tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post1901705087170168263..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Amerika's UntermenschThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-54411705986854859872016-07-11T16:35:46.893-07:002016-07-11T16:35:46.893-07:00Parts of my lineage trace back a couple of centuri...Parts of my lineage trace back a couple of centuries in Ontario, hard core Anglican/Presbyterian types. Two significant groups that settled Ontario were United Empire Loyalists, mid to upper-crust American colonists, and Highland Scots expelled during The Clearances. Irish Catholics were definitely viewed with suspicion, if not at times hostility, and that was alive and well into my father's generation.<br /><br />Histories of the War of 1812 shows the role white trash Americans played in that conflict. Particularly fierce and brutal were the infantry regiments raised in Kentucky and Tennessee. These were frontiersmen who had a particular hatred of the natives who fought alongside the Brits. There were two unfortunate incidents, the River Raison massacre was one, in which prisoners from these regiments were left in the custody of Tecumseh's forces who took their revenge on them.<br /><br />What is "red state" America but "white trash" America? Appalachia, the 'slave states', the Ozarks, Arkansas, Oklahoma, the lot. The movie "gangs of New York" is closely based on the book of the same name. It's an eye-opener. Then there's the lighter side such as the Beverly Hillbillies - white, poor, ignorant with just the faintest suggestion of maybe incest.<br /><br />Trump would be able to hold his rallies in union halls if it wasn't for white trash Americans packing his venues. There it is. The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-85462145945970450582016-07-11T15:26:59.873-07:002016-07-11T15:26:59.873-07:00Unfortunately, Mound, some people are only secure ...Unfortunately, Mound, some people are only secure if they can look down on others.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-48222417980823448042016-07-11T14:56:26.517-07:002016-07-11T14:56:26.517-07:00I was joking with my brother about this (in a sard...I was joking with my brother about this (in a sardonic and cynical manner, which makes it all okay), about how the damn British just keep driving, pushing, and chasing the Irish ever westward.<br /><br />The old ex-pat British political class still in control of the US know exactly what buttons to push to get the appropriate response out of their old foes/servants. Know all too well.Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10759047914577194212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-75755192919666084282016-07-11T13:27:58.370-07:002016-07-11T13:27:58.370-07:00These are some of my paternal ancestors. My dad le...These are some of my paternal ancestors. My dad left the US in '46, became a Canadian in the mid '50s and was reluctant and uncomfortable about going back to visit family for the rest of his life. <br /><br />Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-3696769764314338352016-07-11T13:26:53.469-07:002016-07-11T13:26:53.469-07:00Shovelling out paupers is a phrase I remember conc...Shovelling out paupers is a phrase I remember concerning the Irish underclass during th Famine.rumleyfipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03346146988416679423noreply@blogger.com