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> The room was packed with intellectuals, artists, donors, students, the president of West Virginia University and the dean of its law school. Nary a coal mine
by huffmsa 7y ago
> The room was packed with intellectuals, artists, donors, students, the president of West Virginia University and the dean of its law school.
Nary a coal miner, nor axeman to be found in this ivory tower meeting.
- sebular 7y agoYeah, that was the point of the sentence. A man who wasn't Appalachian was telling a room full of educated Appalachian intellectuals that Appalachians are happy making 24k a year because they don't "need to show off". Also, it wasn't an "ivory tower" (such a limp, worn-out descriptor) meeting, it was a book launch, and it was literally open to the public.