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To: Gay State Conservative

And she is “Okie to her toes”, as well. Isn’t “Okie” supposed to be code for “hick”, or “bumpkin”, or even “redneck cowboy”(or “cowgirl”, as the case may be)?


13 posted on 08/01/2012 7:09:38 AM PDT by alloysteel (Voter suppression is needed now more than ever. Only, whom shall be suppressed?)
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To: alloysteel

You’re right. People from Oklahoma take “Okie” as a slur. They are “Sooners”. This woman is not only a liar, she is an ignoramus.


16 posted on 08/01/2012 7:17:10 AM PDT by 1raider1
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To: alloysteel

The “Okie” connotations of a backwards hick came about during the dust bowl migration of many Oklahomans to California.


17 posted on 08/01/2012 7:20:22 AM PDT by allmendream (Tea Party did not send GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
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