Politically correct terms - a very biased poll

[Citizen James]

Well, in framing the debate on political correctness, there are quite a few negative stereotypes which involve Republican constituencies too.  I can recognize the problem with excess on both sides (Republicans have their own PC-police, they just use different terms for it), I also recognize that in general it's reasonable to at least ask people to be polite to each other.

[Gabu]

"those guys in the South".

[dazzleman]

I'd stick with the technical term, for the sake of accuracy.

I don't have a problem with Nascar dads, or Nascar moms and dads, but it's not really that accurate, because there could be plenty of Republican voters who don't watch Nascar.

Trailer trash/white trash as a way to describe Republican voters is simply not the truth.  Sure, there are some Republican voters who would fit this description, but there are many upper middle class, well-bred and well-educated Republican voters, so these terms are not accurate.

It is not politically correct to ask that inaccurate terms not be used.  Political correctness involves proscribing people from talking about the truth, not asking that they abstain from lying.

[DanielX]

"rural conservative white southerners" or possibly just "white southerners".

"Redneck" only applies to the gulf coasts of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, as well as nearby areas in the southern reaches of the south, where White guys often get sunburned (thus red) necks.

[??????????]

Good Ol'Boys In a good way! Who the hell is Joel Foxworthy? Do you perhaps mean Jeff Foxworthy?

[John Dibble]

'My fellow human beings' tends to strike me as the rational thing to call them.

[Gabu]

'My fellow human beings' tends to strike me as the rational thing to call them.

Quiet, redneck.

[John Dibble]

'My fellow human beings' tends to strike me as the rational thing to call them.

Quiet, redneck.

My neck is quite pale, actually.

[??????????]

'My fellow human beings' tends to strike me as the rational thing to call them.

Quit with the political correctness.

[John Dibble]

'My fellow human beings' tends to strike me as the rational thing to call them.

Quit with the political correctness.

It's politically correct to regard human beings as human beings?

[??????????]

'My fellow human beings' tends to strike me as the rational thing to call them.

Quit with the political correctness.

It's politically correct to regard human beings as human beings?

Well you are dodging the question in the poll, obviously.

[John Dibble]

'My fellow human beings' tends to strike me as the rational thing to call them.

Quit with the political correctness.

It's politically correct to regard human beings as human beings?

Well you are dodging the question in the poll, obviously.

From the options available, rural conservative white southeners works. Happy now?

By the way, the poll question only asks what term I prefer to refer to such people - I gave an answer.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

NASCAR dads or Good Ol' Boys depending on the context.

[Rob]

White southerners when I'm talking politics, rednecks in general usage (and not just southerners; there are rednecks everywhere).

[PBrunsel]

What some people call a redneck is just a working man.

[Gabu]

What some people call a redneck is just a working man.

The combination of "redneck" and "working man" reminds me of one time we were sitting around the dinner table at my friend's house.  My friend's stepdad walks into the room with no shirt on, sits down, and exclaims out of absolutely nowhere, "Whew!  I've been working like a black man!"

The room was pretty well silent for a good half-minute or so.

[dazzleman]

White southerners when I'm talking politics, rednecks in general usage (and not just southerners; there are rednecks everywhere).

Great point.  There are rednecks everywhere, even urban areas.  The form and presentation changes, but every place has rednecks of some kind.

Redneck can mean a few different things, but it generally is associated with lower middle class whites.  Outside the south, they do not always trend Republican, and there is really no difference in levels of education, intelligence, etc. between the ones who are Democrats and the ones who are Republicans on a national basis.

[PBrunsel]

What some people call a redneck is just a working man.

The combination of "redneck" and "working man" reminds me of one time we were sitting around the dinner table at my friend's house.  My friend's stepdad walks into the room with no shirt on, sits down, and exclaims out of absolutely nowhere, "Whew!  I've been working like a black man!"

The room was pretty well silent for a good half-minute or so.

That story is entirly too funny.

[Akno21]

What some people call a redneck is just a working man.

The combination of "redneck" and "working man" reminds me of one time we were sitting around the dinner table at my friend's house.  My friend's stepdad walks into the room with no shirt on, sits down, and exclaims out of absolutely nowhere, "Whew!  I've been working like a black man!"

The room was pretty well silent for a good half-minute or so.

How old were you?

I can only imagine that 100x worse if it was my dad and I had someone over.

[Gabu]

What some people call a redneck is just a working man.

The combination of "redneck" and "working man" reminds me of one time we were sitting around the dinner table at my friend's house.  My friend's stepdad walks into the room with no shirt on, sits down, and exclaims out of absolutely nowhere, "Whew!  I've been working like a black man!"

The room was pretty well silent for a good half-minute or so.

How old were you?

Don't remember, probably 14 or 15.  I didn't really care, but in retrospect, it's an extremely funny anecdote.

[dazzleman]

What some people call a redneck is just a working man.

The combination of "redneck" and "working man" reminds me of one time we were sitting around the dinner table at my friend's house.  My friend's stepdad walks into the room with no shirt on, sits down, and exclaims out of absolutely nowhere, "Whew!  I've been working like a black man!"

The room was pretty well silent for a good half-minute or so.

He could have used a far worse term that "black man."  I suspect he did.

[Gabu]

What some people call a redneck is just a working man.

The combination of "redneck" and "working man" reminds me of one time we were sitting around the dinner table at my friend's house.  My friend's stepdad walks into the room with no shirt on, sits down, and exclaims out of absolutely nowhere, "Whew!  I've been working like a black man!"

The room was pretty well silent for a good half-minute or so.

He could have used a far worse term that "black man."  I suspect he did.

No, actually, those were his exact words.

[dazzleman]

What some people call a redneck is just a working man.

The combination of "redneck" and "working man" reminds me of one time we were sitting around the dinner table at my friend's house.  My friend's stepdad walks into the room with no shirt on, sits down, and exclaims out of absolutely nowhere, "Whew!  I've been working like a black man!"

The room was pretty well silent for a good half-minute or so.

He could have used a far worse term that "black man."  I suspect he did.

No, actually, those were his exact words.

Then he was being very sensitive, because I've heard a much coarser version of that saying....

[The Man From G.O.P.]

Either "The Victorious" or "The Majority"


Where is the term you libs love to use? "Angry White Men?"

[Lunar]

I call people living near me rednecks, but I guess the stereotypical white Southerner could be called that too.

I've never used the term "Nascar dads" outside of a political campaign type discussion.  "He'll never appeal to Nascar dads," but even that isn't exclusive to Southerners.