Defend Appalachia.....what does that mean?
It means defending our remaining undeveloped and unspoiled land from those seeking to develop it for its resources or yet another gated community.
It means defending our mountain culture, our shared values, history and morality from outside interests and developers who seek to commercialize our culture and turn our ancestors into cartoonist stereotypes.
It means defending our sacred places such as our pristine rivers and unique mountain balds from over-use which has led to almost irreversible erosion and the construction of parking lots, toilets and access roads, all for the sake of "vacationers" and the tourist money they bring with them.
It's about defending our way of life from those wealthy, urban elite that disrupt our natural order by pouring their vast influence and resources unto local politics, seeking to change us "backward mountain folk" into carbon copies of the degenerate urbanites from which they fled in the first place.
Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, defending Appalachia is about defending the rural, community-based, agrarian lifestyle that this region has been known for since its settlement. The people of Appalachia are a unique race of hardy folk, descended from generations of families closely tied to the land that supported them. Defending Appalachia is defending a return to the Old Ways, a Return to Tradition, and an opposition to an increasingly tech reliant, city central, degenerate industrial society.
