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Post by texaswoodie on May 17, 2007 19:45:49 GMT -5
A True Redneck - this isn't your typical redneck joke.
We have enjoyed the redneck jokes for years. It's time to take a reflective look at the core beliefs of a culture that values home, family, country and God.
If I had to stand before a dozen terrorists who threaten my life, I'd choose a half dozen or so rednecks to back me up. Tire irons, squirrel guns and grit -- that's what rednecks are made of. I hope I am one of those. If you feel the same, pass this on to your redneck friends. Ya'll know who ya' are...
You might be a redneck if: It never occurred to you to be offended by the phrase, "One nation, under God."
You might be a redneck if: You've never protested about seeing the 10 Commandments posted in public places.
You might be a redneck if: You still say " Christmas" instead of "Winter Festival."
You might be a redneck if: You bow your head when someone prays.
You might be a redneck if: You stand and place your hand over your heart when they play the National Anthem.
You might be a redneck if: You treat Viet Nam vets with great respect, and always have.
You might be a redneck if: You've never burned an American flag.
You might be a redneck if: You know what you believe and you aren't afraid to say so, no matter who is listening.
You might be a redneck if: You respect your elders and expect your kids to do the same.
You might be a redneck if: You'd give your last dollar to a friend.
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Post by ladyt on May 17, 2007 19:50:58 GMT -5
I was taught all that stuff as morals and manners. Just what we have need more of now. Tonja
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Post by Bikerrandy on May 17, 2007 20:55:46 GMT -5
I was taught the same, but somewhere it got all screwed up and everyone is worried about who's getting offended by our good manners and morals.
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Post by sandsman1 on May 18, 2007 0:03:34 GMT -5
i must be a redneck cause i remember all that and i got told or smacked when i didn't haha -- i think they need to go back to the belt with mosta the kids growin up now -- i know they say ill call the cops on ya if you hit me well when i was a kid the cop would hold ya so your mom or dad could get a good whack in haha -- this child abuse thing is bull,, ok if you over do-it you need jail time --- but bad kids need a whack now and then to get there attention and show them whats right maybe they will have some respect when they get older,, it didnt hurt me any haha
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Post by nightop on May 18, 2007 11:04:13 GMT -5
Ahmen
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Post by Tweetiepy on May 18, 2007 12:22:38 GMT -5
Sands in regards to your post we're now raising "Teflon Kids" - nothing sticks to them and anything you do to them slides right off - it's pretty scary how some are pretty irresponsible thinking they're invincible too.
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Post by connrock on May 19, 2007 5:38:32 GMT -5
texaswoodie, That was great!
I have thought a lot about our morals and values in this Country and how they are slowing coming by the wayside.
Although I may offend some of you ,please think about what I am saying before you get all flustered.
We have more and more single parent families now then ever and the "plague" is growing.
The whole idea of a family is to have 2 parents.A father and a mother.Divorce is running ramped and mothers get the kids 99.999% of the time.
Mothers (women in general) are an easy touch when it comes to children and I think it was meant to be this way.They have a special kind of love that is deep inside of them and they just do not want the kids to be hurt in ANY way.So,,,,they let the kids be "free" and go along with what other kids do,think and how they act.
The fathers (men in general) do love their kids but in a totally different way.They are like the policemen of the "normal" family! It's very simple for them,,,,What's right is right and what's wrong is wrong.It's that simple!!
I will always remember my 3 children saying "Ask mommy cuz daddy always says no"!
Another very serious problem we have here is gays and lesbian's wanting to raise a so called "family"! I never looked up that word in the dictionary because I always knew what a "family" was.I didn't need some turkey giving me an explanation of the word.
All of the above has been slowly destroying our way of life that was known as family life.We have teachers who have grown up in an abnormal family,politicians,police,people of the "cloth" and even the guy that sells you tires!
Tattoos,body piercing,hairdos,oh yeah lets not forget the kids in grammar school who HAVE to have a cell phone pasted to their ears!
Children today have very little or no respect for others or even themselves.
TV is another influence that destroys a culture.I remember a show on TV with a single mother and 2 daughters.I "think" it was called "One day at a time" but don't quote me on that.
In one episode the younger daughter "told" her mother that she was going camping with her boyfriend and another couple! They tossed this idea back and forth and finally the mother said OK !!! I went NUTS over this as my 3 kids were watching it and I KNOW in the back of their heads they were thinking this was OK and why can't we do it!!
I guess if I had to come up with one word for the trouble we are in it would be Liberalism and nothing Texaswoodie wrote fits in that category!!
You want your way of life back?
Get RID of the liberals!!Start with the ACLU!!!!!!
connrock Tom
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Post by blarneystone on May 19, 2007 6:49:50 GMT -5
I guess I'm a Redneck!
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Post by lonewolfrockhound on May 19, 2007 8:55:32 GMT -5
Welcome to the club Dan!
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Post by krazydiamond on May 19, 2007 11:28:05 GMT -5
ain't touching this one with a ten foot pole........
KD
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Post by connrock on May 19, 2007 12:39:20 GMT -5
KD is a sis-sy,,,
KD is a sis-sy,,,
connrock
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Post by RockyBlue on May 22, 2007 20:29:18 GMT -5
Hey Connrock! I( couldn`t agree more,And yes i am a diehard redneck,and i live the life of a redneck even to this day! I don`t think there are very many members of the ACLU that live in redneck country...Rocky
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Post by texaswoodie on May 23, 2007 10:57:23 GMT -5
Hey Connrock
I could type from now till kick the bucket time on this subject and at one point or another I would probably step on every toe in this forum. ;D I'm going to try to hit a few high points and leave it at that.
The Supreme Court has told my Grandchildren that they cannot pray in school, yet the Supreme Court has a prayer before each session. Every person in a small school can be for prayer in school, but if ONE person objects, then it's out. What happened to the majority rules?
If a person does not belive in God or prayer, that's fine, it's that person's problem, not mine, but DO NOT tell me or my family when or where we can or cannot pray.
The ACLU uses blackmail to get what they want, and what they want is a Godless and immoral society. If they see something they don't like they will tell the school/organization/whatever that they will take them to court if they don't do what the ACLU wants them to. Most schools/organizations cannot afford expensive litigation, so they fold. The Boy Scouts are the only organization that I know of who has told them to take a hike and gotten away with it. I'll take one Boy Scout over a million ACLU's.
This one will probably get me in trouble, but it's what I believe. The only thing wrong with kids these days is the way they are raised. TV and movies do nothing but promote sex and violence. Computer games do the same and make couch potato's out of them. Having more than Johnny down the street is more important to them and thier parents than respect for other people does.
I hate to think of the world my grandkids are going to have to raise their kids in. It's a tough job being a good parent now and soon it will be nearly impossible.
I'm going to stop now, but at some point, I may go into politicians and movie stars. ;D
Curt
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Post by cina on May 23, 2007 11:19:16 GMT -5
I must be a Redneck to cuz that is how we live and you bet my kids know it! Steph
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Post by xenaswolf on May 23, 2007 12:03:04 GMT -5
"Another very serious problem we have here is gays and lesbian's wanting to raise a so called "family"! I never looked up that word in the dictionary because I always knew what a "family" was.I didn't need some turkey giving me an explanation of the word."
You can kiss my ass. How dare you. I am a lesbian and proud mother of a 20 year old daughter. If a child is loved and cared for it shouldn't matter if their parents are both men or women.
As far as mothers being an easy touch, you have no clue what you speak of. My mother left my father because he was abusive as hell and nearly beat us both to death. She raised me on her own and I can guarantee you this...I toed the line or got my ass whipped.
I can't believe in this day and age you would try to blame the evils of the world on single moms and the gay and lesbian population. Or maybe I can. If you are this prejudiced I wonder what else you don't like that you didn't say.
But I'm glad to know where you stand. Now I know who to freakin ignore.
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Post by chassroc on May 23, 2007 12:49:27 GMT -5
Xena- Here in Massachusetts, we believe in individual rights and individual freedom. We would rather have a good parent and good families with values and we don't care if you're straight or not. Live and let live and treat others the same way. I wish that others could see that another persons sexual orientation does not threaten them, their family or their own sexuality csroc
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Post by texaswoodie on May 23, 2007 12:53:33 GMT -5
Hey Chas, I didn't mean to insinuate that only rednecks have these qualities. I know some downright good Yankees. ;D
Curt
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Post by blarneystone on May 23, 2007 13:31:04 GMT -5
Another very serious problem we have here is gays and lesbian's wanting to raise a so called "family"! I never looked up that word in the dictionary because I always knew what a "family" was.I didn't need some turkey giving me an explanation of the word. connrock Tom Dang man... I didn't see this part... Looks like i'm not in the 'club' anymore... Tom.... you're very fortunate to have a functional nuclear family ... if that's what you have... but most of us aren't that fortunate. My 'family' probably doesn't fit your definition but they are MY family nontheless and I would ask you to be a little more considerate of others that are different from you in the future. Thanks, Dan
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Post by texaswoodie on May 23, 2007 13:50:26 GMT -5
OK folks, let's not loose focus here. Tom's opinion is his, mine is mine and yours is yours. The focus of this thread is good all American family values. Which seem to be going to the wayside. A few toes are bound to be stomped on in a thread like this. My own included.
Curt
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Post by deb193 on May 23, 2007 14:16:48 GMT -5
Yeah Blarney, it is slippery like that. It is easy to define something in a way that sounds good. It is easy to gloss over problems. Often you can get a lot of people swinging your way cause you gave the right spin and yanked the right strings, but I have seen many people break ranks (on whatever issue) when they looked deeper than the simplistic sentiments being used for argument. The devil is in the details.
Redneck was always intended to be a pejorative word, so anything that comes off smelling like roses and apple pie is not really what the word refers to. I am all for any group "reclaiming" a word and building pride around it. Gays can reclaim "queer", blacks can reclaim "nigger", and so on. Rednecks can certainly celebrate the qualities often associated with "redneck" demographics, like strong sense of family, loyalty to friends, patriotism ... etc. But, truthfully these are really associated with rural, or small town, or middle-class, or farming community, ... etc. I always thought the redneck was the inbred guy on the edge of these communities who was beating his wife, spurning education, trailing a six-pack by noon, belching to high heaven, and somewhat prone to violence. So in my book a small town law-abiding religious conservative would never automatically be a redneck - not even if they dropped out of high school and married a 3rd cousin.
It also depends on how you define family and country and other terms. For some family can be inclusive and celebrated in diversity. For others it is about exclusion, and you quickly see how even folks we otherwise respect, will shock us be quickly moving to exclude and bash someone a bit different - all in the name of family. next thing you know a couple of good ol boys are dragging someone to death behind a pickup truck inthe name of god and country. Country can be just an address or a decal on the windshield, or it can be the basic philosophy this nation was founded upon - like intentionally protecting those in the minority from being steamrolled by the majority, or like the value placed on voices of dissent. But then things get turned on their head and the procedural practice of "majority wins votes" is offered to mean the majority can ignore the constitutionally given rights of others as long as they are the minority. Or someone performing the civic function of dissent or speaking truth to power, or in Patrick Henry's words watering the tree of liberty with a bit of blood ... well that person gets called unAmerican - even thought they are much more a citizen than the person who blindly supports a government without reflection.
Folks, lets eschew simplistic and sentimental arguments, lets avoid spin, lets respect all parties in the discussion.
Social problems are complex. Our system of government is an amazing and imperfect system of checks and balances and appeal and subject to revision (its called amendments). Smart, thoughtful, and sincere people have profound disagreements of important issues.
If a position sounds so clear and simple and warm and fuzzy that all are sure to agree with it, I find it is usually time to lift up the carpet and see what kind of crap is hiding underneath.
So TX Woodie, why not celebrate traditional choices, community networks, civic participation, spiritual lives. Lets leave all this praise of redneck crap in the trash where it belongs.
$.02
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