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.
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