Much more than to be called a dumb Pollack....
Posted on 08/11/2009 5:27:20 AM PDT by netmilsmom
I have a question. Why do conservatives allow ourselves to be called "Rednecks". I'm on YouTube and Digg. When a poster calls us uneducated Rednecks, no one says a word.
Why don't we own this word? Why aren't we framing the conversation? I find it insulting to be called a dumb Redneck. Much more than to be called a dumb Pollack, because at least I'm Polish.
If macaca is insulting, why is Redneck okay?
“Why do conservatives allow ourselves to be called “Rednecks”.”
Well duh! It’s because we are conservatives.
Because it’s what I am and I make no bones about it.
The term redneck is more a reflection on the sender than the receiver.
When we impose our own ‘Political Correctness’ - banning words/phrases because we might be offended —
We become that which we hate....
Sorry — I’ll wear the ‘Redneck’ sobriquet with pride.....
I am not easily offended. It is better to spend my effort on other things.
I don’t consider being called a redneck an insult. I grew up in NYC and took it as a great honor when my southern friends claimed I was just as a much a redneck as they were. And that was 30+ years ago.
I drink too much to be sobr-anything.
(or is it sum'im for a cookout?)
Aren’t the original “Rednecks” union thugs from coal strikes in WV (Battle of Blair Mountain)?
Seems somewhat ironic that we are being called ignorant rednecks by union thugs.
I’ll take a southern redneck any day over a dumb Obama koolaid-drinking liberal plantation Negro and I’m Black. They’re much nicer, lol!
I claim with pride to be a bit of a Redneck...and so are my sons....all with pride....
I remember a woman I knew whose daughter went to HS with my son. Her daughter was a bit of a snob back then and referred to my son as a redneck......all I know is, who was the first kid they sought when they could not get their cars started in the parking lot or who stopped to help them pull their cars out of ditch on that snowy first day.....my redneck son....now he is a first Lt. in the USMC....and we are proud of our redneck
Because we have a sense of humor and can laugh at ourselves when we need to. Liberals lack that ability. A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence. With that consideration who is really smart, and who is really dumb?
If you see a liberal on TV, and think he sounds unintelligent, you might just be a redneck.
If you see a liberal on TV, and he’s being dead serious, and you think you’re watching a stand up comic, you might just be a redneck.
Having a redneck from pruning my luxurious estate entitles me to wear the name with pride.//sarc//
If we took offense to a word, wouldn’t we be stereotyping too?
Besides, why give your opposition the ability to offend you? Take away the concern about a word that has no impact on your existence and their attacks are even less bothersome.
It's like the word "cowboy". To Europeans, the word "cowboy" is a pejorative term, but to non-liberals in America it is a term defining a certain set of attributes (i.e. rugged, tough, straight-forward, etc).
So to a liberal or European, they think they are insulting you when calling you a "cowboy".
Likewise the term "redneck".
They think it is a negative term, when those who embrace the term realize that it isn't a negative, it's a positive and those that use it as a sneer show themselves to be the snobbish, effeminate, oversensitive elitists that they really are.
Is it not a southern term?
I know there is a country and western song called “Redneck Yacht Club”.
To me, “Red Neck” means you spend your day in the sun, not worried about sunscreen. Too busy working on your business, not too prideful to notice the sunburn.
It means you wear a collar. This is like the term “Farmer’s tans”, where your arms have a definate sleeve line. I would rather be a Redneck than a wimpy model-type or metrosexual, anyday.
The term originated in Scotland I believe, referring to farmers and others who worked manual labor outside. It was in literal reference to the red necks they would get from sunburns.
It’s a term of endearment......................
Much more than to be called a dumb Pollack....
Rather be a redneck than pink through and through.
When someone uses Nazi in an argument, it means, They Lost!
Because we aren’t aholes.
I think we should respond every time somebody uses the term REDNECK with the term NIPWOCK (a composite of NIgger, Polack, WOg, WOp, Kike, redneCK and any others).
NIPWOCK - a sarcastic comment on racial epithets that implies the user is a complete waste of human protoplasm that might otherwise have been used as common slime mold instead of masquerading as intelligence.
[usage] you asinine NIPWOCK!
Those of us who call ourselves rednecks don’t object when others call us that - even if the others think they’re being insulting. It just shows (as if we didn’t know) that they’re Not Like Us.
Of course, if one’s from a different, non-rednecky, culture, the term would give a different impression.
Wear the term with pride.
Because it implies being out in the hot sun working your butt off all day.
Sounds pretty positive to me
Liberals try to shut down debate by calling names. All children do this. If we are adults, we ignore it and stick to facts. If one is insulted, one doesn’t push them to justify their stand with facts. Ignore the names as it’s a diversion. Make them defend their position.
Interesting.
>>NIPWOCK<<
That is exactly what I’m looking for!
While I understand that some consider Redneck to be okay, the people using this term are insulting the group.
I needed a comeback. Thanks!
If nothing else, it’s because we otherwise wouldn’t be able to tell great redneck jokes, like:
One way to know a guy’s a redneck is if his house’s porch collapses and kills at least three dogs.
Definition of a redneck (as per Charlie Daniels):
What most people call a redneck
Ain’t nothin’ but a workin’ man
And he makes his livin’
By the sweat of his brow
And the calluses on his hands
Now you intellectuals may not like it
But there ain’t nothin’ that you can do
Cause there’s a whole lot more of us common-folks
Then there ever will be of you
What this world needs is a few more rednecks
Some people ain’t afraid to take a stand
What this world needs is a little more respect
For the Lord and the law and the workin’ man
We could use a little peace and satisfaction
Some good people up front to take the lead
A little less talk and a little more action
And a few more rednecks is what we need
I’m a redneck and proud of it. American by birth, Southern by the grace of God, from a long line of Carolina tobacco farmers, with an ancestry in Carolina that dates back to the 1720’s.
We rednecks need to get ourselves together and get our country back.
Now it's associated 1) the obvious trailer trash references 2) with folks who lived in those regions who hated any Federal authority and were willing to resist it on a routine basis.
It's now a name symbolic of pride among many people and is perceived as highly American not to take crap from any authority that presumes to impress it's dictates upon people.
Yes, I’ve heard various explanations, including yours, plus one about indentured servants in the US. I suspect it has more to do with pasty people working outside getting sunburned.
Mine just fit the politics better. :)
“Caipirabob” is loosely translated as “Redneck Bob”. We rednecks get around, is all... ; )
How about REDNECK PATIROT? We work for what we get and do not get handouts form the family.
Don’t know about you, but my neck *is* red - from doing honest labor outdoors.
I say let’s OWN the term “Redneck” instead of going around being resentful.
Then what would the effeminate Eastern elitists do? What could they call us?
LOL!
Redneck is an insult but most ignore it who were raised with:
“Sticks and stones can break my bones but names will never hurt me.”
This Republic would be much better off if *everybody* felt that way.
The first group described as rednecks were union members from all over the state of W Va who were opposing the coal mine owners refusal to allow their mines to be unionized. They wore red bandannas around their necks.
The battle of Blair mountain in Logan Co., WV resulted in the death of nearly 100 union members at the hands of local police authority as they, 13,000 strong, sought to enter the county and demonstrate in support of unionization. In 1921 they were not what is commonly referred to today as thugs.
read here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain
The uprising that led to the battle at Blair mountain was a popular movement much like the tea party and anti gov’t health movement today. “Redneck” is an absolutely appropriate and honorable, historically accurate, description of today’s anti government movement. This is the largest uprising since the civil rights movement of the 60’s.
My two favorite “You might be a redneck” jokes are:
“If you have a complete set of salad bowls and they all say “Cool Whip” along the side”
and
“If your Mother does not remove the Marlboro from her mouth before telling the State Trooper to kiss her butt”
Down her in Georgia they’re just called “reds”. Salt of the earth people. . can fix a pickup, air conditioner, shoot a deer. . go to church all before noon on Sunday!
Whenever someone starts name calling I just state "thanks for the compliment" and continue on with the discussion. You would not believe the facial expressions you get with this "comeback".
Exactly. I hunt, fish, have 5 dogs, a pickup truck, and am a gunsmith who owns a gunshop. We pickle and can from our garden. I’d rather go to the gun range than a play.
I chuckle at the arrogance shown by those who look down their noses and spit the word “redneck” like an epithet.
It’s a compliment acknowledging my Scotch-Irish heritage and my ability to take care of me and mine.
Why is it that we have allowed ourselves to be slandered for decades by people with “nefarious” designs?
And you should be! Kudos to you and yours.
“it was coin by the New York Times”
Coined by the New York Times, don’t you love it! The Times’ “contributions” to American society are endless.
“Redneck” is an honorable status. Your neck is “red” because you work out in the sun all day.
Whoa!
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