"I'm From West Virginia and I've Got Something to Say About the Chemical Spill"

[freshwest]

34. +1. Answer to question, though, only if they understand this from the link:

...To hell with all of my fellow West Virginians who bought so deeply into the idea of avoidable personal risk and constant sacrifice as an honorable condition under which to live, that they turned that condition into a culture of perverted, twisted pride and self-righteousness, to be celebrated and defended against outsiders.

To hell with that insular, xenophobic pathology. To hell with everyone whose only take-away from every story about every explosion, every leak, every mine collapse, is some vague and idiotic vanity in the continued endurance of West Virginians under adverse, sometimes killing circumstances.

To hell with everyone everywhere who ever mistook suffering for honor, and who ever taught that to their kids. There's nothing honorable about suffering. Nothing.

I've found this to be the stubborn wall of resistance to working for change to save the planet and each other. It burns brightly inside all the fundies and teabaggers who vote for corruption and cruelty.