..begin to see their constituency as rednecks...etc...
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I had always thought the term redneck was attributed to the ‘stoop’ laborers whose neck and arms were darkened due to the exposure to the elements while working in various forms of the construction and agriculture fields.
Hence IMNSHO redneck means Hard Working, Middle Class.
After reading Wikipedia’s description I see it further traces back to Scots and Northern Irish that came to this country and settled in the Appalachians and South etc....
Now with that ‘definition’ doesn’t calling ‘poor whites’ rednecks fall in the same vein as calling Black People N.....s?
The wikipedia def also refers to rednecks/poor white trash in their summation.....
Rednecks now are folks that work hard, don’t blame others for their predicament, and cling to guns and religion. ;)
But its funny with Murtha. He certainly could say without raising an eyebrow “We Rednecks”. But when he doesn’t place himself in that group anymore, he slanders them. He can’t represent his constituency any more.