Current Events > Why doesn't Reddit care about slurs against rural communities?

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Doe 12/08/17 12:19:29 AM #1:	Reddit will rightfully shun people who use racial slurs but as I type this there's a post where a guy claims he took a picture in a "hick" town. --- http://i.imgur.com/iwo6yR9.jpg http://i.imgur.com/uqXNtk6.jpg <cite>Doe posted [p:891800656] in Why doesn'... [t:76074350]...</cite> <quote>Reddit will rightfully shun people who use racial slurs but as I type this there's a post where a guy claims he took a picture in a "hick" town.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
metralo 12/08/17 12:20:34 AM #2:	is there something wrong with that --- https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1298321979/image.jpg <cite>metralo posted [p:891800703] in Why doesn'... [t:76074350]...</cite> <quote>is there something wrong with that</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
I Like Toast 12/08/17 12:21:09 AM #3:	I've never met a hick or redneck who is offended by being called a hick or redneck --- If you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all <cite>I Like Toast posted [p:891800725] in Why doesn'... [t:76074350]...</cite> <quote>I've never met a hick or redneck who is offended by being called a hick or redneck</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Axiom 12/08/17 12:21:41 AM #4:	I can't tell if this is a joke topic or not <cite>Axiom posted [p:891800756] in Why doesn'... [t:76074350]...</cite> <quote>I can't tell if this is a joke topic or not</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DocDelicious 12/08/17 12:28:07 AM #5:	I Like Toast posted... I've never met a hick or redneck who is offended by being called a hick or redneck That's because most of them are too stupid to realize they're being insulted. --- o7 Let strength be granted so the world might be mended. <cite>DocDelicious posted [p:891801109] in Why doesn'... [t:76074350]...</cite> <quote><cite>I Like Toast posted...</cite> <quote>I've never met a hick or redneck who is offended by being called a hick or redneck</quote> That's because most of them are too stupid to realize they're being insulted.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Feline_Heart 12/08/17 12:28:56 AM #6:	DocDelicious posted... I Like Toast posted... I've never met a hick or redneck who is offended by being called a hick or redneck That's because most of them are too stupid to realize they're being insulted. No, they call themselves those words and take pride in it --- Stay woke. <cite>Feline_Heart posted [p:891801140] in Why doesn'... [t:76074350]...</cite> <quote><cite>DocDelicious posted...</cite> <quote><cite>I Like Toast posted...</cite> <quote>I've never met a hick or redneck who is offended by being called a hick or redneck</quote> That's because most of them are too stupid to realize they're being insulted.</quote> No, they call themselves those words and take pride in it</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
metralo 12/08/17 12:31:15 AM #7:	Feline_Heart posted... DocDelicious posted... I Like Toast posted... I've never met a hick or redneck who is offended by being called a hick or redneck That's because most of them are too stupid to realize they're being insulted. No, they call themselves those words and take pride in it i mean. they do take pride in being uneducated. --- https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1298321979/image.jpg <cite>metralo posted [p:891801248] in Why doesn'... [t:76074350]...</cite> <quote><cite>Feline_Heart posted...</cite> <quote><cite>DocDelicious posted...</cite> <quote><cite>I Like Toast posted...</cite> <quote>I've never met a hick or redneck who is offended by being called a hick or redneck</quote> That's because most of them are too stupid to realize they're being insulted.</quote> No, they call themselves those words and take pride in it</quote> i mean. they do take pride in being uneducated.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
xBloodBrotherx 12/08/17 12:33:15 AM #8:	Feline_Heart posted... DocDelicious posted... I Like Toast posted... I've never met a hick or redneck who is offended by being called a hick or redneck That's because most of them are too stupid to realize they're being insulted. No, they call themselves those words and take pride in it I mean, you could make arguments like this about the n word too. It's what racists usually say to justify saying the n word, "well they say it and call each other that word, why can't I? They don't seem very offended when their friend says it!" --- The above post is literally and objectively right. <cite>xBloodBrotherx posted [p:891801330] in Why doesn'... [t:76074350]...</cite> <quote><cite>Feline_Heart posted...</cite> <quote><cite>DocDelicious posted...</cite> <quote> <cite>I Like Toast posted...</cite> <quote> I've never met a hick or redneck who is offended by being called a hick or redneck </quote> That's because most of them are too stupid to realize they're being insulted.</quote> No, they call themselves those words and take pride in it</quote> I mean, you could make arguments like this about the n word too. It's what racists usually say to justify saying the n word, "well they say it and call each other that word, why can't I? They don't seem very offended when their friend says it!"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Feline_Heart 12/08/17 12:34:43 AM #9:	xBloodBrotherx posted... Feline_Heart posted... DocDelicious posted... I Like Toast posted... I've never met a hick or redneck who is offended by being called a hick or redneck That's because most of them are too stupid to realize they're being insulted. No, they call themselves those words and take pride in it I mean, you could make arguments like this about the n word too. It's what racists usually say to justify saying the n word, "well they say it and call each other that word, why can't I? They don't seem very offended when their friend says it!" I wasn't justifying using it. That other poster made it seem like they didn't understand what the word meant and I was just saying that they understand what it means and don't care --- Stay woke. <cite>Feline_Heart posted [p:891801402] in Why doesn'... [t:76074350]...</cite> <quote><cite>xBloodBrotherx posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Feline_Heart posted...</cite> <quote><cite>DocDelicious posted...</cite> <quote> <cite>I Like Toast posted...</cite> <quote> I've never met a hick or redneck who is offended by being called a hick or redneck </quote> That's because most of them are too stupid to realize they're being insulted.</quote> No, they call themselves those words and take pride in it</quote> I mean, you could make arguments like this about the n word too. It's what racists usually say to justify saying the n word, "well they say it and call each other that word, why can't I? They don't seem very offended when their friend says it!"</quote> I wasn't justifying using it. That other poster made it seem like they didn't understand what the word meant and I was just saying that they understand what it means and don't care</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
C_Pain 12/08/17 12:35:25 AM #10:	Hasn't been a high visibility of violence and discrimination (maybe this is arguably) against people who are called that slur. --- How quaint. <cite>C_Pain posted [p:891801435] in Why doesn'... [t:76074350]...</cite> <quote>Hasn't been a high visibility of violence and discrimination (maybe this is arguably) against people who are called that slur.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Doe 12/08/17 12:36:37 AM #11:	DocDelicious posted... I Like Toast posted... I've never met a hick or redneck who is offended by being called a hick or redneck That's because most of them are too stupid to realize they're being insulted. Stuff like this People love to talk about inequality of opportunity in such in America and then proceed to paint the people who grow their food or power their homes as beneath them I just don't get it --- http://i.imgur.com/iwo6yR9.jpg http://i.imgur.com/uqXNtk6.jpg <cite>Doe posted [p:891801491] in Why doesn'... [t:76074350]...</cite> <quote><cite>DocDelicious posted...</cite> <quote><cite>I Like Toast posted...</cite> <quote>I've never met a hick or redneck who is offended by being called a hick or redneck</quote> That's because most of them are too stupid to realize they're being insulted.</quote> Stuff like this People love to talk about inequality of opportunity in such in America and then proceed to paint the people who grow their food or power their homes as beneath them I just don't get it</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
metralo 12/08/17 12:45:55 AM #12:	Doe posted... People love to talk about inequality of opportunity in such in America and then proceed to paint the people who grow their food or power their homes as beneath them you are the one assuming the last bit, no one is saying anything remotely close to that --- https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1298321979/image.jpg <cite>metralo posted [p:891801925] in Why doesn'... [t:76074350]...</cite> <quote><cite>Doe posted...</cite> <quote> People love to talk about inequality of opportunity in such in America and then proceed to paint the people who grow their food or power their homes as beneath them</quote> you are the one assuming the last bit, no one is saying anything remotely close to that</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
I Like Toast 12/08/17 12:47:47 AM #13:	metralo posted... Doe posted... People love to talk about inequality of opportunity in such in America and then proceed to paint the people who grow their food or power their homes as beneath them you are the one assuming the last bit, no one is saying anything remotely close to that So you don't think you're better than people you think take pride in being uneducated? Come on bruh --- If you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all <cite>I Like Toast posted [p:891802019] in Why doesn'... [t:76074350]...</cite> <quote><cite>metralo posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Doe posted...</cite> <quote> People love to talk about inequality of opportunity in such in America and then proceed to paint the people who grow their food or power their homes as beneath them</quote> you are the one assuming the last bit, no one is saying anything remotely close to that</quote> So you don't think you're better than people you think take pride in being uneducated? Come on bruh</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sativa_Rose 12/08/17 12:48:30 AM #14:	Because more people live in the cities than the rural areas, so the jokes get upvoted by all the city dwellers and even if the rural people downvote, it doesn't show because they get outvoted. --- I may not go down in history, but I will go down on your sister. <cite>Sativa_Rose posted [p:891802043] in Why doesn'... [t:76074350]...</cite> <quote>Because more people live in the cities than the rural areas, so the jokes get upvoted by all the city dwellers and even if the rural people downvote, it doesn't show because they get outvoted.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DocDelicious 12/08/17 12:50:37 AM #15:	metralo posted... Doe posted... People love to talk about inequality of opportunity in such in America and then proceed to paint the people who grow their food or power their homes as beneath them you are the one assuming the last bit, no one is saying anything remotely close to that For real. Not all blue-collar workers are hicks. I work with two dairy farmers and they're both quite intelligent. --- o7 Let strength be granted so the world might be mended. <cite>DocDelicious posted [p:891802159] in Why doesn'... [t:76074350]...</cite> <quote><cite>metralo posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Doe posted...</cite> <quote> People love to talk about inequality of opportunity in such in America and then proceed to paint the people who grow their food or power their homes as beneath them</quote> you are the one assuming the last bit, no one is saying anything remotely close to that</quote> For real. Not all blue-collar workers are hicks. I work with two dairy farmers and they're both quite intelligent.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Waluigi7 12/08/17 12:57:03 AM #16:	If the word 'redneck' bothers you then you're not a redneck. --- Gonna go out on a limb and guess that you are a trump supporter -UnfairRepresent <cite>Waluigi7 posted [p:891802418] in Why doesn'... [t:76074350]...</cite> <quote>If the word 'redneck' bothers you then you're not a redneck.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Axiom 12/08/17 12:57:39 AM #17:	Waluigi7 posted... If the word 'redneck' bothers you then you're not a redneck. Lol so true. I grew up around these people. They not only don't care they take pride in it <cite>Axiom posted [p:891802445] in Why doesn'... [t:76074350]...</cite> <quote><cite>Waluigi7 posted...</cite> <quote>If the word 'redneck' bothers you then you're not a redneck.</quote> Lol so true. I grew up around these people. They not only don't care they take pride in it</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheCyborgNinja 12/08/17 3:44:17 AM #18:	Colloquialisms arent necessarily prejudicial. --- "message parlor" ? do you mean the post office ? - SlayerX888 <cite>TheCyborgNinja posted [p:891807891] in Why doesn'... [t:76074350]...</cite> <quote>Colloquialisms arent necessarily prejudicial.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mal_Fet 12/08/17 3:48:42 AM #19:	Same reason they don;t care about slurs against anyone who doesn't share their political beliefs Listen to how they talk about black/gay/female conservatives --- Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. -George Orwell <cite>Mal_Fet posted [p:891807990] in Why doesn'... [t:76074350]...</cite> <quote>Same reason they don;t care about slurs against anyone who doesn't share their political beliefs Listen to how they talk about black/gay/female conservatives</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Waluigi7 12/08/17 11:43:38 AM #20:	Mal_Fet posted... Same reason they don;t care about slurs against anyone who doesn't share their political beliefs Listen to how they talk about black/gay/female conservatives No, it's because words like 'Redneck' aren't slurs. I'm guessing you don't live in the South. --- Gonna go out on a limb and guess that you are a trump supporter -UnfairRepresent <cite>Waluigi7 posted [p:891823414] in Why doesn'... [t:76074350]...</cite> <quote><cite>Mal_Fet posted...</cite> <quote>Same reason they don;t care about slurs against anyone who doesn't share their political beliefs Listen to how they talk about black/gay/female conservatives</quote> No, it's because words like 'Redneck' aren't slurs. I'm guessing you don't live in the South.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
eston 12/08/17 11:45:43 AM #21:	I've lived in the South my whole life, and I've never met anyone irl who thinks hick or redneck is a slur --- http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i215/estonc/grizzly_bear_chairs_2.jpg http://i.imgur.com/8kjZU.jpg <cite>eston posted [p:891823530] in Why doesn'... [t:76074350]...</cite> <quote>I've lived in the South my whole life, and I've never met anyone irl who thinks hick or redneck is a slur</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
thelovefist 12/08/17 11:46:40 AM #22:	Every word in the English language is a slur. --- N/A <cite>thelovefist posted [p:891823586] in Why doesn'... [t:76074350]...</cite> <quote>Every word in the English language is a slur.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Frolex 12/08/17 11:50:25 AM #23:	hick is one of the most heinous racial slurs in existence, second only in history of racial violence and discrimination to "mayo" --- http://i.imgur.com/HOLHd4k.gif http://i.imgur.com/six2WTN.gif <cite>Frolex posted [p:891823784] in Why doesn'... [t:76074350]...</cite> <quote>hick is one of the most heinous racial slurs in existence, second only in history of racial violence and discrimination to "mayo"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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