Have you seen TLC's reality series "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo," about perceived white trash and the Southern girl pageant circuit?
This writer says the show is just another outlet for sanctimony.
"This idea that the hillbilly’s poverty is a choice allows more upscale
Americans to feel comfortable while laughing at the antics before them."
This commentator believes we should hold off judging pageant mom June Shannon.
"More important, the
stay-at-home matriarch seems to genuinely enjoy her chalk-miner husband,
nicknamed 'Sugar Bear,' and to love all her daughters for who they are.
The kids have what they need. They seem secure and happy. What exactly
is the problem here?"
I think that's about right. But hey, I'm a hillbilly. I cut my people (and myself) lots of slack.
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