Supreme Court to Decide First-Ever Gun-Carry Case

Re:Supreme Court to Decide First-Ever Gun-Carry Case by nocommentguy on Monday April 26, 2021 @09:19PM (#26950601)

It was never just rednecks with shotguns. “Redneck” is a political slander as bad as “thug”. Whenever someone says it your alarm bells should go off that someone is trying to emotionally manipulate your political beliefs. “You’re not a science-denying, gun-toting, bible-thumping redneck are you?”

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Re:Supreme Court to Decide First-Ever Gun-Carry Case by atweiden on Monday April 26, 2021 @09:38PM (#26950778)

> “Redneck” is a political slander as bad as “thug”.

I enjoy the country lifestyle. And frankly, living somewhere peaceful and quiet with ample acreage and privacy, and little to no air, light or noise pollution is a lifestyle that is in increasingly short supply.

I take pride in rocking up to a small town with bits of hay on my dirtied clothes. I’d only live in a city if I absolutely had to.

I’ll happily accept the “redneck” badge. It’s up there with “geek” for me.

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Re:Supreme Court to Decide First-Ever Gun-Carry Case by nocommentguy on Monday April 26, 2021 @10:05PM (#26951021)

And lots of people would embrace the term “thug”. It’s great if you can embrace it and make it something positive. My point about “look twice when you hear it” still stands, most people that use redneck in political contexts don’t mean well.

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Re:Supreme Court to Decide First-Ever Gun-Carry Case by Ancapistani on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @01:13AM (#26952271)

> most people that use redneck in political contexts don’t mean well

I’d say that most people who use it to describe a group to which they themselves do not belong fall into that category.

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Re:Supreme Court to Decide First-Ever Gun-Carry Case by mgarfias on Monday April 26, 2021 @10:02PM (#26950994)

Same. Tho, i'm a mexican so its more "brown neck", but whateveer.

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