Comments on: East Carolina professor films Eric Rudolph documentary

By: Gary Carden

Gary Carden — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:19:59 +0000

Let me clarify a poorly worded statement in the previous post. I meant to say that “Many mountain people can condemn Rudolph’s crime, but they were still delighted by the F.B.I.’s failure to find him.”
Gary

By: Gary Carden

Gary Carden — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:30:56 +0000

Well, I don’t think it is as simple as that. I don’t think it is even a choice as to pro-Rudolph or anti-Rudolph.
Mountain people who always had a tendency to admire outlaws and experience has taught them to be very skeptical of anything that is associated with the Federal government. I heard a great deal of discussion of Eric Rudolph while he was a fugitive, and many mountain people could condemn his crime by being delighted by the F.B.I.’s failure to find him. My grandfather admired Jesse James and Pretty Boy Floyd. I found myself admiring the outlaw, Lewis Redmond. I could say a great deal more, but perhaps that is enough for the present.

By: tipper

tipper — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:45:57 +0000

Sounds like an interesting film-I’ll be interested to see how he portrays folks from Cherokee County-cause thats where I’m from. I know during the whole Rudolph hoopla people here were often accused of helping hide him-when in reality most people thought what he did was horrible.