(July 25, 2013 at 12:32 am)Rahul Wrote: The amusing thing is that "Hillbillies" were anti-southern against Plantation slave-owners. They fought against the Confederacy even though they lived in the fringes of the Southern area.
They lived in the wooded hills where agriculture was not worth owning slaves. "Hillbillies" hated Southern Slave owners. They were "Union" men.
So to call what you think are raciest, white, southern Americans "Hillbillies" is kindof ironic.
The meaning of words change over centuries, it does not matter what the word meant 100 or 200 years ago. At least it does not matter for todays social field. The French were seen as the most militant people of Europe until 1945, the Germans were seen as dreamish romantic idealists until 1870, the Russians were seen as hopelessly conservative and backwards until 1917. Brits were seen as brutal and cruel Imperialists until 1949. Non of these "dead assosciations" matter in todays perception of those people. What you do today - creats the image you have today.
