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‘Redneck’ Ruckus (Redneck humor offensive)
abc ^ | 10-29-03 | geraldine sealy

Posted on 10/29/2003 5:13:54 PM PST by wheelgunguru

Oct. 29 — Rachel Rubin collects what offends her, such as a "Fight inbreeding, ban country music" bumper sticker. "Let's see: Incest, funny or not funny?" she says.

She has salt-and-pepper shakers shaped like poor whites in rags. And perhaps the worst item in her cache, Rubin says, is a set of rotting costume "hillbilly" teeth. "I can't think of any instances where it's OK to make fun of someone who lacks medical care," says Rubin, an American studies professor at the University of Massachusetts in Boston.

Rubin belongs to a steadily growing group of academics and activists who want politically correct consideration for poor and rural whites. They see a double standard at play that makes phrases like "hillbillies," "rednecks," "hicks," "white trash," and "trailer trash" socially acceptable, unlike epithets aimed at other groups.

"The reason they are acceptable is that they're about white people and not seen as racist and derogatory," says Anthony Harkins, history professor at Western Kentucky University and author of the forthcoming book Hillbilly: The Cultural History of an American Icon. "We tend to degrade people of lower class in general."

Expressions like "redneck" and "white trash" are interchangeable these days, although they have different origins. "Redneck," for example, once described people who work outside in the sun. "That doesn't apply anymore," Rubin said. "What it really means is class."

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Well, there go some of my best jokes. Such as, "Bruce had a fire in the bathroom. It was o.k. It never reached the house."

(Badda bing!)

Or, "Bubba's family tree ain't got no branches!"

1 posted on 10/29/2003 5:13:55 PM PST by wheelgunguru
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To: wheelgunguru

Impress your friends! (click it)

2 posted on 10/29/2003 5:17:28 PM PST by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: wheelgunguru
I think the world would be a much better place if we all just agreed that everyone can laugh at everyone.

All this PC tyranny has not improved things at all. It just makes everyone uptight and overly sensitive. I think people need to be able to laugh at themselves.
3 posted on 10/29/2003 5:20:32 PM PST by Maceman
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To: Maceman
I freely admit that I am redneck white trash. I have lived in a trailer park, I have had a firefight in a trailer park, I own a friggin plow, for heaven's sake, my house has been in my family for three generations, my kid plays football for the same team I did in high school. I mow the neighbor's lawn for money on occasion...

Ask me what I earn. I dare you.

5 posted on 10/29/2003 5:27:27 PM PST by patton (I wish we could all look at the evil of abortion with the pure, honest heart of a child.)
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To: wheelgunguru

Whats in the water up there?

Life is short, there are so many real issues to deal with why waste time on this bogus crap.

BTW I'd really love to get some of those poor white trash salt and pepper shakers. lol... we love to laugh at ourselves
6 posted on 10/29/2003 5:28:00 PM PST by SouthernFreebird
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To: patton
WHat do you earn?
7 posted on 10/29/2003 5:28:38 PM PST by Reagan79 (Pro Life! Pro Family! Pro Reagan!)
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To: patton
I freely admit that I am redneck white trash. I have lived in a trailer park, I have had a firefight in a trailer park, I own a friggin plow, for heaven's sake, my house has been in my family for three generations

I can beat that, my son is called Bubba!!!LOL

8 posted on 10/29/2003 5:30:06 PM PST by SouthernFreebird
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To: patton
Unlike gossamer skinned Leftist bedwetters who stand on the street corner waiting for the next Jim Jones carrying a bullhorn to drive by and tell them how to think, this old Southern boy doesn't need anyone telling me what's offensive.

I can take it and dish it out. And unlike them I'm not always screaming about "hate crimes" and "phobias" every other breath.

9 posted on 10/29/2003 5:34:55 PM PST by JoJo Gunn (Liberalism - Better Living through Histrionics ©)
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To: patton
You sound like a the rest of us. Well maybe most of us.
10 posted on 10/29/2003 5:36:58 PM PST by WHBates
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To: wheelgunguru
Rubin belongs to a steadily growing group of academics and activists who want politically correct consideration for poor and rural whites.

That's just how Klintoon avoided removal from office.

11 posted on 10/29/2003 5:36:59 PM PST by martin_fierro (_____oooo_( ° ¿ ° )_oooo_____)
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To: wheelgunguru
I have a friend who is a fireman, and he once told me about a rash of fires at an apartment complex in our city with mostly poor government assisted tenants. These fires happened during the winter and always started in the same spot. The cause of these fires was determined to be that the tenants were using their toilets as barbecue pits !!! Now I`m sorry, I found this to be highly amusing. Apparently, they would shut off the water to the toilet, flush the toilet until all the water was out, and then fill it with charcoal. Light it up and put a grate over the top, and cook away !! After they were finished cooking, they would turn the water on and flush the ashes down the drain. The problem is the little wax seal under the toilet would melt and the heat from the coals would light the underlayment of the floor on fire !! Again, I am sorry but this is hilarious. I always asked him if it was true because to be frank, I found it almost unbelieveable. But he never budged and said it was absolutely true. Some of the best people to hang around for a funny story are firemen, policemen , and ER nurses ( they are the best).
12 posted on 10/29/2003 5:37:20 PM PST by Peace will be here soon (Go USA Eagles !!! Beat those Frenchies !!!!)
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To: wheelgunguru
Once again these jack*ss Yankee Liberal weenies have it all wrong!!!

There is DEFINATELY a difference between REDNECK and WHITE TRASH!!!!

REDNECK is a way of life! Some of the best rednecks I know are hard working and very successful in life. But, once they are off work they think there is nothing better than sittin in the bass boat or deer stand, downing beer, and enjoying life.

I proudly consider myself a bible readin, gun ownin, pickup truck driving, beer drinkin, down home gold ole boy southerner! I am redneck to the core, I am also a Computer Security Specialist with the US AIr Force during the day. ANd I dang sure AINT NO WHITE TRASH!!!

13 posted on 10/29/2003 5:37:46 PM PST by commish (Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
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To: patton
*laughs and applauds* Well said!

As for me, well you heard Jeff Foxworthy's "If the instructions to your house include 'turn off the paved road', you might be a redneck"? *raises hand* That was me growing up, my parents live on 34 acres of woodland in southeastern KY, about 30 minutes from Louisville. I've lost count of the times I've met people and told them I'm from KY and the first thing they do is to look and see if I'm wearing shoes.

14 posted on 10/29/2003 5:38:36 PM PST by Severa (Wife of Freeper Hostel, USN STS3(SS) currently on 6 month deployment)
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To: wheelgunguru
http://www.hillbilly.com/
15 posted on 10/29/2003 5:39:47 PM PST by SSN558 (Be on the lookout for Black White-Supremacists)
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To: patton
I freely admit that I am redneck white trash. I have lived in a trailer park, I have had a firefight in a trailer park, I own a friggin plow, for heaven's sake, my house has been in my family for three generations, my kid plays football for the same team I did in high school. I mow the neighbor's lawn for money on occasion...

Ask me what I earn. I dare you.

Further qualification, please. Did you hold your son back to start kindergarten at age 7 so he could be a good big high school lineman?

16 posted on 10/29/2003 5:44:12 PM PST by MoralSense
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To: Reagan79
Salary is 108k, but we cleared 160k last year.
17 posted on 10/29/2003 5:46:28 PM PST by patton (I wish we could all look at the evil of abortion with the pure, honest heart of a child.)
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To: wheelgunguru
http://mytrailerpark.com/
18 posted on 10/29/2003 5:47:18 PM PST by Scannall (If you raise your kids with a TV don't be surprised at the results.)
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To: wheelgunguru
Jeff Foxworthy

"If your dad walks you to school because your both in the same grade....."

19 posted on 10/29/2003 5:48:35 PM PST by GeronL (Visit www.geocities.com/geronl)
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To: Severa
LOL. One of my houses includes the directions "after you leave the SEASONAL road..."
20 posted on 10/29/2003 5:50:02 PM PST by patton (I wish we could all look at the evil of abortion with the pure, honest heart of a child.)
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