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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:25 AM Original message |
Is "Redneck" a slur? |
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jorno67 (906 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. I have found that around here |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yes...but just when I thought a phrase was OK.. |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
29. listen to The Valley Road by Bruce Hornsby. |
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latebloomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
3. well, since whenever I hear "redneck" |
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LizW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
4. Depends on how it is used |
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Khephra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
5. It's an ethnic term that can be used by those of a similar ethnic group |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Well I've always called you "K" |
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Khephra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:35 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I think we've all been "k"'s at some point in our lives |
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MessiahRp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Oh come on.. |
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Nalgenelover Snort (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
6. No. |
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Gemini Cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 12:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
118. True. |
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Catch22Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
7. Not to me....sorry |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
8. The real "fightin' words" slur in my neck of the woods: |
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Khephra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. That is so sad... |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. NEVER |
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jorno67 (906 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. you must be old |
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Nimble_Idea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. It won't take centuries at all |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:37 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Somehow, it doesn't stick. I like being a yankee. |
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Piperay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 04:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
159. Me too |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
12. If Rednecks were an oppressed class, then maybe |
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r_u_stuck2 (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. NO |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:42 AM Original message |
No, it wasn't. |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
67. I come from that "redneck" class |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:13 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. There weren't plantation owners in Oxford and Birmingham? |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 06:38 PM Response to Reply #68 |
160. Well, let's see |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
111. And the white working class actively assisted in it. n/t |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 12:57 PM Response to Reply #111 |
121. Yes, they have been manipulated by those who seek to |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 01:02 PM Response to Reply #121 |
123. Look, I'm all for the white working class uniting with other ethnicities |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 01:25 PM Response to Reply #123 |
125. I don't think it absolves them either. |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 01:35 PM Response to Reply #125 |
129. I know the history... |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 01:41 PM Response to Reply #129 |
130. And you assume that I seek to excuse wrongdoing, |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 01:48 PM Response to Reply #130 |
133. No, I get your point... |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Rednecks *are* an oppressed class. (nt) |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:09 AM Response to Reply #25 |
43. You're right--poor people of all colors are oppressed. |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:11 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. But poor doesnt make you redneck. I am a poor yankee. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:14 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. See post 39. |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:20 AM Response to Reply #43 |
72. AMEN, QC!!! I have pointed this out to some |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:26 AM Response to Reply #72 |
77. The truth of class is the biggest threat to the establishment. |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:30 AM Original message |
I agree, QC, that class is a bigger threat to those in power |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
81. About the face of poverty... |
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DAGDA56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
15. Not a slur, as I see it, but a classification by choice... |
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Khephra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:41 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. That's why I think it's close to blacks using the "N" word |
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DAGDA56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:44 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Actually, there are often Positive aspects to being "redneck"... |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:59 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. blue coller is the exact same as redneck |
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comsymp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:51 AM Response to Reply #37 |
62. No, it isn't, and |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:04 AM Response to Reply #62 |
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comsymp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:15 AM Response to Reply #64 |
70. Thanks for the laugh |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:26 AM Response to Reply #70 |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 11:02 AM Response to Reply #62 |
94. How the alert clicking doing for you, comsys |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 12:29 PM Response to Reply #37 |
112. That was the original meaning, but it's not the common usage today |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:54 AM Response to Reply #20 |
33. No, it's not Khephra |
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Khephra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:05 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. I'm not making any decrees upon the South |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:10 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Actually, San Diego County, CA. was the BIG recent KKK hotspot |
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Nimble_Idea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:13 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Big deal..... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:20 AM Response to Reply #49 |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 11:14 AM Response to Reply #49 |
100. Metzger's Skinheads started as Marines from Camp Pendleton |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
19. Redneck is a term for working class |
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Khephra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:42 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Heck, "white trash" is a term we use in Indy...I think it's more common |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:55 AM Response to Reply #22 |
35. In Indy, you think redneck is an insult n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:30 AM Response to Reply #35 |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:57 AM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Maybe YOU don't read what you write |
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Nimble_Idea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:53 AM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Don't give in to Hate, "White Thrash" is worse than Redneck |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:57 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. There's whites, and there's white trash. |
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Nimble_Idea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:05 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. like I said, |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:40 AM Response to Reply #41 |
61. Deleted message |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:14 AM Response to Reply #66 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:23 AM Response to Reply #69 |
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Nimble_Idea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:26 AM Response to Reply #74 |
76. what exactly is your point?? |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:58 AM Response to Reply #76 |
92. My point? You were wrong on CA racism, and birth of skinheads. |
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Nimble_Idea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 11:17 AM Response to Reply #92 |
102. I refer to your post as my response |
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comsymp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:22 AM Response to Reply #66 |
73. As Nimble pointed out, you've apparently misfired, but for the record |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:29 AM Response to Reply #73 |
78. I spent my first 29 years in Southside Richmond VA |
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comsymp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:39 AM Response to Reply #78 |
83. Explains a lot- thanks |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:54 AM Response to Reply #83 |
90. Yes, Virginia... home of the FFVs... the first Good Ol' Boy Network |
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Nimble_Idea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:30 AM Response to Reply #73 |
79. "Additionally" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:40 AM Response to Reply #79 |
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Nimble_Idea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:44 AM Response to Reply #84 |
86. "miketime"?!?!?!?!? LOL |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 11:07 AM Response to Reply #86 |
97. Racism not widespread in CA? |
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comsymp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:49 AM Response to Reply #79 |
88. Good point re: Edit |
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Nimble_Idea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:54 AM Response to Reply #88 |
89. You got off easy |
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comsymp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 11:19 AM Response to Reply #89 |
104. OK, gotta respond to that last- then I'm REALLY logging off, I swear! |
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Nimble_Idea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 11:25 AM Response to Reply #104 |
105. the only reason I even put negatives in my posts were becuase |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 11:31 AM Response to Reply #105 |
106. You stopped responding because you were proven wrong. |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 11:05 AM Response to Reply #79 |
95. You lose your miketime when you claim no racism in CA. |
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Nimble_Idea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 11:08 AM Response to Reply #95 |
99. It's amazing how that Repug tactic actually works on people |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 11:16 AM Response to Reply #99 |
101. No...you would be using the RePug debating style. |
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Nimble_Idea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 11:18 AM Response to Reply #101 |
103. *yawn* |
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Nimble_Idea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:17 AM Response to Reply #61 |
71. your contribution to the topic has profound effects!! |
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comsymp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:33 AM Response to Reply #71 |
80. Perhaps you could share some of your techniques |
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Nimble_Idea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:41 AM Response to Reply #80 |
85. Like I said, I don't call EVERY southern person racist |
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comsymp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:58 AM Response to Reply #85 |
93. Well, I tried |
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Nimble_Idea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 11:06 AM Response to Reply #93 |
96. The Drama you exert is on the level of ridiculous |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:06 AM Response to Reply #41 |
65. self deleted cuz I can't get any links to pix to work. |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 12:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
115. Sounds similar to the argument I used to hear from whites down South |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 12:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
116. That's the origin of "redneck", but common usage just means hick or racist |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 12:58 PM Response to Reply #116 |
122. See post 120. n/t |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
23. not to me it ain't |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
24. Ignorance is the word we are looking for - right? |
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Khephra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
27. One term I always wondered about..."peckerwood" |
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Nimble_Idea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:55 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. that's a friendly word among friends |
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playahata1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:20 AM Response to Reply #27 |
55. It's an inversion of "woodpecker." |
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doni_georgia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
28. all depends on the connotation |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
30. "Princess" can be a slur. |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:38 AM Response to Reply #30 |
82. I'm a latte-drinking, Feminist, Warrior Princess |
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aintitfunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
31. If you are a redneck |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
38. Depends on who is using it. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
39. Where the word "redneck" came from. |
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Nimble_Idea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:08 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. What the hell makes you think SHrub is a redneck |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:11 AM Response to Reply #42 |
47. I didn't say Bush was a redneck. |
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Nimble_Idea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:17 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. first off |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:22 AM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Yep, that's been the usual political dynamic in the South. |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:13 AM Response to Reply #42 |
48. he's an aspiring redneck (or cowboy, or born again, or compassionate |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
46. The term was first used, the best I can tell, in West Virginia! |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:16 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Sounds plausible |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:19 AM Response to Reply #46 |
53. Interesting... |
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r_u_stuck2 (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
56. It is a STEREOTYPE |
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
59. When it's used as a synonym for stupid or right-winger |
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Failure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
60. It's not a slur anymore than "yuppie" is. |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:44 AM Response to Reply #60 |
87. Do you know what a slur is? |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 01:13 PM Response to Reply #60 |
124. Or "liberal." nt |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
91. We |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 11:52 AM Response to Reply #91 |
107. What's wrong with thought? |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 12:01 PM Response to Reply #107 |
108. I don't think |
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corporatewhore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
98. it might be offensive to some but lets not equate with |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
109. It's an offensive word |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 12:24 PM Response to Reply #109 |
110. Excellent point. There are plenty of perfectly good words |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
113. wooohoooo MORE banned words!!!!! |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 12:36 PM Response to Reply #113 |
114. If your words are hurtful, derogatory and offensive to others... |
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Angelus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
117. Here in Minnesota... |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
119. NO! Trailer Trash refers to someone's class background, redneck does not. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 12:54 PM Response to Reply #119 |
120. But what does it tell you if a word that originally referred |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 01:27 PM Response to Reply #120 |
127. your use of "Trailer Park" is deeply offensive to me |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 01:43 PM Response to Reply #127 |
131. I was referring to an attitude that I am criticizing here. |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 01:46 PM Response to Reply #131 |
132. nope |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 02:06 PM Response to Reply #132 |
134. How noble of you! |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 02:11 PM Response to Reply #134 |
135. maybe someday - keep trying |
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Angelus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 03:02 PM Response to Reply #132 |
145. matcom...you're the man! |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 03:42 PM Response to Reply #145 |
156. Language is never trivial |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 02:33 PM Response to Reply #127 |
136. I would like |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 02:39 PM Response to Reply #136 |
138. i am afraid that i am offended by your use of the term "buffet" |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 02:44 PM Response to Reply #138 |
139. I am deeply offended by |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 02:48 PM Response to Reply #139 |
140. on tonights episode of "Queer Eye For The PC Guy"............ |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 02:52 PM Response to Reply #140 |
141. LOL |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 02:56 PM Response to Reply #141 |
142. you and me both brother |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 03:01 PM Response to Reply #142 |
143. freaky thing |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 03:02 PM Response to Reply #143 |
144. i think that picture would be PERFECT |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 03:03 PM Response to Reply #144 |
146. hhahahahaha |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 03:08 PM Response to Reply #146 |
147. chickenshit |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 03:17 PM Response to Reply #147 |
148. hahahahha OK |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 03:22 PM Response to Reply #148 |
149. like you haven't already printed them out |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 03:28 PM Response to Reply #149 |
150. hahahahahaha ok |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 03:31 PM Response to Reply #150 |
151. hahahahahahaha |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 03:31 PM Response to Reply #151 |
152. wonder if he's seen that yet? n/t |
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ronzo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
126. If you mean it as a slur, it's a slur. |
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bhunt70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
128. yes of course it is. |
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BenDavid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
137. Definitions: |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
153. When the people you describe as "redneck" bother to vote, |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
154. I didn't read any of the other posts on this thread yet so |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 03:39 PM Response to Reply #154 |
155. OK post #19 cleared my question up |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
157. Nope, BTW I've seen rednecks in New York state... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
158. Semantics always divide people.. Poor is Poor |
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