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ItsjustMe

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The narrator strikes me as being COLGATE4 Jul 2020 #1

really? I didn't get that at all Kali Jul 2020 #7

Leave those poor people alone. Laffy Kat Jul 2020 #9

I agree. They certainly were less than COLGATE4 Jul 2020 #11

oh dear.. thats like HOME and Gray Gardens all rolled into one... samnsara Jul 2020 #2

I don't think we should make fun of people like this. zanana1 Jul 2020 #3

Wow. Just WOW. blueinredohio Jul 2020 #4

They stopped freak shows at fairs (didn't they?) lillypaddle Jul 2020 #5

that was interesting Kali Jul 2020 #6

I agree, onethatcares Jul 2020 #8

How do we know they are "inbred"? Mosby Jul 2020 #10

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)

1. The narrator strikes me as being

Reply to ItsjustMe (Original post)

Sat Jul 4, 2020, 08:27 AM

Jul 2020

a condescending prick.

Kali

(55,007 posts)

7. really? I didn't get that at all

Reply to COLGATE4 (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 4, 2020, 01:09 PM

Jul 2020

he was obviously "not from around there" but he seemed to treat them like human beings, showed no revulsion or fear...just a solid attempt to talk and see how they are doing. it takes a certain amount of courage to do what he is doing. I didn't pick up condescension. (for that read some of the comments at yourtube - ugh)

Laffy Kat

(16,377 posts)

9. Leave those poor people alone.

Reply to COLGATE4 (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 5, 2020, 03:17 PM

Jul 2020

Don't blame the family for not wanting to talk to him.

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)

11. I agree. They certainly were less than

Reply to Laffy Kat (Reply #9)

Sun Jul 5, 2020, 04:37 PM

Jul 2020

overjoyed to see him again

samnsara

(17,616 posts)

2. oh dear.. thats like HOME and Gray Gardens all rolled into one...

Reply to ItsjustMe (Original post)

Sat Jul 4, 2020, 08:34 AM

Jul 2020

...with out the mansion.

zanana1

(6,110 posts)

3. I don't think we should make fun of people like this.

Reply to ItsjustMe (Original post)

Sat Jul 4, 2020, 08:50 AM

Jul 2020

In their culture, inbreeding was probably acceptable.

blueinredohio

(6,797 posts)

4. Wow. Just WOW.

Reply to ItsjustMe (Original post)

Sat Jul 4, 2020, 11:19 AM

Jul 2020

lillypaddle

(9,580 posts)

5. They stopped freak shows at fairs (didn't they?)

Reply to ItsjustMe (Original post)

Sat Jul 4, 2020, 11:48 AM

Jul 2020

because they were inhumane. Strikes me that this video is as well, However, I can see that there is a certain validity to studying this (phenomenon?) Poverty, isolation, lack of education would all contribute, I imagine.

Many years ago, my BFF and I drove from Oklahoma to New Orleans for the Jazz Festival. We stopped to get gas at some off-road gas station somewhere in Louisiana , just a pump, really. There were men sitting in chairs watching as we were filling the tank. I stopped after about a $1's worth and we left in a hurry. They looked like this family. Some scary shit.