Well, I'd jus' like to throw in my redneck 2 cents worth into this discussion... Hey, I'll be the first to admit that there's a little redneck in me... I've driven race cars... I've played country 'n western music... I drive a picup truck... I drenk lots a' beer... I like to stand round the hood of a pickup truck an' talk sh*t with country folks... I got a Martin geetar... I like my guns... I can run just 'bout every type of equipement... And I grew up and still live 'round rednecks...

And, yeah, I do on occasion use "redneck" in a way I shouldn't... You know I didn't call Palin a redneck... Heck, I never heard of her before jus a few days ago and I usually don't go labelin' the womenz as rednecks... Real rednecks don't call womenz rednecks... Only folks who ain't got a clue about bein' a redneck would call a womenz a redneck...

But the term "redneck" is generally used as a term of endearment between rednecks... Let an outsider drive into Valley Exxon in a new Jaquar and call anyone in there a redneck and Mr Jaguar gonna be pickin' his butt off the parkin' lot...

I reckon I been blessed in my life 'cause I've lived with balck folks who called me "nigga" and I been called a "redneck" by folks that most folks here think of as rednecks...

But mg is right... Redneck, when used as anything but a name of endearment ain't all that cool and, yeah, I been guilty of sayin' it on occasion an' I won't say it anymore 'less I'm using it as a term of endearment...

Bobert (liberal, ol' hippy redneck)