i understand the redneck term was used in a negative way, but that is how many proud rednecks see themselves too


they shout slogans boasting of their ignorance like: 'everything i need to know about islam, i learned on 911"

they sing songs about their lack of class:
Redneck Woman lyrics, Gretchen Wilson

they make jokes about their inbreeding, ignorance, and propensity for violence:
jeff foxworthy sez you might be a redneck if:
Your family tree does not fork.
You think a subdivision is part of a math problem.
Youâ??ve ever shot anyone for looking at you.


personally, i don't understand how anyone could be proud of all that but self esteem is a good thing...i grew up in a small fishing town on an island, and i had to endure years of good natured abuse from my new urbanite friends...perhaps the redneck pride movement is a counterbalancing force that blunts the prejudice of non-rednecks by co-opting the prejudice...i was pretty good at telling jokes about dumb fisherfolk gittin the best of them smart city slickers!
maladroit Reviewed by maladroit on . What do you think? I've been reading and listening, like most of you, to all of the 'news' about how McCain rallies are growing increasingly violent, and I started to wonder about whether it really was as big a deal as they were making it. So what do y'all think? Is it John McCain or Palin's responsibility to stop their speech and correct the audience members? or do you think it's just practicing free speech when the audience yells things like 'kill him', 'bomb obama', or 'off with his head?' One thing I kept Rating: 5