Quote Originally Posted by maladroit
i don't know that redneck is a bad word anymore...it certainly doesn't belong in a class with dreadful words like spic, , and chink...calling someone a redneck is on the same level as calling someone an elitist

do you find is distasteful that jeff foxworthy made millions selling books and even games that glorify redneck culture?
http://www.jefffoxworthy.com/comedy/index.html


sarah palin's new son-in-law proudly describes himself as "fucking redneck" on his webpage:
VP candidate's future son-in-law proud to be a redneck | NEWS.com.au


redneck country music star pens redneck anthem:
Country singer Brandt proud to be a 'redneck'


redneck pride! YEE HAW!!
Proud to Be A Redneck- Inspirational stories and poems
Again, the context in which she used it is a negative term. Which I pointed that out; or I suppose you chose not to read that.

If I said "black people are ignorant".. it would really be the entire statement that would come across as distasteful and wrong. But calling a person black by itself is not wrong. By making a statement like above I am insinuating that only black people are ignorant; or that everyone in that group is ignorant. Which in turn seems racist or bigoted as I would be isolating an entire group of people.

But go ahead and try to spin what was said to what ever angle you see fit. You always do.