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Originally posted by speeder
I can clear this up for you; racial slurs are not "permissible", for the sake of argument we will consider all racial slurs equally offensive, and lastly, "redneck" is not a racial slur. If it is indeed a slur at all, (I'll have to take your word for it), it does not refer to someone's specific ethnicity but rather their mindset. For 47 years I have understood it to mean right-wing reactionary w/ a dose of racist thrown in.
Your inference that "redneck" refers to a poor white person who works in the fields is a new one to me. ...
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Frankly my friend...you are wrong. Your definition has been incorrect for 47 years. It is not even close. Traditionally the term has been used more on southern democrats in recent times...not a "right-wing reactionary." Even Wikipedia explicitly covers the definition I provided...if you read past the Dukes of Hazzard portion that is there for bigoted folks in California. The term has been used for generations against my community. I see it as no different than any other such slur. It is just more PC to trash poor whites than others.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redneck
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