Well, yeah, lots of folks (some Southerners included) don't like the term "redneck"... I guess it doesn't bother me because it is a label that many folks I have lived with have endeared... There is a bar here in Virginia entitled "Rednecks"... Folks in these parts buy large "Redneck" decals which they proudly display in the back windows of their pickup trucks right next to the #3 decal which is right next to the confederate flag... This is my reality...

"Southern Man" comes from Neil Young's song of the same title and purdy much sums up the "ignorance" of lots of southern folks toward accepting change for the better...

Of course, "Boss Hog", though borrowed from t5he TV show "The Dukes of Hazard", represents the ruling class...

But I think most of you know these things...

I must admit that I like to use these terms because they kinda sum up the kinda folks I am talking about... Generalizations??? Well, yeah... But their are some generalization that can be made about blocks of folks, while still having some individulality, tend to be like members of schools of fish: willing to go with the pack rather than think...

But, okay, having said that, if it will make these terms less offensive, I will use "quotation marks" around them...

Bobert