Comments on: Mitchell apologizes for offending rednecks… http://demarcationville.com/2008/06/11/mitchell-apologizes-for-offending-rednecks/ There’s a thin line between normal and insane. I think I’m standing on it… which would explain the big blob of crazy on my shoe. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:29:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Deborah Metcalf http://demarcationville.com/2008/06/11/mitchell-apologizes-for-offending-rednecks/comment-page-1/#comment-717 Deborah Metcalf Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:34:04 +0000 http://demarcationville.wordpress.com/?p=992#comment-717 Rednecks in Bristol? I thought that was hillbilly country. I hate when people get the two mixed up. But, to be serious for a moment, I tell Northerner friends that the reality is ten times worse than in Deliverance. Otherwise, they come for a visit, start talking about how pretty it is in Tennessee and the land so cheap, and the next thing you know there's another one of them down here talking about how if only we had zoning everything would be perfect and if only we had this and that government service everything would be perfect and if only this and if only that. Rednecks in Bristol? I thought that was hillbilly country. I hate when people get the two mixed up.

But, to be serious for a moment, I tell Northerner friends that the reality is ten times worse than in Deliverance. Otherwise, they come for a visit, start talking about how pretty it is in Tennessee and the land so cheap, and the next thing you know there’s another one of them down here talking about how if only we had zoning everything would be perfect and if only we had this and that government service everything would be perfect and if only this and if only that.

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