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Originally Posted by underGRADFlame
The one thing I find very telling in this threat is the use of the word "redneck", a derogatory term for a white person. Minorities throw this word around on a whim but if I were to use the "N" word or any other racial slur, I'm a racist. It goes both ways.
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I agree with you that redneck is a derogatory term and certainly an insult. I'm not condoning it's use towards other.
However IMO, it's diffirent then a racial slur. Words such as the "N" word are used to describe people of a certain skin colour, reguardless of their ideologies/beliefs.
The term redneck is an insult to a person of certain beliefs/ideologies. Not just based on skin colour.
I would consider it more akin to calling a Liberal a "commie". It's about their attitude, not race.