Much more than to be called a dumb Pollack....
“Why do conservatives allow ourselves to be called “Rednecks”.”
Well duh! It’s because we are conservatives.
Because it’s what I am and I make no bones about it.
The term redneck is more a reflection on the sender than the receiver.
When we impose our own ‘Political Correctness’ - banning words/phrases because we might be offended —
We become that which we hate....
Sorry — I’ll wear the ‘Redneck’ sobriquet with pride.....
I am not easily offended. It is better to spend my effort on other things.
I don’t consider being called a redneck an insult. I grew up in NYC and took it as a great honor when my southern friends claimed I was just as a much a redneck as they were. And that was 30+ years ago.
Aren’t the original “Rednecks” union thugs from coal strikes in WV (Battle of Blair Mountain)?
Seems somewhat ironic that we are being called ignorant rednecks by union thugs.
Because we have a sense of humor and can laugh at ourselves when we need to. Liberals lack that ability. A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence. With that consideration who is really smart, and who is really dumb?
If you see a liberal on TV, and think he sounds unintelligent, you might just be a redneck.
If you see a liberal on TV, and he’s being dead serious, and you think you’re watching a stand up comic, you might just be a redneck.
It's like the word "cowboy". To Europeans, the word "cowboy" is a pejorative term, but to non-liberals in America it is a term defining a certain set of attributes (i.e. rugged, tough, straight-forward, etc).
So to a liberal or European, they think they are insulting you when calling you a "cowboy".
Likewise the term "redneck".
They think it is a negative term, when those who embrace the term realize that it isn't a negative, it's a positive and those that use it as a sneer show themselves to be the snobbish, effeminate, oversensitive elitists that they really are.
Is it not a southern term?
I know there is a country and western song called “Redneck Yacht Club”.
It’s a term of endearment......................
Much more than to be called a dumb Pollack....
Rather be a redneck than pink through and through.
When someone uses Nazi in an argument, it means, They Lost!
Because we aren’t aholes.
I think we should respond every time somebody uses the term REDNECK with the term NIPWOCK (a composite of NIgger, Polack, WOg, WOp, Kike, redneCK and any others).
NIPWOCK - a sarcastic comment on racial epithets that implies the user is a complete waste of human protoplasm that might otherwise have been used as common slime mold instead of masquerading as intelligence.
[usage] you asinine NIPWOCK!
Those of us who call ourselves rednecks don’t object when others call us that - even if the others think they’re being insulting. It just shows (as if we didn’t know) that they’re Not Like Us.
Of course, if one’s from a different, non-rednecky, culture, the term would give a different impression.
Wear the term with pride.
Because it implies being out in the hot sun working your butt off all day.
Sounds pretty positive to me
Liberals try to shut down debate by calling names. All children do this. If we are adults, we ignore it and stick to facts. If one is insulted, one doesn’t push them to justify their stand with facts. Ignore the names as it’s a diversion. Make them defend their position.