Curb stomped? Grow up

Allowing WHAT exactly??

“Chestnut said he wasn't aware of any Alabama companies that have tried to require microchips, but he got the idea after reading about a company in Wisconsin that offered the devices for employees.”

The author got the idea off some article he “read” and said “gosh, what if they FORCED folks next?!” There’s no risk.

It’s more lacking compassion that’s speaking. You don’t hoard because you aren’t able to let things go, people hoard because they lost something tremendous and try to fill the void.

People with significant mental illness struggle to hold traditional jobs. Her mother is mentally I’ll and self-serving. Giving birth didn’t change that.

My mother is from WV and while I knew the conditions described in this book would shock others, they didn’t surprise me at all. If you are from Appalachia through to southern Ohio, you’ll get it.

If you want to know the why, that is more complex. Appalachia very much has its own (misunderstood) culture. Controversial as it is, “Hillbilly Elegy” (book, not movie) may help break down some of the “why” but it’s not applicable to everyone. WV is critically impoverished but no one cares, particularly not Joe Manchin.

It’s okay that the author grew to be able to accept her parents had mental illness, lack of education, lack of compassion, lack of resources that informed their ability to parent.

My thoughts about it become disjointed because I’m so passionate about the area and the culture and it’s affects on future generations.

There’s no benefit for them to do all that work and lie that you weren’t home. It creates more work for them.