I lived in a so-called redneck area of Alberta years back. Lemme tell something about that experience.

1) The area had someone from it who announced she was lesbian. The local reaction from people who knew her--and in small towns everyone knows everyone--and their reaction was, `Yeah, and so?`

2) People of colour--when it was remarked by `outsiders` that they were people of colour--would be told, `Yeah, and so?`

I don`t buy into stereotypes. The rednecks I knew didn`t. And one way or other, I think we shouldn`t, either.

IMO and FWIW