Hippies and Rednecks - Kindred Spirits?
They are according to Jesse Walker in the linked article above. Being from the South, and I mean the real South, not the fake south that is Maryland*, I can tell you that most of the "Hippies" down there used to be rednecks - or at least were spawned from traditionally redneck families.
Anyway, the basic link between the two groups - according to the article - is the anti-authoritarian aspect of each group.
* I don't even have to get past the sweet-tea discussion before MD is ruled out. Trust me, I could take out the big guns, so I don't want any Maryland is the south whining.
Anyway, the basic link between the two groups - according to the article - is the anti-authoritarian aspect of each group.
* I don't even have to get past the sweet-tea discussion before MD is ruled out. Trust me, I could take out the big guns, so I don't want any Maryland is the south whining.
posted by The Management at 11:44 AM
2 Comments:
If you didn't want the discussion, you wouldn't have made the comment.
Maryland is SOUTH of the Mason Dixon Line, there for it is a SOUTHERN State.
Maryland is part of the South.
Otter
I agree about the Maryland thing. Even though we are south of the Mason-Dixon, we were a neutral state during the Civil War.
What cracks me up are the idiots who fly the rebel flag and live in Pennsylvania.
As far as the hippy redneck connection, I cannot comment. I grew up in PA, with what I would consider a bunch of rednecks, but maybe they are just hillbillies. I think that there has to be a connection between those two groups. Do hippies really still exist? I know that there are many pseudo-hippies out there that would die if their starbucks and Grateful Dead music was taken from them.
I am a person who is fairly liberal in thought, but understand why government is necessary, even if I don't always agree with the views of that particular establishment.
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