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    Culture Southerners. Appalachia, Moonshine and NASCAR, a Carl Manvers Diversionary Special

    Really, the worst thing in that is the River Water and, maybe, the rattlesnake head (though both those are mitigated by the fact that you're mixing it with nearly pure grain alcohol which likely kills any lingering bacteria and parasites). People forget, because they're used to tobacco in the...
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    Culture Southerners. Appalachia, Moonshine and NASCAR, a Carl Manvers Diversionary Special

    Actually, most Americans know and recognize the difference between Appalachian and Southern stereotypes. They might not call them by that name, they might think it's a "Hillbilly" stereotype vs "Southern" stereotype or other possible divides, but not all portrayals of Appalachian stereotypes...
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    Culture Southerners. Appalachia, Moonshine and NASCAR, a Carl Manvers Diversionary Special

    No, no they're not. Appalachian Culture is distinct from Southern culture. There crossover and overlap, of course, as any cultrues that are geographically proximate tend to have, but from everything from linguistically (the Appalachian English Dialect is considered quite distinct from the...
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    Culture Southerners. Appalachia, Moonshine and NASCAR, a Carl Manvers Diversionary Special

    They are not, no more than any region with a mildly insular culture is. In fact, the Applachian stereotype is one of the few highly negative stereotypes still allowed in American media because it's about a predominately white population. If it was about any other ethnic group it long ago would...
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    Culture Southerners. Appalachia, Moonshine and NASCAR, a Carl Manvers Diversionary Special

    Actually, Deep South has little to do with the stuff portrayed in Deliverance. To give a basic overview of things: "The South" in the US refers to these areas more or less: The "Deep South" is these States more or less: What was being portrayed in Deliverance wasn't the "Deep South" but...
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