Redneck can be taken in context a couple of different ways, which I learned. To me redneck meant white trash, but to certain country and or southern people it just means that, just southern and or country people, or working class. I would have to agree with some peoples context here that yes, some white people in the country and in the south are rednecks as in white trash. At the same time I agree with others context, that redneck just means country, southern, hard working, and unpretentious people.
To me the type that are alcohalics, love to fight, and riff raff around like they don't have anything better to do is redneck in the context of being white trash, no doubt, no argument. On the other hand, calling people rednecks in the context of being white trash just because they are poor, believe in God, and are politically conservative is off base, ignorant, snobbish, and elitist.
Maybe some of these people can paint their homes, maybe they don't need as much junk laying around their yards, but does that make them trash, as in what kind of character they have as a human being ? Absolutely not. Does trash live in conditions like that ? sure, but again, it's a persons character, not how refined they are. Does trash live in subdivisions and in innercities ? Hell yes, because it's the lack of character they have, and having a refined life style doesn't change a thing.
We need to climb out of our ivory towers, and realize that good & bad lives in every environment. Again, just because you might not agree with certain peoples unrefined surroundings, or their political or religious beliefs, doesn't automatically make those people trash, or bad. Some of these people I'm sure would be the first to feed you and take the shirt off of their backs to help you, and anyone here that would make an absolute statement that many of them wouldn't needs to back it up with more experience or proof, after all, if you are going to put people down with generalizations, you have the burdon of proof.
How well would a thread about ghetto trash, crackheads, gangmembers, and drug dealers who drive funny painted sedans/pimp mobiles with funny looking skinny 10 foot tall wheels that you can here noise pollution thumping from a half male radius, that over populate our cities,
AND small towns anymore go over here ? Not good I'm sure, even though that
IS the truth, and not just programmed thinking.
I'm sure many of you who made shameful
remarks in this thread will try to rationalize why you are right about doing so, or even bash me, but remember this, rationalizing or bashing will not dismiss the truth. It's ironic of who calls themselves classy, unbiased, tolerant, and enlightened these days, because it's the very hypocrites who endorse political correctness.Though I'm certain if it weren't politically incorrect to bash other groups, many of you hypocrites would feel free to do so, but white guilt holds you at bay, at least in the public, or on a conscience level, after all, you proved you
ARE capable of being snobs. A lot of closet bigots hiding in the shadows of the liberal banner, or at least on the subconscience level.
In the end, I would rather stay with a hillbilly in a rusted trailer and a car on blocks in his yard that treats me good than a "refined" person who is a snobbish jerk, assuming that jerk doesn't run me off first, or call the cops on me.
I also feel safer around hillbillies who use guns to hunt, than around thugs with illegal guns that use them on fellow citizens to protect their drugs and turf from guess who, outsiders. OOOPS, Sorry, said something politically incorrect
Also the same snobs who bitched in the past when certain conservatives said..."pull yourselves up by the boot straps", yet say..."these people can do better, no reason to be poor"
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Check this out. A nonwhite shits in the middle of the mall, yet people ignore him, like they do the obvious thugs who frequent them anymore because they are part of a "sympathetic" group, but lord forbid some poor white people come to the mall, regardless if they are decent people or not, and watch the trendy snobs give them the evil eye.This is the most hushed social issue in this country. If you call me a liar, then you are either a liar, or naive.
Maybe I'm just a "typical" white person, or one of "those" backwards racist afraid of "change".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br7DsPbM0g8
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