Any Rednecks?

I don't see how anyone could take offense at the term redneck, unless it's directed to you in an insulting manner. Nobody called anyone else a redneck!

Now if the post had read "Any ni**ers?" well, that might be another story...
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Now back to the topic, I don't think letting your dog in the front of the pickup makes you a redneck unless you make your wife sit in the back.
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And fer y'all who think bein' a redneck is based on yer latitude or the way ya type, Ah reckon Ah'm a bit further South than y'all folks in Amarillo, Texas and Little Rock, Arkansas. Or is that longitude? Dang if Ah kin figger it out.
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Thanks Spark !
From now on your the honorary "High Tech Redneck"
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For anyone who was wondering more ways to check your neck-
do your hip waders double as dress pants?
Can you use your wife's earings as fishing lures?
Do think the the day patsy cline died should be a national holiday?
Have you ever vacationed in a rest stop?
Do you have more than 11 concete yard ornaments, or flower beds made of old tractor tires?
Do you have cb instead of a phone in your house?
Theres to many more to list, and most of them apply to me and all the other rednecks here. And of course we're always doing somehitng that can be added to the list. So to anyone that falls in these categories, welcome to the club.
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Fix it right the first time, use Baling Wire !
 
This is a perfect example of the racial double standard white people have to face today. It's time to put a stop to this nonsense. How far would a thread go if someone posted "Any Niggers?". It is shameful that white people can be stereotyped and referred to by racial slurs and that this is even encouraged by the owners of this business.


JK

[This message has been edited by Jedi Knife (edited 01 January 2000).]
 
Give it up!
We're not insulting anyone, we are having fun. Thats what the forums are about.Nobody is encouraging racism or hate.If you don't like this thread, don't read it.

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Fix it right the first time, use Baling Wire !
 
Don't tell me what to or not to call myself. I've got enough bloody government intervention in my life without someone telling me who I am and am not.
 
Happy new year, y'all!

Y'know, the older I get, the more redneck I seem. It seems that in these "pc" days, rednecks are folk that still hunt and shoot, carry pocketknives, and are generally freedom concsious. At least that's the impression that I get here in Salt Lake City.

I've spent quite a bit of time in both Georgia and South Carolina. And it seems to me that there is really a world of difference between the above description and a "redneck". Rednecks are usually enthralled by nascar and professional wrestling. Most of the folks I would label "rednecks" are poor examples of personal hygiene, and probably wouldn't be found on these forums anyway ("Do I buy a computer or get a new carb and some new wheels for my '79 Monte Carlo?" Never mind the "spray can" paintjob...)

It's all tongue in cheek, naturally. And I agree that being a redneck has little, if anything to do with geography, but with attitude. And many of those qualifiers could apply to any of us, regardless of race, color, or creed. That's what makes them so funny: they're true.

So let's crank up the Hank Williams (Senior, please), pop the tops on a coupl'a Colorado Coolaids, and enjoy the new year and the color of our necks.

Oh, I carry a Spyderco remeote release in my front pocket, and a Benchmade 710 or auto Stryker, depending on my mood.

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Toastmaster,
Interesting how you bring up how the term "redneck" has nothing to do with race or geography. I am Taiwanese ethnically, but I was born and raised in the United States as an American citizen. My cousin is also Taiwanese ethnically, but he refers to himself as a "Chinese Redneck" (Taiwanese = Chinese without the communism
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-- Chang
 
Hmmm.....interesting.

Redneck? Hey, I've been called much worse in my lifetime. I'm proud to be one!

As for the "geographical location" try to figure this out. I grew up with a corral 15 feet from my bedroom window. Horses, chickens, a dog or two, cats up the wazoo. My Dad drove a Ford F-100 with a load of asphalt over the rear axle to give the truck enough traction to get up the driveway, "going to town" meant we were going shopping at the BIG stores in Salinas, and cars shared the roads with horses. Now, I grew up outside of Monterey, California. And Salinas STILL has a Rodeo. So what does that make me? Would it help matters any if my sister and I were the only Jewish kids in our High school?

Sheesh, can't we all just get along???
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Oh damn! I forgot!

When I'm in uniform, I carry my CRK&T KISS, a Spydie Wegner, and a BM Sentinel. Fixed blades are either a UC SpecOps Utility, a Greco Boot knife, A Maynard SERE, and/or a Maynard Neck knife.

After reading the "Cougar Allen flex test" I'm nervous about putting knives in my back pocket!!!

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Is redneck a slur? Not unless it's directed at someone deragitorily (?) and that person chooses to be offended. But, I've always found that water is much more effective at putting a fire out. If you take it as a joke, doesn't it remove the punch the "slur" was intended to have.?

As for me,

East Tennessee hillbilly redneck who's always packing a BM705BT, Pat Crawford Kasper Neck Knife, and sometimes a BF Blue Native, Busse #3, and/or a Busse #9. An Endura gets in my pockets at times as well.

Hey KnifeKnut - How 'Bout them Vols! It's gonna be a heckuva football game tonight. May the best rednecks win. Hmmm...I wonder who's corn whisky's better?

Who's a redneck you ask? Someone who goes to family weddings to pick up women, maybe? Naw, just good old boys who don't mind farted at the dinner table!!! And, we don't use them shiny, made in China, city-slicker dinner knives that can cut butter, niehter!

Now, to the real question - what makes a knife knut a redneck? Some who, while using their BM, Spydie, UMFAAN, or Sebenza, to cut meat at the dinner table, farts to let the cook know they like the vittles...Belching is an acceptable alternative qualifier, but only if your meat cutter costs at least $100 discount.

One ESPN announcer, who I'll leave anonymous, like to call us Tenneessee Trash. We have a commercial on TV called Tennessee Trash that is a program against littering. I guess that's where he got "Trailer Trash". Well, last year, when UT won the National Championship, I was one of the lucky ones sitting within throwing distance of the aforementioned announcer. Wonder what he thought when 10,000+ of us started chanting "Trailer Trash Rules!" We took his intended slur, and used it as a shield of pride in having won the national championship, or been un-swerving supporters of the team that did.

It's really all about perception, you see...
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THIS IS FUNNY!!! prople that use the internet calling themselves rednecks!! this is the most bass ackwards thing i've seen in a while.
 
"rednecks are folk that still hunt and shoot, carry pocketknives, and are generally freedom concsious."

I love that! That's exactly what I mean by "redneck". Not racist white trash, but more like a huntin', knife totin', pro-America type guy. Now just because I like the confederate flag, doesnt meen that I've turned my back on America. I think alot of people think like me. In that there is nothing wrong with calling yourself a redneck. Hell, I take it as a compliment.

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If thats the definition of redneck, I declare myself to be an asian redneck
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Well.... I "shore" reckon I could qualify for one o' them thar rednecks. But I sorta always figgered I was a pure bred Hill-Billy first. Living here right in the heart of the Blue Ridge, and the moonshine capitol of the world.... and hey, that ain't a bad thang.

Always keep at least 4 or 5 sharp objects handy... Y'all know what I mean.
They vary a bit... but I've always got my Spyderco Wegner in my back pocket, and my Native clipped right yonder on the pocket of my bib-overalls.

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BTW, them are my " Sunday-go-to-meetin'" bibs!
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I wear my hair tied back in a 16 inch tail, carry a 110 and think John Browning and Willie Davidson rate Saint status, what does that make me?

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Jake Evans,War Chief of the Terrible Ironic HORDE, Wielder of the Mighty Blade SOUL STEALER
 
Dear People,

One of the funniest series of books that I have ever read is the Jeff Foxworthy series to which I referred earlier, "You Might Be A Redneck If....". They are written by a Southron, a certified, born and bred Redneck hisself. And their most appreciative audience seems to be among other Southrons. The references throughout the earlier part of this thread to these books indicate that many of you have read them and enjoyed them. From this, I doubt that very many Southrons find the term "Redneck", in and of itself, demeaning, but in how it is used. I know that I do. Thank you.

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Excalibur,
A hillbilly is a redneck that lives in the hills or mountains. I figure that hillbilly, ridgerunner, and redneck is all about the same only more specific about where your from. Redneck is universal though.

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As a black guy, I find this discussion interesting. In response to one of the earlier posts, African Americans do call each other the n-word in joking fashion sometimes, however, we don't do it in the presence of non-blacks so that no gets confused about the
fundamentally offensive nature of the word. For that reason, I would never joke with a white person by calling him a redneck. These words just seem more problematic when they come form the mouths of people with which there have been historical problems. Still, I think it is good for people to laugh at themselves and this topic seems to be good fun.

Finally, I would like to say as that as a black man with roots in the South, the love of the outdoors and hunting and fushing plus the appreciation of a good knife are characterstics of Southerners of all colors. I know that if it were not for my Dad and Uncles, I would not love Natives, Calypsos, and my Benchmade Pardues as much as I do.
 
Thank you for your input, Cut Finger. It's a shame that people have to be subject to such racial slurs and stereotyping, and sanctioned by the owners of this business. I can only hope you don't witness any of this hatefulness aimed at your race, seeing how insulting racial remarks are approved of here.

JK
 
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