Notice the casual slandering of "The South". Pseudo-intellectuals in the establishment Left love dumping on the South as the epitome of everything that is wrong with America. Consider that you're still allowed to mock southern accents as being indicative of low intelligence and jokes about incest in the south are still commonplace.
When I see someone say the word "red-neck" in a derogatory sense I politely tell them to watch their language, because that word is now considered a racist slur. I amuse myself by watching/reading/hearing their shocked reactions.
Ehhhhhhhh that's a stretch. Most northerners I know like dumping on the south because it's funny; it's like dumping on someone that supports a different sports team. It's been going on for ages, too; probably since the civil war even.
Notice the casual slandering of "The South". Pseudo-intellectuals in the establishment Left love dumping on the South as the epitome of everything that is wrong with America. Consider that you're still allowed to mock southern accents as being indicative of low intelligence and jokes about incest in the south are still commonplace.
When I see someone say the word "red-neck" in a derogatory sense I politely tell them to watch their language, because that word is now considered a racist slur. I amuse myself by watching/reading/hearing their shocked reactions.
Ehhhhhhhh that's a stretch. Most northerners I know like dumping on the south because it's funny; it's like dumping on someone that supports a different sports team. It's been going on for ages, too; probably since the civil war even.
It's like sports rivalries with teams from the same state/neighboring states.