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Offline thundley4

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"Redneck Day" at high school upsets parent
« on: January 31, 2011, 08:21:01 PM »
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FLAprogressive   (1000+ posts)           Mon Jan-31-11 06:42 PM
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"Redneck Day" at high school upsets parent
   
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http://www.kctv5.com/news/26643113/detail.html

Many schools celebrate school spirit by designating special days such as Pajama Day or Crazy Hat Day.

One local school's theme for its spirit day has rubbed some parents the wrong way.

Thursday was designated as "Redneck Day" at Blue Valley North High School. The mother of one student, who asked not to be identified, said she was so offended that she kept her daughter home from school.

"It's a derogatory term, not just directed at African-Americans," (huh?) she said. "To anyone, it's a slang, derogatory term. And why would this be used as a spirit day?"

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Fumesucker   (1000+ posts)             Mon Jan-31-11 06:44 PM
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1. She probably spent her honeymoon at a deer camp..   
   
The lady doth protest a wee bit much, methinks.

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QC   (1000+ posts)           Mon Jan-31-11 06:45 PM
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3. Class bigotry is bigotry. Period. n/t

You should know. Most DUmmies are bigoted against those with more class than themselves, which is almost everyone.

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arbusto_baboso   (1000+ posts)           Mon Jan-31-11 06:49 PM
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7. CLASS bigotry?
   
Sorry, but that dog won't hunt.

I know plenty of wealthy people who would qualify for the title "Redneck".

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QC   (1000+ posts)           Mon Jan-31-11 06:52 PM
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10. So how often do you really hear the affluent described as "rednecks"
   
and "white trash"?

I guess it must surely be some sort of coincidence, but those words are pretty much always applied to the rural poor, but seldom, if ever, to people who actually have any wealth or power.

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arbusto_baboso   (1000+ posts)           Mon Jan-31-11 06:56 PM
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15. Ah, see now you're conflating redneck with white trash.
   
They are two seperate terms.

And I actually HAVE heard some affluent people described as rednecks. Many of those rednecks, are in fact my own family members.

Please define "white trash".

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QC   (1000+ posts)           Mon Jan-31-11 07:03 PM
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22. Yeah, my dad must have felt so much better as a kid when he went to town
   
from the mining camp where he grew up, and the people there sneered at his bare feet and patched overalls and declared him a redneck, rather than white trash.

What a difference that must have made!

Like I said, when we start seeing stupid, hateful assholes with four names and trust funds (you know, the people who really do run the world) denounced as rednecks, then I will grant your point. But being a person from rural southern roots, I have had some experience with class prejudice, most of it at the hands of people who imagine themselves to be enlightened liberals.

You see it daily on any posts having to do with the south on DU.

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arbusto_baboso   (1000+ posts)           Mon Jan-31-11 07:05 PM
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25. While I am sorry for what your father had to face...
   
I must point out that meanings and uses of words change over time. Surely you must see and admit this point. If not, then there is no use in futher discussion with you.

That is rich coming from a member of the group that can find offense in the least likely places.

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Re: "Redneck Day" at high school upsets parent
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2011, 08:41:20 PM »
What would the DUoble standard DUchebags think about having Lazy Ni**er day?

Or how about Fanatical Terrorist Muslim day?

Or how about Illegal Welfare Mexican day?
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Re: "Redneck Day" at high school upsets parent
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2011, 08:43:44 PM »
Quote from: jukin on January 31, 2011, 08:41:20 PM
What would the DUoble standard DUchebags think about having Lazy Ni**er day?

Or how about Fanatical Terrorist Muslim day?

Or how about Illegal Welfare Mexican day?

Or how about Ghey Days, where the kids dress "faaaabulously"?
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Re: "Redneck Day" at high school upsets parent
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2011, 08:50:20 PM »
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QC   (1000+ posts)           Mon Jan-31-11 07:03 PM
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22. Yeah, my dad must have felt so much better as a kid when he went to town
   
from the mining camp where he grew up, and the people there sneered at his bare feet and patched overalls and declared him a redneck, rather than white trash.

QC's dad was Dolly Parton???


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Re: "Redneck Day" at high school upsets parent
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2011, 09:41:18 PM »
Face it, DUmmies--redneck day is a hell of a lot more acceptable to you than "Hood Rat Day."  If that happened, Al and Jesse would be down there protesting with their rent-a-mobs faster than you could say, "feigned outrage."
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Re: "Redneck Day" at high school upsets parent
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2011, 09:50:13 PM »
When is filthy, smelly hippie day?


Yes I know that is every day on the island. :-)
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Re: "Redneck Day" at high school upsets parent
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2011, 10:05:33 PM »
Quote from: jukin on January 31, 2011, 08:41:20 PM
What would the DUoble standard DUchebags think about having Lazy Ni**er day?

Or how about Fanatical Terrorist Muslim day?

Or how about Illegal Welfare Mexican day?
That's every day in blue urban hellhole schools.
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Re: "Redneck Day" at high school upsets parent
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2011, 11:42:15 PM »
Quote from: GOBUCKS on January 31, 2011, 10:05:33 PM
That's every day in blue urban hellhole schools.

I was goin' to say........isn't that every day in a DC school?

I think RedNeck day is a great idea! I think I'll suggest it to the school board! Lot of us white trash red necks runnin' 'round my neck 'o the woods!
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Re: "Redneck Day" at high school upsets parent
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2011, 11:54:29 PM »
Quote from: BattleHymn on January 31, 2011, 08:50:20 PM
QC's dad was Dolly Parton???


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Re: "Redneck Day" at high school upsets parent
« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2011, 12:08:21 AM »
Quote from: PatriotGame on January 31, 2011, 11:54:29 PM
Noooo...Loretta Lynn...



Dolly wrote it.
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Re: "Redneck Day" at high school upsets parent
« Reply #10 on: February 01, 2011, 11:34:51 AM »
Quote from: jukin on January 31, 2011, 08:41:20 PM
What would the DUoble standard DUchebags think about having Lazy Ni**er day?

Or how about Fanatical Terrorist Muslim day?

Or how about Illegal Welfare Mexican day?

What are the suggested costume props for those?  Brown loafers?  Towels?  Camelbacks?

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Re: "Redneck Day" at high school upsets parent
« Reply #11 on: February 01, 2011, 12:17:39 PM »
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Please define "white trash".



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Re: "Redneck Day" at high school upsets parent
« Reply #12 on: February 01, 2011, 12:35:56 PM »
Quote from: Wineslob on February 01, 2011, 12:17:39 PM



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MTV is taking those douchebags to Italy to film for a season. :thatsright:
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Re: "Redneck Day" at high school upsets parent
« Reply #13 on: February 01, 2011, 01:30:44 PM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on February 01, 2011, 12:35:56 PM
MTV is taking those douchebags to Italy to film for a season. :thatsright:

Well, they'll certainly define Ugly American.
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Re: "Redneck Day" at high school upsets parent
« Reply #14 on: February 01, 2011, 04:39:56 PM »
Quote from: Wineslob on February 01, 2011, 01:30:44 PM
Well, they'll certainly define Ugly American.
I thought the little orange midget was Puerto Rican?
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Re: "Redneck Day" at high school upsets parent
« Reply #15 on: February 01, 2011, 04:49:41 PM »
Quote from: AprilRazz on January 31, 2011, 09:50:13 PM
When is filthy, smelly hippie day?

Errff Day.  :fuelfire:  :-)
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Re: "Redneck Day" at high school upsets parent
« Reply #16 on: February 01, 2011, 05:01:48 PM »
Quote from: Randy on February 01, 2011, 04:49:41 PM
Quote from: AprilRazz on January 31, 2011, 09:50:13 PM
When is filthy, smelly hippie day?


Errff Day.  :fuelfire:  :-)

I thought it was April 15th?!?! :confused:
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Re: "Redneck Day" at high school upsets parent
« Reply #17 on: February 01, 2011, 05:21:00 PM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on February 01, 2011, 05:01:48 PM
Errff Day.  :fuelfire:  :-)

I thought it was April 15th?!?! :confused:

See? Ain't it like a damn hippie to take more than they're given?  :fuelfire:  :rotf:
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Re: "Redneck Day" at high school upsets parent
« Reply #18 on: February 01, 2011, 06:53:27 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on January 31, 2011, 08:43:44 PM
Or how about Ghey Days, where the kids dress "faaaabulously"?

Sounds like a plan. I'd rather have them dress "faaaabulously" then have their boxers showing all the time or the kids who dress in all black.   :wink:
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Re: "Redneck Day" at high school upsets parent
« Reply #19 on: February 02, 2011, 05:37:21 AM »
Quote from: compaqxp on February 01, 2011, 06:53:27 PM
Sounds like a plan. I'd rather have them dress "faaaabulously" then have their boxers showing all the time or the kids who dress in all black.   :wink:

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