http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=435266

This website is a domain used to create conversations that “fight ignorance”. Somehow, a discussion about “What is so great about the movie ‘Deliverance’?” came upon the site. The majority of the comments in the discussion had to do with either “Ned” being raped, or the beautiful way that the director captured the nature. But several comments seemed to go into more deep material (seemingly the further you went down. There were several people who said they were from the area that “Deliverance” was filmed, and that it all seemed surreal. But they, along with the rest of the people that identify as Appalachian seemed to go against the grain a little bit. They agreed that a large portion of the backwoods Appalachians were uneducated, poor, and unhealthy, that did not mean that they would become rapists and murderers. While some people said that the scenario seemed so real, the Appalachian contesters seemed to be arguing against these misconceptions. As stated before, the rape of Ned seemed to be the largest concern to those who commented. Issues such as “why was it him, not the others” were brought up, and typically answered with the fact that it made “squeal like a pig” work better. So overall, it seems that people looked at this movie more superficially and not with regards to its effect on Appalachian culture or discourse.