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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]The term redneck derives from people who worked outside all day and the backs of their necks were red. Most I knew growing up considered it a badge of honor to put in an honest day of work.[/b]

White trash and flyover state are certainly more rooted in a derogatory colloquialism. Just like libtard etc are.

I personally do not use any of these terms and do not know anyone who uses them other than this forum.

I think it undermines an argument when one resorts to such terms.[/quote]

Yes, this is how my dad described it to me in 1960s Scaggsville.  I didn't grow up in a trailer park, but I did grow up right next to one.  We didn't call people trailer trash though.  I didn't hear that term until college.

I don't use any of these terms.  I'm a flaming liberal.  I am, however, extremely familiar with the terms that many rural people use to put down others.  I hear more put-downs from my relatives and old neighbors than I ever do among my current coworkers and friends.  They are angry and they aren't quiet about it.  [/quote]

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