DuctTape 1231 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 DC, I can see you are having your fun at my expense. For the record, I do not use the term redneck. You alone own your hypocrisy, not I. Link to post Share on other sites
packsaddle 753 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Wow, that's the first time I've ever seen two simultaneous posts...down to the same minute. Link to post Share on other sites
walk in the woods 888 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I'm not having fun at anybody's expense, just pointing out that it's OK today to be blatantly bigoted against one group of people in our society while being so concerned about others. Here's a few samples from this very board, just search for redneck in the search bar: JasonG172: Alcohol on the other hand is always a no no but even some of the higher ups wait till the boys go to bed! Sorry I am in RedNeck Country. Basementdweller: "I am not a redneck and I am mystified by those who think it is something to be proud of." He went on to say, "Let me see we have a few self proclaimed rednecks in the neighborhood.....White, use tobacco, drink cheap beer, listen to really loud country music" PackSaddle: A long time ago, one of my redneck buddies, obese, beer-guzzling, tobacco-drooling, unwashed, smelly, nearly bald, and profane.... I own the term redneck, as I understand it, and I'm proud of it. I'm tired of the term being use d to incorrectly identify "obese, beer-guzzling, tobacco-drooling, unwashed, smelly, nearly bald and profane" individuals. Anybody who disagrees with me is clearly a bigot. Link to post Share on other sites
packsaddle 753 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Aww, you guys are incorrigible. Edit: DC, I knew that guy...lived not too far from me...he also enjoyed kicking back on the porch with a few beers...."Yeah, God created ME in his image, har, har, har..." He loved that line and laughed so hard he'd spill beer. He never could get over the fact that I was a better shot with a rifle. I'll add that he was a pretty good chess player...even when drunk. Link to post Share on other sites
walk in the woods 888 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Just having a little fun exploring the edges a bit. Rick_in_CA, thanks for the link to the original article, it was a good read. Link to post Share on other sites
TAHAWK 1420 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Might someone be offended by being accused of "hypocrisy"? It is really hard to always avoid unintentionally giving offense, but trying to avoid that result is worth the effort. The generally successful effort to avoid unintentionally giving offense is said to be the mark of a gentleman. Hence "count to ten." Sometimes, counting to 100 is not enough. 0___0 Link to post Share on other sites
JoeBob 606 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 RedNeck in south Georgia referred to whites who worked the fields alongside 'darkies' (PC term would be African-Americans) and got sunburned on the backs of their necks. I did that for many summers in grammar school and high school; hoeing peanuts, cotton and corn. I'm proud to be a RedNeck. Traits of that social group include an affinity for manual labor, hunting, good Southern manners, beer, trucks and country music. (FWIW - I've a few African American friends who don't mind being lumped in with us RedNecks.) Long-haired (to the point of blocking any sun from your neck), dirty, profane, lazy and rude are traits of 'white trash'. Today many people fail to make the distinction and lump all groups who are not elite suburbanites into a 'RedNeck' catchall. I married a Chicago native who faints when I tell her friends that I'm a proud RedNeck, which her friends associate with 'the southside' and White Sox fans... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
packsaddle 753 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Never chopped cotton but I have plowed with a mule and I know the pleasant warm feeling on a crisp fall morning when fresh chicken shit squirts through the toes of my bare feet in the yard. I don't claim to be a redneck but most of my yankee friends make that assumption. It's not a big deal. Anyway, there's no way anyone is going to convince me that JoeBob has no sense of humor. Link to post Share on other sites
JoeBob 606 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Never chopped cotton but I have plowed with a mule. I still can't remember Gee from Haw. Link to post Share on other sites
skeptic 997 Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 Gee is what you say when you are incredulous. Haw is what you say when you do not agree with the mule headed person with whom you are verbally fencing. Link to post Share on other sites
packsaddle 753 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 JoeBob, this will help: Hard to imagine that back in 1961 'Pony Time' was a top hit: "Now you turn to the left when I say gee, You turn to the right when I say haw, Now gee, ya ya little baby, Now haw, ya oh baby, oh baby, pretty baby, Do it baby, oh baby, oh baby, Boogety, boogety, boogety, boogety shoo." You'll have no problem remembering now, I wager. Plus for the rest of your life, you'll never be able to 'unwatch' that video. Link to post Share on other sites
TAHAWK 1420 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Hmm. No Hokey Pokey where you grew up? Link to post Share on other sites
packsaddle 753 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 We did. I'm not proud of it either. Link to post Share on other sites
skeptic 997 Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 How about hanky pankey? Link to post Share on other sites
CalicoPenn 729 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Around here, we don't call them "rednecks" - we call them cervically erythema solare challenged. Oh - and boogety boogety cheeseburger to you to Pony Time boy. Link to post Share on other sites
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