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Watch Out For Shotguns

Let me guess. When you hear “Appalachia” you picture moonshine, clan feuds, illiterate hillbillies living up “hollers,” shotguns at every door jamb, and maybe banjo music playing in the background.

Have you noticed how stereotypes are invariably wrong but they live on because there’s a kernel of truth hidden inside the b*******?

Where I live…

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