Comments on: Better Use “Redneck” with Care http://www.dailywritingtips.com/better-use-redneck-with-care/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:06:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jake http://www.dailywritingtips.com/better-use-redneck-with-care/comment-page-1/#comment-344133 Jake Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:30:18 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/better-use-redneck-with-care/#comment-344133 I live in WI and up here we use the term Redneck even though we really are hicks. But in all honestly I use the term nigger around black people when they call me a Red neck or Hick in a negative way and its not a crime to me if im offended by what they are saying to me then I can say something offensive as well. Stick to your roots! I live in WI and up here we use the term Redneck even though we really are hicks. But in all honestly I use the term nigger around black people when they call me a Red neck or Hick in a negative way and its not a crime to me if im offended by what they are saying to me then I can say something offensive as well. Stick to your roots!

]]> By: austin http://www.dailywritingtips.com/better-use-redneck-with-care/comment-page-1/#comment-329281 austin Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:09:08 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/better-use-redneck-with-care/#comment-329281 people go around throwing the word redneck around but i cant throw nigger around.....if u dont know me dont judge me ok. i was born and raised in winnabow NC and i am proud to be a redneck but so many people use it out of context. people go around throwing the word redneck around but i cant throw nigger around…..if u dont know me dont judge me ok. i was born and raised in winnabow NC and i am proud to be a redneck but so many people use it out of context.

]]> By: caleb http://www.dailywritingtips.com/better-use-redneck-with-care/comment-page-1/#comment-222207 caleb Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:42:37 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/better-use-redneck-with-care/#comment-222207 I think that being called a redneck is a complement without some people knowing it. To me it means your a hard working man that will stand up for what you believe in (principals) and trust me when a redneck starts talking about principals theres no changing there minds thats something thats tought from brith. I am proud to be a redneck from southwest Virginia. I think that being called a redneck is a complement without some people knowing it. To me it means your a hard working man that will stand up for what you believe in (principals) and trust me when a redneck starts talking about principals theres no changing there minds thats something thats tought from brith. I am proud to be a redneck from southwest Virginia.

]]> By: James http://www.dailywritingtips.com/better-use-redneck-with-care/comment-page-1/#comment-212257 James Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:21:04 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/better-use-redneck-with-care/#comment-212257 The term redneck is extremely insulting to me, both as a southerner and as a "hillbilly". Rednecks are loud, obnoxious troublemakers commonly found throughout the united states. Redneck and trailer trash are interchangeable terms. Hillbillies are generally fairly peaceful simple folk, with high moral standards. I enjoy the better things in life but no matter what I do or where I am my heart will always be content sitting on my front porch in the hills of Kentucky, smoking my corncob pipe drinking sweet tea. The term redneck is extremely insulting to me, both as a southerner and as a “hillbilly”. Rednecks are loud, obnoxious troublemakers commonly found throughout the united states. Redneck and trailer trash are interchangeable terms.

Hillbillies are generally fairly peaceful simple folk, with high moral standards. I enjoy the better things in life but no matter what I do or where I am my heart will always be content sitting on my front porch in the hills of Kentucky, smoking my corncob pipe drinking sweet tea.

]]> By: Stephen Thorn http://www.dailywritingtips.com/better-use-redneck-with-care/comment-page-1/#comment-164801 Stephen Thorn Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:49:06 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/better-use-redneck-with-care/#comment-164801 Speaking as someone who was raised on a farm with no indoor toilet and still calls himself a redneck with a measure of pride, I have to say the context would be the crucial issue to me. If anyone called me a good ol' redneck, I wouldn't be offended in the least; but if anyone called me a dumb ol' redneck it would certainly put my hackles up. I will admit that I get angry when the term is used JUST BECAUSE it is one of the many "goose/gander" slights. I'm referring to 'you can't call X-people THIS WORD because it's offensive but you can call Y-people THAT WORD because Y-people aren't going to beat your head in for it.' Example: no magazine would run an ad for Cadillacs with the text "Just the thing spearchuckers should be driving!" -- they'd be crucified! But I saw a magazine ad a few years back advertising ATVs with the text "For the cracker on your Christmas list." Hey, if I can't use the N word, you can't call me a cracker, okay? Speaking as someone who was raised on a farm with no indoor toilet and still calls himself a redneck with a measure of pride, I have to say the context would be the crucial issue to me. If anyone called me a good ol’ redneck, I wouldn’t be offended in the least; but if anyone called me a dumb ol’ redneck it would certainly put my hackles up. I will admit that I get angry when the term is used JUST BECAUSE it is one of the many “goose/gander” slights. I’m referring to ‘you can’t call X-people THIS WORD because it’s offensive but you can call Y-people THAT WORD because Y-people aren’t going to beat your head in for it.’ Example: no magazine would run an ad for Cadillacs with the text “Just the thing spearchuckers should be driving!” — they’d be crucified! But I saw a magazine ad a few years back advertising ATVs with the text “For the cracker on your Christmas list.” Hey, if I can’t use the N word, you can’t call me a cracker, okay?

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