Please stop calling these three a-holes the Beverly Hillbillies
I am not offering a partisan post here. Just a request to those who were, shall we say, disappointed by the recent image of Sarah Palin, Ted Nugent, and Kid Rock mocking former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during a White House visit with Mr. Trump. Folks keep referring to the trio as the Beverly Hillbillies, in reference to the 1960s television sitcom featuring a family of rural Arkansas farmers who struck it rich and moved to sunny Los Angeles. This odd juxtaposition, as you might guess...led to all sorts of hilarity.
But I would hate to think that modern critics would lump rural southerners in with the intolerant, ignorant, Confederate flag waving rednecks that seem to support the three pictured above. Yet that is what is happening. Please stop.
Here's the thing. The Clampett family (said 1960s "hillbillies") were uneducated, simple, country folks - but they were kind, considerate, and compassionate. They represented the very best of rural America, which, for all its campiness, was what the show was about.
For those of you who were not around during the 60s, or perhaps did not catch the 1970s reruns of this show, The Beverly Hillbillies was part of a comedic television genre, which included Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, and a number of others. Sure, there was some tongue-in-cheek ribbing when it came to rural southern simplicity (Jethro Bodine...). But beyond that, these shows underscored the character of rural Americans. These were shows about virtuous people.
The three pictured above are the opposite of that. They are disrespectful, purile, gloating imbeciles. It makes no difference to me what you think of Hillary Clinton's politics, but Americans on both sides of the aisle should have the good sense to condemn this childish behavior....just please stop calling them the Beverly Hillbillies. You are missing the mark.
Thanks in advance,
Keith