Main Menu |
Most Favorited Images |
Recently Uploaded Images |
Most Liked Images |
Top Reviewers |
cockalatte |
646 |
MoneyManMatt |
490 |
Still Looking |
399 |
samcruz |
399 |
Jon Bon |
396 |
Harley Diablo |
377 |
honest_abe |
362 |
DFW_Ladies_Man |
313 |
Chung Tran |
288 |
lupegarland |
287 |
nicemusic |
285 |
You&Me |
281 |
Starscream66 |
278 |
George Spelvin |
265 |
sharkman29 |
255 |
|
Top Posters |
DallasRain | 70775 | biomed1 | 63105 | Yssup Rider | 60754 | gman44 | 53284 | LexusLover | 51038 | offshoredrilling | 48615 | WTF | 48267 | pyramider | 46370 | bambino | 42431 | CryptKicker | 37208 | The_Waco_Kid | 36888 | Mokoa | 36493 | Chung Tran | 36100 | Still Looking | 35944 | Mojojo | 33117 |
|
|
06-05-2013, 11:41 PM
|
#1
|
Pending Age Verification
User ID: 115962
Join Date: Jan 5, 2012
Location: ...
Posts: 703
|
Rednecks
Are you proud or would you be offended to be labelled a redneck?
A gentlemen from houston was telling me how the media with all those redneck "reality" shows are giving a bad impression of how texas is. Texas is not redneck. Your thoughts?
|
|
Quote
| 1 user liked this post
|
06-06-2013, 06:37 AM
|
#2
|
Valued Poster
Join Date: Aug 17, 2012
Location: Dallas
Posts: 361
|
There is good redneck and bad redneck just like everything else. Reality TV is total bullshit, they pick the worst of the worst and set them up to act stupider.
I say I am proud of these parts of redneck-ism: humility, not putting on airs, being close to the land, loyalty to family, respect for elders, strong sense of community.
I am not proud of these parts of redneck-ism: close-mindedness, racism, cronyism, hypocrisy, fear of outsiders, resistance to learning.
|
|
Quote
| 1 user liked this post
|
06-06-2013, 06:41 AM
|
#3
|
Valued Poster
Join Date: Jan 16, 2013
Location: DFW
Posts: 371
|
Note to the "gentleman from Houston" . . . if you're watching reality shows and you think it reflects badly on you or yours (i.e. "Texas"), it might be time to take a large look around you!
|
|
Quote
| 1 user liked this post
|
06-06-2013, 06:49 AM
|
#4
|
Account Disabled
User ID: 118353
Join Date: Jan 21, 2012
Location: USA
Posts: 5,799
My ECCIE Reviews
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Zabrina Sarafina
Are you proud or would you be offended to be labelled a redneck?
A gentlemen from houston was telling me how the media with all those redneck "reality" shows are giving a bad impression of how texas is. Texas is not redneck. Your thoughts?
|
Are you talking about this?
P.S. Texas is not the only state in the South. Texas is actually Mexico.
|
|
Quote
| 2 users liked this post
|
06-06-2013, 07:18 AM
|
#5
|
Sanity Check...
Join Date: Mar 31, 2010
Location: North texas
Posts: 12,569
|
I'm a hillbilly so yes, I would be offended to be called a redneck.
|
|
Quote
| 1 user liked this post
|
06-06-2013, 09:08 AM
|
#6
|
Valued Poster
Join Date: Apr 13, 2009
Location: E TEX
Posts: 1,100
|
I'm just the opposite! I had cause to spend some time in NW Penn.- NE W Virginia! those are hillbillys! I'm proud to be a redneck! he he one time I had a little lady tell me my blue collar couldn't cover up my red neck! made my day! :-)
|
|
Quote
| 1 user liked this post
|
06-06-2013, 10:45 AM
|
#7
|
Valued Poster
Join Date: Feb 7, 2012
Location: DFW
Posts: 668
|
"If your front porch collapses and kills more than 3 hound dogs, you might be a redneck." - Jeff Foxworthy
|
|
Quote
| 1 user liked this post
|
06-06-2013, 10:51 AM
|
#8
|
Valued Poster
Join Date: Apr 12, 2010
Location: At your Mama's house
Posts: 1,859
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by brownsugarbaby
Texas is actually Mexico.
|
Not since 1836.
|
|
Quote
| 1 user liked this post
|
06-06-2013, 12:59 PM
|
#9
|
Account Disabled
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Meerschaum
There is good redneck and bad redneck just like everything else. Reality TV is total bullshit, they pick the worst of the worst and set them up to act stupider.
I say I am proud of these parts of redneck-ism: humility, not putting on airs, being close to the land, loyalty to family, respect for elders, strong sense of community.
I am not proud of these parts of redneck-ism: close-mindedness, racism, cronyism, hypocrisy, fear of outsiders, resistance to learning.
|
Couldn't have said it better. Very well-put!
Whoever said Texas isn't redneck, has obviously not visited East Texas or the Texarkana area. I could add a few places in far West Texas, as well LOL. Hell, they are peppered all over the place. However, not all rednecks possess the close-minded, racist, ignorant qualities that they are frequently stereotyped by.
A reality show about a kind hearted, hard-working farmer isn't as much fun to watch as a blathering idiot. (I'm suddenly hearing Don Henley's 'Dirty Laundry' lyrics LOL)
I think there are varying degrees of rednecks.
|
|
Quote
| 1 user liked this post
|
06-06-2013, 07:43 PM
|
#10
|
Valued Poster
Join Date: Mar 28, 2012
Location: Tel Aviv
Posts: 6,287
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Zabrina Sarafina
Are you proud or would you be offended to be labelled a redneck?
A gentlemen from houston was telling me how the media with all those redneck "reality" shows are giving a bad impression of how texas is. Texas is not redneck. Your thoughts?
|
The only label I don't really care for is "angry old white man". Any other label is basically a projection of the bias and stereotypes of the person who feels superior to the party being labeled derogatorily. Most labels are also fluid and subject to what someone wants it to mean. I don't fit any label IMHO and when someone wants to assign one to me I can usually point out why it is not applicable.
|
|
Quote
| 1 user liked this post
|
06-07-2013, 12:36 AM
|
#11
|
Valued Poster
Join Date: Sep 29, 2012
Location: Slutsville, TX
Posts: 4,969
|
Don't get your Redneck Britches/Panties in a wad you angry old white man over this statement JL (but you know I enjoy pickin on ya cuz I know you can handle it) but the only label I have for you is "Epic thread writer for the Tara Evans Banned Fan Club".
|
|
Quote
| 1 user liked this post
|
06-07-2013, 12:51 AM
|
#12
|
Valued Poster
Join Date: Sep 29, 2012
Location: Slutsville, TX
Posts: 4,969
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Meerschaum
There is good redneck and bad redneck just like everything else. Reality TV is total bullshit, they pick the worst of the worst and set them up to act stupider.
I say I am proud of these parts of redneck-ism: humility, not putting on airs, being close to the land, loyalty to family, respect for elders, strong sense of community.
I am not proud of these parts of redneck-ism: close-mindedness, racism, cronyism, hypocrisy, fear of outsiders, resistance to learning.
|
+1 Meerschaum...
My father was a hardworking, East Texas, depression born, Mans Man type. He had a lot of both qualities you speak of, plus a lot more good and bad. Honestly, the drinkin', fightin', and fuckin' attitude was an embarrassment for me most of my life, but not his unwavering honesty and stand up for the defenseless mentality and what's right in your eyes.
Almost everything on TV, especially EVERY f'n reality show is STAGED...I was once asked to be a paid participant on a Cheaters episode. It's all a joke and about HYPE and RATINGS.
|
|
Quote
| 1 user liked this post
|
06-07-2013, 04:35 AM
|
#13
|
El Hombre de la Mancha
Join Date: Dec 30, 2009
Location: State of Confusion
Posts: 46,370
|
There are more rednecks per capita in Missouri than Texas.
|
|
Quote
| 1 user liked this post
|
06-07-2013, 06:36 AM
|
#14
|
Account Disabled
Join Date: Nov 23, 2009
Location: Giedi Prime
Posts: 1,574
|
[QUOTE=threepeckeredbillygoat;1 053013554]Not since 1836.[/
Texaco!
|
|
Quote
| 1 user liked this post
|
06-07-2013, 08:21 AM
|
#15
|
Valued Poster
Join Date: Mar 28, 2012
Location: Tel Aviv
Posts: 6,287
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by ManSlut
Don't get your Redneck Britches/Panties in a wad you angry old white man over this statement JL (but you know I enjoy pickin on ya cuz I know you can handle it) but the only label I have for you is "Epic thread writer for the Tara Evans Banned Fan Club".
|
Since you brought it up, i hope my beloved is doing well. She is truly beautiful, inside and out!
|
|
Quote
| 2 users liked this post
|
|
AMPReviews.net |
Find Ladies |
Hot Women |
|