It happens in journalism and it happens in the arts. But in Congress – where just 2% of representatives held blue-collar or service-industry jobs before entering politics – it’s rampant.
I’ve always referred to the town I come from as a toothless hillbilly meth town. However, I guess I should probably replace the word hillbilly with redneck because, while parts of my family definitely descended from the hills in Appalachia, we were just dirt poor rural folks in Texas.
I’ve always referred to the town I come from as a toothless hillbilly meth town. However, I guess I should probably replace the word hillbilly with redneck because, while parts of my family definitely descended from the hills in Appalachia, we were just dirt poor rural folks in Texas.