To The Good People of Kentucky

Having been to dozens of different states and talked to people in just about all of the 50 states, and overseas as well as talked to people all over the world via Ham Radio, I've noticed that there are good people of all faiths, backgrounds, beliefs, nations, etc.

The question that gets me is why are Kentuckians overall such mouth breathing idiots. I had to laugh at an email yesterday I received from a commentator regarding that person blaming outsiders for causing all of the problems in Kentucky. Now I can't be naive enough to believe that Kentucky and its problems are only caused from outsiders from Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, Tennessee, Illnois, or other states where people relocate from.

These problems have been problems in Kentucky going back generations all the way back to at least the 1930s and 1940s if not back to the days of the Confederacy and Civil War. Not to mention the number of neo Confederate morons that exist in Kentucky these days along with the idiots that fought in favor of the Confederacy which was a traitor nation that even Lincoln knew had to be defeated. All the while Lincoln, a born and bred Kentuckian until age 7 when he moved to Indiana later said that the most sad thing he ever seen was slaves being traded in Kentucky along the Ohio River. Lincoln left Indiana for Illinois at age 21 in 1830.

This excerpt tells why Lincoln and his family left Kentucky because of its backward government even back in the 1820s which speaks volumes because Kentucky had been a state for approximately 30 years even back in those days.

"Of the 816.5 acres (330.4 ha) that Thomas held in Kentucky, he lost all but 200 acres (81 ha) of his land in court disputes over property titles.[25] Frustrated over the lack of security provided by the Kentucky title survey system in the courts, Thomas sold the remaining land he held in Kentucky in 1814, and began planning a move to Indiana, where the land survey process was more reliable and the ability for an individual to retain land titles was more secure.'

So obviously Lincoln and his family had difficulties with the corrupt Kentucky courts back then. Add in the stain of slavery which Kentucky supported at that time adds more depth to the move.

So let's move along for a few years to the aftermath of the Civil War and when the neo Confederates took over the Kentucky legislature to where it has been a "corrupt" and "bloody land" since. That's why it continues to be 46th in the United States or worse in just about every category.

The question is why do the good people in Kentucky continually allow their state government and local governments to continue to keep their state into being a total shithole in so many regards? Why hasn't Kentucky tried to emulate its more successful neighbors and other areas of the country rather than putting on the blinders and saying how great their state is. When in fact, Kentucky hasn't ever been known outside of Kentucky as a great state overall and has always been at the bottom of US states. This isn't just a recent phenomena but something that has been going on for generations.

All the while the state of Kentucky aka Commonwealth remains overall a net exporter of people and has been doing so for generations. Yet, despite all the boasting and bragging Kentucky doesn't hit the mark in any relevant statistical category whether it be education, incomes, job creation, child abuse, elder abuse, crime control, etc. In any positive aspect, Kentucky isn't even in the top 10 much less top 20 out of any state in anything except those facets which are bad for society and this has been the case for decades.

The question that ought to be asked is that "You don't like being criticized or stereotyped yet you continue to do the things that perpetuate the stereotype and a fair one that Kentucky is full of inbred idiots"

Constantly, I receive comments from Kentuckians regarding the facts and they easily perpetuate the stereotype and instead of coming up with well written or well said comments, most of them prove that they are total Grade A All Kentuckian Farm Fresh morons. This isn't just in my dealings with individual Kentuckians on CL but also Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and so many other forums its almost laughable.

Every state has its share of derelicts and uneducated boobs, its just that Kentucky has far more than its share of such people regardless of their religious beliefs, politics, etc. When I read comments from Kentucky, I can't believe that after 12 years of primary education that a person cannot write in a relatively intelligent manner. There are people from Third World developing nations in Asia, Africa, South America that speak better English as a second language than about half of the Kentucky residents that I have met and I have pretty good sample size over the years having lived there several years. I've spoken to Yoruba speakers from Nigeria in West Africa that make more sense than your average Kentucky resident.

Oh and in response to the poster that blames outsiders for causing Kentucky's problems and issues, that's probably the most ridiculous thing I have heard or read. Considering that out of state migration to Kentucky makes up a very small percentage of all Kentuckians ever over a couple of decade period and that there are 4.4 million Kentucky residents, its laughable to blame someone on your borders or even some other state for being the systematic cause of the economic, social problems and the crappy educational system that exists in most places in Kentucky. There are a few outlying data points that could be talked about with Kentucky schools in there are good ones in Lexington and Louisville depending on if they are private schools or even a few public schools but overall the system is in total disrepair and having a population of morons doesn't give much of a base for improvements.

I've constantly heard that erroneous statement made about Kentucky and its problems being brought upon it by outsiders. Despite the fact that native born Kentuckians have been the vast majority of the population Kentucky still remains at the very bottom of all US rankings. Even more laughable is that Kentucky and its politicians both Republican and Democratic continue to do the dumbest things to appeal to their core constituents instead of bringing Kentucky into the modern age. Even after 27 years since the Kentucky Educational Reform Act, Kentucky schools are still near the bottom of the US rankings not to mention Kentucky and its colleges don't even make it to the top 100 in colleges in the United States.

Meanwhile, Kentuckians have a long lasting circle the wagons mentality just like fundamentalist Christians do when someone attacks their very core beliefs whether or not they are incorrect or not. Even more laughable is that Kentuckians exhibit this circle the wagons mentality every time someone says something snarky about their state, standard of living, education system, etc. Instead of coming up with something intelligent or witty or a good response your average Kentuckian proves the very stereotype that they hate. I've never seen a community or society of people who are more thin skinned than your average Kentuckian. Most states if someone doesn't agree with you, its usually some snide response or oh well. In Kentucky, the billies of society get all kinds of butthurt and upset because someone dares to question the cleanliness of the trailer park.

Much less that anyone dare say that the emperor has no clothes or that said group has an educational problem no matter how true and how substantive those comments or conversations might be. Kentuckians in general have very thin skin and get easily upset and offended over the most minor comments. As if they really are deluded enough to believe that their little trailer park on the Ohio, Cumberland, or other rivers is actually number one in anything except maybe basketball. Of which very few people eat and clothe and educate themselves via basketball which for some obtuse reasoning is king in Corntucky. Even in surrounding states in most people they don't associate the most important things in their lives with basketball. In most of those states, people consider the most important thing their income, standard of living, family, life events, etc.

It reminds me of a moron in Louisville on TV a few years ago either 2012 or 2013 stating that the basketball championship was the most important thing that ever happened in their life. What a laughable concept that all of these morons including the one who was on TV commenting to the interviewer said it was the most important thing? As if family, income, college or trade school graduation etc wasn't the most important thing or some real life even that actually matters. That type of mentality doesn't say much for your state and its culture.

Why the good people of Kentucky refuse to do their civic responsibility and upgrade their society, culture, economy, and educational system is amazing especially in light of all the social issues and civic related problems their state faces. The question is are they incompetent and plain stupid or they too weak to actually stand up to those who are running the system that keeps their state in perpetual darkness.