9mo ago

Ohio is not Appalachia.

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I don't get it. (Lemmy is my only source of political news)
- Jd Vance is a rich guy trying to pretend he grew up poor and southern.
  
  That wishes he was this fabulous
  
  Maybe he wouldn't have had to pork furniture if he had been.
  
  I'm not sure I get it still, was his family rich when he was growing up? Southern Ohio is still pretty rural, it's what brings the state to the right during most statewide votes.
  
  I was in instacart driver. Some of the biggest orders to the nicest houses I went to were out in bumfuck missouri and Kansas . Just cows and Fields and then suddenly I'm delivering to a house that has its own gate with a radio and it's own covered bridge over a small pond leading up to the house
  
  You’ll see that in Oregon. Middle of nowhere then off in the distance you’ll see the compound.
  There is a house by me that has a foot ball field in the backyard a pond and a running track.
  Who builds a football field field in the backyard?
  
  There was a literal compound once. Some kind of ranch I can't remember what they called it but with like maybe four hotel room type things. Completely gated. Shitload of horses.
- You gotta get political news from more sources than here, this place is biased as hell
  Appalachia is a geographic, socioeconomic, and cultural region of the united States
  JD Vance claims to be as Appalachian as they come
  JD Vance is from west of Cincinnati, well outside if Appalachia
  JD Vance is a carpetbagging piece of shit
  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
  
  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
  
  Good. Good good good. That's. A relief, tbh
  
  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.
  
  this place is biased as hell
  Not necessarily wrong most of the time though.
- Tldr: watch Zoolander, not Hillbilly Elegy
  J D Vance is the Republican vice presidential candidate who got notoriety back in 2016 for his book Hillbilly Elegy about growing up in Ohio and escaping poverty (or something I haven't read it). He is rich and some people criticize him for wearing eyeliner.
  The picture is from the movie Zoolander when the titular male model returns to his home town to try and reconnect with his family and generally does a terrible job relating to them.
  OP is comparing Vance's distance from the people he claims connection with to a scene in Zoolander

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