Why would anybody call people from the midwest hillbillies? Where the **** are there any hills?

Now, people from west virginia are another story.

Plainsbillies.

[keg in kc]

Originally Posted by Mecca

Plainsbillies.

I prefer 'hayseed' myself.

[StcChief]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

Why would anybody call people from the midwest hillbillies? Where the **** are there any hills?

Now, people from west virginia are another story.

they are not from the midwest and know it as fly over country?

Ozark Mountains cover the entire midwest in case you haven't heard.

[Mecca]

Is this really just a long drawn out inferiority complex thread?

[keg in kc]

Originally Posted by Mecca

Is this really just a long drawn out inferiority complex thread?

Hey, it's a change of pace. Usually these threads pop out because somebody wants a free pass to be racist.

[Sam Hall]

Originally Posted by Mecca

Is this really just a long drawn out inferiority complex thread?

I found it odd that he used the word hillbilly after having lived here and knowing we aren't hillbillies. It screamed of West coast bias.

[mikeyis4dcats.]

shut the **** up, hillbilly.

[Rain Man]

I'm late to the thread, but I think 'hillbilly' is not offensive because those who don't like the term don't think they are one, and those who like the term view it as self-identified pride.

You can't decide your race or your age or your nationality, but you can decide whether or not you're a hillbilly.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

You can't decide your race or your age or your nationality, but you can decide whether or not you're a hillbilly.

Not if you're inbred

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Not if you're inbred

Inbreds don't view it as bad, though. It's just genetic purity. And maybe a little hip dysplasia.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Inbreds don't view it as bad, though. It's just genetic purity. And maybe a little hip dysplasia.

Or a third eye

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Or a third eye

Yeah, but that's rare.

Per keg's comment, I did a project in rural West Virginia many years ago and drove around the state doing interviews. I had two people mention the inbreds as a population of interest in the study, and I had another person tell me that 'if you're going to go to church this weekend [while in town], be sure to ask first if it's a serpent-handling church'.