[Peace-discuss] Message from Redneckia
E. Wayne Johnson
ewj at pigs.ag
Wed Sep 17 22:32:55 CDT 2008
its really more info than I wanted...
Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
> And Sarah Palin has her own tanning bed so that she's tan all over
> instead of being a redneck.
>
> --- On *Wed, 9/17/08, E. Wayne Johnson /<ewj at pigs.ag>/* wrote:
>
> From: E. Wayne Johnson <ewj at pigs.ag>
> Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Message from Redneckia
> To: jencart13 at yahoo.com
> Cc: "'Marti Wilkinson'" <martiwilki at gmail.com>,
> peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net, "LAURIE" <LAURIE at ADVANCENET.NET>
> Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 9:06 PM
>
> Not actually the same Jennifer.
>
> Hillbillies generally are considered to have a somewhat primitive
> woodsy lifestyle
> whereas Rednecks might live in brick houses and have 4x4 pickup
> trucks with big tires on them.
>
> I have a friend who has pretty much by choice become a hillbilly
> but he is no redneck.
>
> Not all rednecks are neocons, but Sarah Palin is sho' 'nuff is a
> Neo-Con.
>
> Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
>> According to Wikipedia, the terms are pretty much interchangeable.
>> http://en.wikipedia..org/wiki/Hillbilly
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillbilly>
>> --Jenifer
>>
>> --- On *Wed, 9/17/08, LAURIE /<LAURIE at ADVANCENET.NET>/* wrote:
>>
>> From: LAURIE <LAURIE at ADVANCENET.NET>
>> Subject: RE: [Peace-discuss] Message from Redneckia
>> To: "'Marti Wilkinson'" <martiwilki at gmail.com>,
>> peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
>> Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 4:40 PM
>>
>> I heard another story as to the derivation of the term
>> “redneck” in which it came from the red sun burned back of
>> the neck that characterized the sharecroppers and farmers
>> that populated the South – for the most part – and who came
>> from Scots Irish families who were sent to the South by
>> Britain as prisoners, indentured servants, etc. as punishment
>> and as a way to rid Britain of them.
>>
>>
>>
>> Obviously, ‘rednecks” are not identical with “hillbillies.”
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* peace-discuss-bounces at lists.chambana.net
>> [mailto:peace-discuss-bounces at lists.chambana.net] *On Behalf
>> Of *Marti Wilkinson
>> *Sent:* Sunday, September 14, 2008 6:55 PM
>> *To:* Ron Szoke
>> *Cc:* peace-discuss; C. G. Estabrook
>> *Subject:* Re: [Peace-discuss] Message from Redneckia
>>
>>
>>
>> Here is an interesting play on how the term 'redneck' can be
>> perceived.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain
>> <http://en...wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Ron Szoke
>> <r-szoke at illinois.edu <mailto:r-szoke at illinois.edu>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Why rednecks may rule the world
>> By Joe Bageant
>> Author of Deerhunting With Jesus
>>
>> During this US election cycle we are hearing a lot from the
>> pundits and
>> candidates about "heartland voters," and "white working class
>> voters."
>>
>> What they are talking about are rednecks. But in their
>> political correctness,
>> media types cannot bring themselves to utter the word
>> "redneck." So I'll say it
>> for them: redneck-redneck-redneck-redneck.
>>
>> The fact is that we American rednecks embrace the term in a
>> sort of proud
>> defiance. To us, the term redneck indicates a culture we were
>> born in and enjoy.
>> So I find it very interesting that politically correct people
>> have taken it upon
>> themselves to protect us from what has come to be one of our
>> own warm and
>> light hearted terms for one another.
>>
>> On the other hand, I can quite imagine their concern, given
>> what's at stake in
>> the upcoming election. We represent at least a third of all
>> voters and no US
>> president has ever been elected without our support.
>>
>> Consequently, rednecks have never had so many friends or so
>> much attention
>> as in 2008. Contrary to the stereotype, we are not all
>> tobacco chewing,
>> guffawing Southerners, but are scattered from coast to coast.
>> Over 50% of us
>> live in the "cultural south", which is to say places with
>> white Southern Scots-
>> Irish values - redneck values...
>>
>> They include western Pennsylvania, central Missouri and
>> southern Illinois,
>> upstate Michigan and Minnesota, eastern Connecticut, northern
>> New Hampshire…
>> So when you look at what pundits call the red state
>> heartland, you are looking
>> at the Republic of Redneckia.
>>
>> As to having our delicate beer-sodden feelings protected from
>> the term
>> redneck; well, I appreciate the effort, though I highly
>> suspect that the best way
>> to hide snobbishness is to pose as protector of any class of
>> folks you cannot
>> bear. Thus we are being protected by the very people who look
>> down on us -
>> educated urban progressives.
>>
>> And let's face it, there's plenty to look down on. By any
>> tasteful standard, we
>> ain't a pretty people.
>>
>> Uppity and slick? Not us...
>>
>> We come in one size: extra large. We are sometimes insolent
>> and often quick to
>> fight. We love competitive spectacle such as NASCAR and
>> paintball, and believe
>> gun ownership is the eleventh commandment.
>>
>> We fry things nobody ever considered friable - things like
>> cupcakes, banana
>> sandwiches and batter dipped artificial cheese…even pickles.
>>
>> And most of all we are defiant and suspicious of authority,
>> and people who are
>> "uppity" (sophisticated) and "slick" (people who use words
>> with more than three
>> syllables). Two should be enough for anybody.
>>
>> And that is one of the reasons that, mystifying as it is to
>> the outside world, John
>> McCain's choice of the moose-shooting Alaskan woman with the
>> pregnant
>> unmarried teen daughter appeals to many redneck and working class
>> Americans.
>>
>> We all understand that there is a political class which
>> dominates in America, and
>> that Sarah Palin for damned sure is not one of them. And the
>> more she is
>> attacked by liberal Democratic elements (translation: elite
>> highly-educated big
>> city people) the more America's working mooks will come to
>> her defence. Her
>> daughter had a baby out of wedlock? Big deal. What family has
>> not? She is a
>> Christian fundamentalist who believes God spat on his beefy
>> paws and made the
>> world in seven days? So do at least 150 million other
>> Americans. She
>> snowmobiles and fishes and she is a looker to boot. She's a
>> redneck.
>>
>> American ethos
>>
>> The term redneck indicates a lifestyle and culture that can
>> be found in every
>> state in our union. The essentials of redneck culture were
>> brought to America by
>> what we call the Scots Irish, after first being shipped to
>> the Ulster Plantation,
>> where our, uh, remarkable cultural legacy can still be seen
>> every 12 July in
>> Ireland.
>>
>> Ultimately, the Scots Irish have had more of an effect on the
>> American ethos
>> than any other immigrant group. Here are a few you will
>> recognize:
>>
>> ~ Belief that no law is above God's law, not even the US
>> Constitution.
>>
>> ~ Hyper patriotism. A fighting defence of native land, home
>> and heart, even
>> when it is not actually threatened: ie, Iraq, Panama,
>> Grenada, Somalia, Cuba,
>> Nicaragua, Vietnam, Haiti and dozens more with righteous
>> operations titles such
>> as Enduring Freedom, Restore Hope, and Just Cause.
>>
>> ~ A love of guns and tremendous respect for the warrior
>> ideal. Along with this
>> comes a strong sense of fealty and loyalty. Fealty to wartime
>> leaders, whether it
>> be FDR or George Bush.
>>
>> ~ Self effacement, humility. We are usually the butt of our
>> own jokes, in an
>> effort not to appear aloof among one another.
>>
>> ~ Belief that most things outside our own community and
>> nation are inferior
>> and threatening, that the world is jealous of the American
>> lifestyle.
>>
>> ~ Personal pride in equality. No man, however rich or
>> powerful, is better than
>> me.
>>
>> ~ Perseverance and belief in hard work. If a man or a family
>> is poor, it is
>> because they did not work hard enough. God rewards those who
>> work hard
>> enough. So does the American system.
>>
>> ~ The only free country in the world is the United States,
>> and the only reason we
>> ever go to war is to protect that freedom.
>>
>> All this has become so deeply instilled as to now be
>> reflexive. It represents
>> many of the worst traits in American culture and a few of the
>> best.
>>
>> And that has every thinking person here in the US, except
>> perhaps John McCain
>> and Sarah Palin, worried.
>>
>> Very worried.
>>
>> -- Story from BBC NEWS:
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-
>> /today/hi/today/newsid_7600000/7600592.stm
>> <http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/today/hi/today/newsid_7600000/7600592.stm>
>> Published: 2008/09/06 09:39:12 GMT © BBC MMVIII
>>
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