You’re the idiot who read only the first line of a Wikipedia article and assumed something was a slur.

You’re the one who thinks people from specific regions of the US are stupid because you fell for Confederate era propaganda.

You’re the one who thinks religious people are stupid.

You’re the one making negative assumptions on groups of people over things like race, heritage, religion, and location.

You don’t get to say “nope” to being a bigot when you’re basically textbook.

You know newspapers, letters, the radio, and movies existed back then, right? The press was around?

Whatever dude, make what assumptions or ad homonyms you want, you’re still a bigot.

Stories. Shape. Culture. People. Are. Still. Spooked. By. Fiction. You. Bigot.

Weird you’re telling someone that something is a slur when you don’t even know our culture or are even from here.

Get bent ya KKK brainwashed bigot, you’re the one thinking people from Appalachia are all ignorant religious idiots.

I’m saying that you assuming people from Appalachia are superstitious and backwards is part of a racist propaganda campaign that you fell for.

No point in arguing with fools I guess, enjoy your high horse.

Well, don’t call yourself stupid. And you can get better at jokes. At least you’re better than most people on the Internet and can own up to it when you screw up instead of doubling down.

No, it’s just that you’re uneducated.

The trope of the religious, ignorant hillbilly is not only based off of classism, but also racism. There was a lot of mixing of races and cultures in Appalachia, because a lot of people were poor and poor isolated people tend to work together, so a lot of those “ignorant and inpure” hill folk started, horror upon horror, interbreeding instead of keeping the races pure. That’s where you get groups like the Melungeon.

Of course, certain types of people, usually with white hoods in their closet, didn’t like that, (and the fact these folks tended to unionize and fight back) so they spent a good amount of time spreading a lot of bad rumors about dangerous, ignorant, backwards religious people living in Appalachia.

So you, a judgemental and ignorant person on the Internet, fell for a long standing KKK propaganda talking point.

I’d rather waste time than water

Wow joking about a fascist takeover that’s eroding freedom and killing people on a global scale?

Maybe not your best decision of the day.

Attacking the person and not the argument is an ad hominem fallacy.

Make a comment that doesn’t do well

Cry and say you were ragebaiting like that’s a thing people like or are ok with

Curl up alone and night and wonder why

Maybe where they are in the sky but I’m pretty sure the shape hasn’t changed much. I’m not an expert though.

Funny you say that when you have an entire state run by Mormons.

Oooo people who tell ghost stories and urban legends are stupid but we’re smart with our magic underwear oooo

I like how Lemmy is much for efficient by just starting off negative with everything.

Ok so first of all, it’s not than just young men who play video games, so it’s kinda shitty to imply that it’s only young men.

It’s also shitty to imply young men are the people who are obligated to riot, or the only people who do riot.

We’ve noticed a trend of less violence from people over the last several decades, which started before video games, so video games might be unrelated.

There’s always been something that feels like accomplishment but isn’t. Reading about how to do something tricks your brain into thinking it’s done that or is making progress on a project, but education only goes so far.

So imo it’s probably a combination of things. Video games might be one of those things but people feeling like they are rebelling by just reading about countercultural things may also be a factor, as well as humans being less violent and also maybe people are just scared and don’t want to die.

Which would make sense if I also didn’t see pictures of the constellations and some of these formations still don’t look like the thing they say they are.

I was a barista for over seven years.

Ah, the traditionally (and mildly classist and racist) assumption that people out west are somehow mentally superior and more educated, while the people in Appalachia are poor dumb hicks.

Funny how culture shapes our perspectives, innit

I’m just saying there’s a different vibe to the fears people have of the region, and by saying the Rocky mountains don’t have the same vibe you kinda proved my point.