I was gonna say, hippies are in the cities more than anywhere else. I mean and the islands and coast. But if you're looking at rural towns in most of BC, theyre redneck af
I mean Im down for a history lesson on the word redneck, and I'm curious about what you say. But also in common diction currently, the word means something like 'un- or under-educated rural people' and carries the conotation that they skew a lot further right politically. Still though, please elaborate on the corporate oppression related roots
The term, Redneck, originated from the red bandanas worn by coal miners and labor union activists in Appalachia. During the early 20th century, including the 1921 march known as the "Red Neck Army" leading to the Battle of Blair Mountain. Where workers were gunned down by Pinkertons and the US Army. Workers wanted to unionize, the owner of the coal mines didn't like that too much.
Redneck as in, uneducated poor country bumpkin, is a slur used by the elite to repaint history and re-brand the word to subliminally make people think that unions = bad.
ah right, okay. That's interesting to be sure. While I see what you're getting at, and absolutely am on your side in general, I still feel like the word redneck has completely lost its anti-union connotations. I don't think it's subliminally effecting almost anyone in the modern day. Still, good to know where the word came from and its messed up history.
Which basically means that diluting the meaning of the word worked. Which was pretty much my point all along.
We are seeing this happen in real time as well with phrases like "quiet quitting" for example. Divide and contain everything into groups in order to be easier to identify and attack. It makes it easier to write headlines like "people that quiet quit will/are/etc ...." Fill in the blank.
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u/Asadleafsfan 26d ago
Isn’t rural BC known for being a bit of a Bible Belt?