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<blockquote data-quote="tonyexpress" data-source="post: 850431" data-attributes="member: 1940"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redneck" target="_blank">Here&#039;s what wikipedia says</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redneck" target="_blank"></a>Redneck: Redneck is a historically derogatory slang term used in reference to poor white farmers in the Southern United States. It is similar in meaning to cracker (especially regarding Georgia and Alabama), hillbilly (especially regarding Appalachia and the Ozarks), and white trash (but without the last term&#039;s suggestions of immorality).In recent decades, the term expanded its meaning to mean bigoted, loutish, and opposed to modern ways, and has often been used to attack Southern conservatives and racists. At the same time, some Southern whites have reclaimed the word, using it with pride and defiance as a self-identifier.Cracker, hillbilly and white trash all such becoming terms.Could this be a case of the pot calling the kettle black?I&#039;m just sayin........</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tonyexpress, post: 850431, member: 1940"] [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redneck'][U]Here's what wikipedia says[/U] [/URL] Redneck: [I][B]Redneck[/B][/I] is a historically derogatory slang term used in reference to poor white farmers in the Southern United States. It is similar in meaning to [I]cracker[/I] (especially regarding Georgia and Alabama), [I]hillbilly[/I] (especially regarding Appalachia and the Ozarks), and [I]white trash[/I] (but without the last term's suggestions of immorality). In recent decades, the term expanded its meaning to mean bigoted, loutish, and opposed to modern ways, and has often been used to attack Southern conservatives and racists. At the same time, some Southern whites have reclaimed the word, using it with pride and defiance as a self-identifier. Cracker, hillbilly and white trash all such becoming terms. Could this be a case of the pot calling the kettle black? I'm just sayin........ [/QUOTE]

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