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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:27 AM Original message |
What does "Redneck" mean to you? |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. "redneck" meaning |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 12:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Good definition. |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:01 PM Response to Reply #29 |
59. Read post #58 |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
2. It's a term of endearment in some places |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
3. Here in Southern New Mexico, |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Yeah the vaqueros don't like that much. |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 08:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
54. Thanx |
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RoadRunner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 08:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
55. Hi to both DesertedRose & jaredh above. |
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pop goes the weasel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
4. "redneck" is a classist term |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Good one, pop |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:54 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. LOL - good post |
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dogman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 09:28 AM Response to Reply #14 |
73. I work with a fellow who says he's |
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pop goes the weasel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. thank you |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
24. A great post! |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
25. So is "blue collar" but no one cares. |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 12:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. . |
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DAGDA56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
5. Without going down a list of stereotypes... |
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Catfight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
6. Uneducated, bigoted, toothless, twang-talking, walmart shopping, |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Ya need to go back north, then. eh? |
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Catfight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I didn't see any blame there...and it worked inside the store. |
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molly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
7. Half of the people calling into C-span |
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r_u_stuck2 (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
9. As an old man |
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pop goes the weasel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:06 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. It's not a matter of whether a word hurts |
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dae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
64. That is exactly what I heard from my father and others. Thank you for |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
10. Arkansans prefer it to "hillbilly" |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. The polite term for hillbillies is "mountain people" |
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gpandas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:42 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. hillbilly |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 01:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
36. Heh. "Hillbilly"... |
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Waverley_Hills_Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 05:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
45. Hillbilly is fighting words...here in Ohio..its "Briar"... |
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dbt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 08:09 AM Response to Reply #10 |
70. I am a Hillbilly |
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SayitAintSo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
12. In SC, Redneck is not as derogatory ... ( to rednecks) |
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doni_georgia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:40 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Same way here in Georgia |
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Amerpie (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 05:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
43. White trash |
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Must_B_Free (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 06:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
50. Also in Atlanta - "Billy Bob" |
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formernaderite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 12:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
32. Redneck is not derogatory... |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
15. a redneck is someone who |
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doni_georgia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:33 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Damn, that's articulate for a redneck LOL |
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vetwife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:54 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. I agree and I am a Georgian |
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doni_georgia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
19. We basically go with the Jeff Foxworthy definition here in GA |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
27. redneck=grit=hillbilly=woolhat=peckerwood=hilljack=whitetrash=... |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
30. Uncultured, Uneducated, proud of it, and aggressively loudly opinionated |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 03:21 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Consider this: |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 05:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. You say Tomato.... |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 05:29 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Who the hell cares?? |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 05:47 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Ok, I'll be sure not to use the term around you. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 05:59 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Read my words again, for the first time. |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 06:35 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Ok I have read your words again - now what? |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:18 PM Response to Reply #53 |
63. Imho, the way you use the word is offensive, Selwynn. |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:20 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. You know what, my advice to you is that you stop giving advice |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
58. So I'm a redneck crook and "ignornat" and moronic? |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:28 PM Response to Reply #58 |
67. No - that's not my point |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:05 PM Response to Reply #30 |
61. Deleted message |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 10:33 PM Response to Reply #61 |
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citizen snips (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
31. A Southerner. |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 08:54 PM Response to Reply #31 |
57. And we wonder... |
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doni_georgia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 08:31 AM Response to Reply #57 |
71. As a southerner who ISN'T a redneck |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 04:03 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. I'm Southern... |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
33. Uneasy Rider |
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Waverley_Hills_Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 05:22 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. woah,dude, that takes me back.... |
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kaitykaity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
34. I actually like "cracker" better to describe |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
35. I'm a redneck.... |
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MikeG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
37. Peckerwood. |
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Waverley_Hills_Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 05:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. "stumpjumper"....Wisconsin redneck? |
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Justpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
40. Where I used to live in Virginia |
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pop goes the weasel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:30 PM Response to Reply #40 |
65. how gauche! |
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Redneck Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 08:53 AM Response to Reply #65 |
72. Good post |
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Waverley_Hills_Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
41. why does it have to be rural? |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
48. The 4 Southern Social Classes: |
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Waverley_Hills_Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 06:18 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. so where does Bubba fit in this? |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
51. more than a couple of my in-laws. |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
56. Anybody besides me heard the Dixie Chicks song "I'm a redneck woman" |
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Feanorcurufinwe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
60. It means one of those people |
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cally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-04 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
62. Another thing DU taught me |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
69. Well "redneck" means different things to different people |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-04 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
75. My husband has a red neck |
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