But comments like this show a combination of disrespect for the hard and dangerous work WV's coal miners have performed
The real disrespect is from the owners of coal companies, who:
1. Did everything in their power to stop regulation that would have protected the safety and health of their workers;
2. Did nothing to look after, let alone retrain, the workers after closing;
3. Kept all the profits while leaving behind economic decimation and uncleaned environmental catastrophe
The next time you want to lecture us about the way we talk about white coal miners in WV, you might want to have a look at the way they have been treated by the people who supposedly provide everything for them. There's nothing insulting about recognizing what a terrible situation that is. It's high time the people of West Virginia got something better. And no, I don't mean false promises from a reality TV celebrity.