Encounters with rednecks? If so please share.

[fdiskboy]

Hey Format,

Just ignore Red. He's too ignorant to do anything but launch personal attacks against anyone he thinks is more intelligent than he. It's pretty funny to watch because it's so transparent after a while.

 

[Optimus]

For those here saying that they are rednecks due to growing up on a farm, or because of the origin of the term "Red Neck", or because they are southern... whatever - I hate to tell you all this, but none of you are "Rednecks".

Face it, the word has been taken from you, regardless of whether your ancestors were called it. Those same people would not be called rednecks legitimatly today.

Listen - words evolve and get new meanings, and "Redneck" now refers to a group of people that are distinguished not by religion, race, background, or politics, but by certain group traits and behaviors. Anyone can become a redneck at any time by adopting these behaviors, and any redneck can stop being one by stopping the same set of behaviors.

None of you are "Rednecks" - the word is gone, it has been taken from you... Today, like it or not, society has granted it a new meaning, one which no one here would be proud to associate with.

Let me elaborate:

Southerner does not mean redneck
Farm person does not mean redneck
Country person does not mean redneck
having a red neck from working in the sun does not mean redneck
liking certain race cars ... etc

BECAUSE "Redneck" has a new meaning in society. You can try to fight it, but it would be a handful of you against society, and it won't work.

 

[ArkAoss]

RED NECKS
IF you want to see a real haven for rednecks, check out Rhode Island, there may be a bit of the state that isnt red neck, but unfortunatly I am related to half of what i have found to be the biggest, most backwardest collection of billy gilman nascar luvin rednecks in the UNITED states. and yes these people are kinda ignorant, but thet are hard working, they arn't too racist

p.s. red necks are an american classic, no other country has 'em. there ours and by golly we're stuck with 'em




(any rich japanese people want their own "Red neck farm" i can sell you one, its like an ant farm, but you get alot of ants, and nearly-interbred people and farm equipment, and you cant set it up in your corporate HQ)
if i never hit enter will any one read the post?

 

[Suicidal]

So is Viper a redneck hick? That's what his post implies.

 

[classy]

This thread is wild. Some of the same people that I have argued with in other threads are here with their self righteous bullsh!t. Who the F.. are you Format to post that lame a$$ substitute the word great person for Red Neck. There I said it for you for you fake a$$ front. People like you and Dameon are trying so hard show how sweet, sensitive and unwilling to say or do anything to offend someone BS its making me sick. You punk A$$es are so damn phony is a joke. Anyone who goes out of his or her way to show how un-prejudice they are, are absolute snakes in the grass. Your just trying make people believe you are something, your not. But I know better. You twirps can have a nice day.........

 

[FettsBabe]

Nut'in wrong with Rednecks. What Starlitt is describing is an asshole, jerk, etc.

 

[Yeeny]

Wow, look at the red faces on some people. I grew up in a small town, I still live in one. I fished, climbed trees and worked on a farm growing up. I can honestly say I am not a redneck. A redneck, how ever the term may have started, now means to most people an unintelligent person. I know plenty of men who are wonderful human beings, who are also farmers. I think of them as good men, not rednecks. And who cares if you live in a trailer or a mansion, if your stupid, your stupid, and thats the way it is. As for taking someones ignorance or lack of education and comparing it to racism, that is just pathetic. You CAN open a book or take a class to educate yourself. You cannot however change the color of your skin, and therein lies the difference.

As to anybody I may have offended with my first post, too bad! If you have teeth all different colors, don't cry to me, cry to a dentist.

 

[AndrewR]

This small exerpt quite succinctly describes the difference between REDNECK and the racial epithets:


<< You CAN open a book or take a class to educate yourself. You cannot however change the color of your skin, and therein lies the difference. >>

 

[Format C:]

Good post Classy. Of course I would have expected no less from you. You have already shown your hand and proved yourself to be a racist full of hatred, bigotry, and lies. For Red Dawn to side with you on this issue proves to everyone just exactly what he really is deep down inside. I must say that I'm not too surprised either.

Regardless of any protestations to the contrary or self-denial, both of you have clearly expressed what you really are. To paint ANY group of people that you consider different to yourself as inferior to yourself or what you consider to be ideal is a clear indication of your weakness of character, your moral bankruptcy, your social elitism, and indeed a deeply rooted self-hatred.

Squawk and attack all you wish, both of you, but I did not paint you as what you are. You strode forth and loudly and proudly presented your canvas of contempt for all to behold. You should not now be surprised and amazed that anyone with a keen perception could and would perceive your masterpiece's true nature. Paint on Maestros!

 

[loup garou]

hmm...by some people's reasoning, Jeff Foxworthy must be the devil incarnate.

LIGHTEN UP!

 

[SVTPower]

Speaking of not being missed Red Dawn your one of the worst posters I've ever seen on this board. You seem to think your all that and a bag of chips, when I bet in person your probably some skinny boy who has never done anything of meaning in his entire life. So what you hate Republicans cause you have no real will power to do anything real in your life. You may be a smart person but you have no abilty to use it for good.

You make it sound like rednecks are bad but whatever you are is just perfect. You know if everyone was like you Dawn the world would sit in one spot because people like you have this &quot;Idea&quot; that you are too good for anything. Even common people who just lead an average life and don't invent anything are still less of a waste of carbon then a person like you. Atleast a common person isn't capable of something more but lets it waste away.

You seem like a smart person by your posts but why is everything so negative? Get a reality check and figure something out for yourself, Get this if a person is a redneck and they work as a farm hand or ranch hand atleast it helps us city folk in getting food on our plates. You on the other hand well... Negativity isn't worth $hit.

 

[loup garou]

^^That was one of the funnier things I've read today. Thanks for the laugh.

 

[tinneric]

I work with one everyday, still thinks he's a cowboy

 

[SVTPower]

I must have hit it on the head huh? Since you have to pick at my grammer.
Sorry English isn't my best subject, But being able to see a worthless human being like you I seem to be pretty good at.

 

[Optimus]

Format: If generalizing about a group of people based on thier actions is wrong, what is your take on the Nazi's? Neo-nazi's?

Note: We all know that generalizing a group based on color, creed, race, religion...etc is wrong, OK? We are talking about a group defined by behavior and actions. As I said earlier, in Society's current definition of the term &quot;redneck&quot; the only way to be in that group is through certain behaviors and actions. That is the difference between them and other groups that are defined by things OTHER than actions (beliefs, color, race...etc).


Werk: Not a redneck - see my earlier post.

SVTPower: The guy in the field is either
a) not a redneck (again, see earlier post on how &quot;farmworkers&quot; does not equal &quot;rednecks&quot
OR
b) a redneck (defined by his voluntary actions and behavior) working a job that earns him money that I pay... whats the point? Everyone in society does that. Serial Killers can be the guy at the store that stocks shelves so you can buy things...

 

[Mill]

<< We are talking about the Bubba's who are as comfortable in Hooded White Sheets as they are in Overalls. >>




RD- The term &quot;Bubba&quot; implies the South and not Rednecks. Do you think that I go around with the KKK and swill beer everynight?

GF-I agree with you that anyone can pick up a book and get smarter. A lot of the so called &quot;Rednecks&quot; inherit their ignorance. If Daddy hated black people then they will too. That is just how it works. It is really not all that different than racism in other countries. A lot of people grew up hating Jews or Poles, etc. What it boils down to is that these people are around people just like themselves. They feel comfortable degrading a person based on skin color. I promise you that they would not go into a black neighborhood and mouth off. A majority of racism anywhere is hidden racism. The person is only racist around other racists or people just like them. Now I am not defending these people. A lot of them never meet the nice black people that you or I meet. A lot of them know just a few black people and make assumptions about the whole race. That is kinda what everyone is doing to each other here(me included).

The South is no longer the &quot;segregated&quot; South. People in the South would have it easier if people would quit calling us racists. It only makes people remember how things used to be. A lot of people no longer care about skin color. That doesn't mean they don't notice it.
Even though I have black friends and relatives who are Korean, I still notice skin color. My last school was around 60% white and 40% black. My new school is around 80% white and 20% black. The first school I mentioned had no real racial tensions. My new school has some, but they are confined to select idiots. I notice skin color because it is different. Different doesn't mean that something is inferior or less beautiful. I notice color and so does everyone else. Just because you notice doesn't mean that you are racist. I will say that I notice a black person or a hispanic over a white person. In this area, there are actually more blacks than whites. I guess what I am saying is that you notice skin color because you are different, and not because you are trying descriminate.

If you are offended by this post or don't understand what I mean, then let me know and I will respond.

Mill

 

[SVTPower]

Red

Actually I'm not posting to be an ass I'm posting to point out how much of an ass..... HOLE you are. I think I know what a redneck is and I also know what you are Red I pointed it out above.

 

[Mill]

RD- You didn't offend me. I understand what you are saying, but I don't agree with it. Why don't you actually reply to the meat of my post instead of trying to pick it apart?

 

[classy]

You know Format you can kiss my A$$. I don't think Red or anyone else is trying to agree with me or anyone else. Everyone is speaking their own opinion. Some people don't really mean any harm and some of things are just being said not with any real intent to mean to be nasty but just be funny. But you are so holy. Yea right. I am just tired hearing Ding Dongs like you and few others who think that because you Republican and White everyone else is beneath you. I do believe republicans are prejudice and for goood reason. So that makes me a racist. The last damn 20 yrs people like you have all but come out and say you hate awesome people, spicks, wetbacks, chinks and jews. If your different stay away from us. Then you dumba$$es wonder why minorities are hostile. And this I am so holy and righteous is utter BS. And for you to take and compare the name redneck to mean the same as someone calling someone a great person you punk b@stard, obviously you really don't know jack.

 

[Theslowone]

one of those lawn mowers that you can drive
I live in the south. How big of yard do you own? We have 12 acres and almost all is a field that we cut often, not to have a riding mower would be asking for trouble. We own two of these elusive machines.
Does this make us rednecks? no. But then again who the hell cares.

 

[Format C:]

Obviously when the light of truth is shone the rats will always despise the torch bearer.

Classy and Red, you are what you are. Your own comments put the lie to your facade. When and if you ever come to a certain knowledge of the true meaning of racism and the genesis of its existence then you will be forced to acknowledge your own participation and perpetuation of its tenets.

At its most base level racism is the fear of that which is different. You segregate others into groups and ascribe behaviours to the group as a whole so that you may more readily in your own mind declare and cling to your own perceived group superiority. In truth you consider these &quot;others&quot; to be less than equal to you not because you are in fact superior but rather because you truly believe yourself inferior. When you are able to identify why you believe that lie you will know why you are what you have become and then and only then will you be able to rise above your own self-hatred.

From the way the two of you have responded however, I sincerely doubt that either of you will ever reach that point. You will continue to belittle any &quot;others&quot; that you deem different or that confront you with your own shortcomings in an effort to continue to believe your own grand lie. That is much easier after all than confronting truth isn't it?

 

[glenn1]

i see RD is busy making friends again Red buddy, i hafta admit, i don't always agree with you, but you sure make the threads in OT more lively... i don't think i'm exactly true redneck material, but if you ever want to go beloved patriot-tonkin' and take the coons dogs out for a hunt, you give me a call good buddy

 

[Tiger]

red·neck
n. Offensive Slang

Used as a disparaging term for a member of the white rural laboring class, especially in the southern United States.
One who is regarded as having a provincial, conservative, often bigoted sociopolitical attitude.

Well shucks,

I didn't know you could tell people were rednecks by the type of vehicle they drive and yard appliance they use. Even Dictionary.com makes assumptions about peoples sociopolitical attitudes, kinda like classless.



<< I do believe republicans are prejudice and for goood reason. So that makes me a racist. The last damn 20 yrs people like you have all but come out and say you hate awesome people, spicks, wetbacks, chinks and jews. If your different stay away from us. Then you dumba$$es wonder why minorities are hostile. And this I am so holy and righteous is utter BS. And for you to take and compare the name redneck to mean the same as someone calling someone a great person you punk b@stard, obviously you really don't know jack. >>

 

[Format C:]

It is truly amazing the lengths that some people will go to in order not to confront their true nature. Some would rather believe their own lie and seek reinforcement of it than to face and evaluate it. These people are the truly hopeless in our society and are well deserving of its pity.

Obviously Red and Classy do not posess the requisite courage nor character to subject themselves to the same scrutiny they heap upon others and therefore they will never change. Sadly, it only remains for the &quot;others&quot; that they are so afraid of to recognize the two's self imposed limitations and steadfast adherence to a philosophy of hatred and division and in so doing accord them the respect that that pitiful dogma demands and deserves.

 

[64bitloopy]

Who's got True Grit?

The funny thing is, it's all wrong.