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But sometimes I come across the faux redneck. The fellow who (and Dylan Roof is an extreme, sick example) drapes himself in the tradition while affecting a quite twisted, evil, even quite backwards distortion of it. But I’ve seen such posers on FR and when examined with hard, logical questions their redneckhood falls apart into the fantasy it is.

There's rednecks then there's "rednecks". These days, folks forget the original facts and attribute terms to those they dislike/fear. I liken it to the Hell's Angel bikers and all the patriot bikers, many of whom are aging Vietnam veterans and patriots - salt of the earth types. I've ran across the same salt of the earth type rednecks and the racist bigots, itching for a fight, types that so many picture when they hear the term. I picture rednecks as the man described in Kenny Rogers "The Coward of the County" - no nonsense hard workers who don't look for friction with anyone but who can lay a whoopin on one if pushed too hard - all that hard work makes for a hard body backed with some serious determination.

People hate what they fear and they fear what they don't understand - sometimes by looks alone.

Nice haircut, BTW - been shaving mine for years (the wife mentioned that she thought it would be sexy and my thinning hair had no way to look good) - put me in a set of dark shades and folks have said I look like a redneck trooper.....I suppose the way I carry myself after 24 years in the military adds to the effect.

She knows how to manipulate me in good ways - I was an agnostic when we met/married and she would ask me what i thought of Bible passages she was reading over a period of years. Got me interested in Church and was sitting next to me when a sermon hit me so deep that I was saved and fighting back tears of joy (and relief). I was 50 years old when that happened (14 years ago) and it seems my appreciation and respect for her has grown exponentially since then - funny how Christ touches you when and where you need it the most.