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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 11:41 PM Original message |
The origin of the word REDNECK |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. That's one explanation |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 11:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Thanks always happy to learn |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. Depends upon whom you ask |
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progdonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
4. also, "red" means both Communist and Republican... |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Red being a Republican color only dates from 2000, actually, |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
5. You're probably referring to the Battle of Blair Mountain, West Virginia 1921 |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yeah that one |
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Devlzown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
6. I think it had more to do with farming. |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
8. don't know about the origin of the word |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
9. Not so much. |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
10. I know a lot of rednecks that are hard core union members and staunchly Anti-Bush |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:25 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I posted this to point out how the term has changed |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:28 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. The term hasn't changed at all. |
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Perseid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
12. glad you learned |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:22 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Or in this case mined it |
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Rhythm and Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:24 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. The thing is, the word pre-dates the mine clashes by over 80 years. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:26 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Happy to learn |
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