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The Mentality

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Posted on May 13, 2008 - 5:54pm at Post Politics
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David Oatney, a proud son of West Virginia stock, derides those who malign Appalachia:

As a descendant and relative on my Mother’s side of a three-time U.S. Senator and former Governor of West Virginia, I find this mentality to stink with effete snobbery. There are often times that I wonder if some of the educated hippies, yippies, yu