(April 14, 2017 at 12:19 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(April 14, 2017 at 6:50 am)chimp3 Wrote: What do you call 32 rednecks gathered together in the same room?
A full set of teeth.
I was raised on a street full of bullies and bigots not in a red county but a suburb of DC a very pluralistic international hub of a city. I don't have a full set of teeth now and I am living in a very Red state in a very red county in a trailer.
Conversely my friend John from Oklahoma is a "redneck" and extremely socially and economically liberal and an atheist too. He has no teeth and he lived in a trailer and now lives in an apartment.
I don't mind jokes as long as they are not done in hate. I tease John about his accent, he does say "taters" and "might could" and "fixen to do" and he loves country music, not corporate country, but more old style and bluegrass, and he is a godless liberal like me.
Yes, even the word "redneck" can be both a term of endearment and used as a bigoted slur. Not saying don't joke about it at all, but do know there are even liberals and atheists even in red states. Hate the bigots sure, but don't assume everyone in a red state with an accent is a bigot. I can tell you from personal friendship for the past 16 years that simply is not the case.
I live in rural Kentucky, do not have a full set of teeth, and have eaten road kill.
God thinks it's fun to confuse primates. Larsen's God!