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    Colonel MacNeal is offline Membership Revoked for repeated rule violations.
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    I do take some offense at the term Redneck when used as a pejorative, as I object to all other ethnic slurs. I consider myself somewhat of a cr@cker, but am not far from a Redneck in its original meaning (Scotish Protestant). I don't like the term "white tr@sh" either because it assumes the white "non tr@sh" are superior to all the other races. Why don't you just use terms that define the caliber of the person such as "buffoon" or "cretin."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colonel MacNeal View Post
    I do take some offense at the term Redneck when used as a pejorative, as I object to all other ethnic slurs. I consider myself somewhat of a cr@cker, but am not far from a Redneck in its original meaning (Scotish Protestant). I don't like the term "white tr@sh" either because it assumes the white "non tr@sh" are superior to all the other races. Why don't you just use terms that define the caliber of the person such as "buffoon" or "cretin."
    Well, according to the definition of the term, "cretin" is a word that would carry far more potential for offense - the pathological definition being "A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones", and the perjorative having the meaning of "idiot" - which in itself has it's roots in Greek indicating someone who just wasn't interested in politics. A buffoon is someone who, either intentionally or inadvertently acts like a clown, and professional clowns might take offense at being likened to these folks.

    My point is, you can find offense in any term if you look for it. So, why look for it?

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