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orbitaldiamonds) wrote2009-10-09 09:58 am
orbitaldiamonds) wrote2009-10-09 09:58 am
Sidetrackedery Special: Top Gear in Redneck Country
Here is the article on the show from the Times Online.
Then Tria pointed me toward the episode itself on YouTube:
As a Southerner and as someone who's half-redneck, I was totally expecting the bad-mouthing and the rock-throwing. I was cringing with shame the whole time--and honestly worrying about their safety. I mean, seriously, even I find hardcore rednecks scary, and they don't know I'm not one of them unless I say something.
And when the guys gave their cars away in Louisiana, I cried. That was an awesome thing to do. And I also wonder how we can sleep at night knowing what a state Louisiana and other parts of the South are in post-Katrina. Today. And that show was filmed in '06.
Then Tria pointed me toward the episode itself on YouTube:
As a Southerner and as someone who's half-redneck, I was totally expecting the bad-mouthing and the rock-throwing. I was cringing with shame the whole time--and honestly worrying about their safety. I mean, seriously, even I find hardcore rednecks scary, and they don't know I'm not one of them unless I say something.
And when the guys gave their cars away in Louisiana, I cried. That was an awesome thing to do. And I also wonder how we can sleep at night knowing what a state Louisiana and other parts of the South are in post-Katrina. Today. And that show was filmed in '06.
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Seeing words on a car that you don't like is NO FUCKING EXCUSE.
Even though people like them are exactly the reason I don't have my Darwin Fish on my car--they get stolen, tires get slashed, cars get keyed...I'm just not gonna chance it.