Antiquary
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posted on September 7, 2000 03:19:23 PM
I used to think that I understood the term PC fairly well, but the more that I see it used in these fora, I now think that it has become almost a meaningless term which can be appropriated to fit almost any context and connotation.
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stockticker
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posted on September 7, 2000 03:23:37 PM
Well, I never understood the term PC when I started reading these forums (I thought it meant "progressive conservative" which is a political party here in Canada).
Irene
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krs
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posted on September 7, 2000 03:55:49 PM
Good.
Then, in spite of herself, harthillsquilt is helping provide an education to those unfortunate enough to live in FORIEGN, disadvantaged areas of the world, and thereby improving international relations.
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jt-2007
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posted on September 7, 2000 04:01:40 PM
Be nice.
T
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stockticker
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posted on September 7, 2000 04:02:04 PM
Go fight with Reddeer, Ken. You know I never take your bait. 
Irene
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krs
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posted on September 7, 2000 04:06:05 PM
You've slipped, Irene. That wouldn't bait you.
I'm not fighting with Neil. Alongside Neil perhaps.
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enchanted
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posted on September 7, 2000 04:13:01 PM
is someone fishing?
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enchanted
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posted on September 7, 2000 04:13:58 PM
PC is a kind of computer anyway
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jamesoblivion
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posted on September 7, 2000 04:18:17 PM
Errr, who's Neil?
James.
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krs
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posted on September 7, 2000 04:22:17 PM
reddeer, I'll llet him know that there is someone who's never heard of him.
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jamesoblivion
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posted on September 7, 2000 04:23:14 PM
Ahhh. Reddeer = Neil.
James.
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ShellyHerr
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posted on September 7, 2000 04:28:46 PM
I thought reddeer was female.... don't tell him that please!!!!!!
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pattaylor
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posted on September 7, 2000 04:32:27 PM
Everyone,
This thread is becoming somewhat combative and may have to be closed if it escalates. Please remember to address the subject of the thread, not the individual poster.
Edited to add: I realize staying on topic may be counter-productive as well.
Thanks,
Pat
[email protected]
[ edited by pattaylor on Sep 7, 2000 04:43 PM ]
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jamesoblivion
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posted on September 7, 2000 04:33:16 PM
Yes, address REDNECKS.
James.
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nobs
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posted on September 7, 2000 04:36:47 PM
Shelly
LMAO @ reddeer = female! His beautiful wife will sure be surprised!
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ShellyHerr
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posted on September 7, 2000 04:41:45 PM
nobs-LOL! well don't tell him!! yikes!
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krs
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posted on September 7, 2000 04:49:19 PM
"I realize staying on topic may be counter-productive as well".
dilemma, moderator's puzzle.
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mybiddness
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posted on September 7, 2000 06:26:30 PM
I can't begin to tell you all how deeply offended I am that Pareau whom I single handledly saved from a silly string fiasco not that long ago with my AW group moon sucking solution has left me heartbroken by a shocking refusal of my fine suhhhtthern grits. I use real butter. I do the best I can - this is positively the cruelest day of my life.
It's good that the local tractor pull is in down - It really lifted my spirits. Me and my cousins, Jim Bob, Billy Bob, and Bubba Bob made a day of it. Dang, there ain't nothin like it for liftin yer jaw outta the dirt.
I don't wanna be responsible for any more unsightly stretching and reaching and plumb yankin a selves out a joint over a few jokes - I always ask my dawg fer his 'pinion. It's the only one I kin rally trust, ya know. He didn't have much to say - but - whoooooo boy howdeeeeee - if looks could kill.
O.K. - just one more before I move along.
You might be a redneck if:
Your wife ever said, "Hey hon, Come move this transmission so I can take a bath."
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eventer
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posted on September 7, 2000 06:28:41 PM
Oh for Heaven's Sake,
I'm southern born & raised, though (for your edification, krs) I have also lived outside the borders of the United States..just didn't care to bore the world about it.
What I find offensive is not the redneck jokes..some of the best ones I've ever heard came from self-described rednecks themselves, but those who "profess" to be saving us from ourselves.
Actually, there's nothing more a TRUE southerner dislikes more than people who move down south, then proceed to explain the south to everyone else.
Redneck is not an offensive term, nor does it necessarily mean "poor white trash" (perhaps something those who have transplanted to the south have yet failed to understand). I know many Doctors, Lawyers, CEOs of major corporations who call themselves "Rednecks" & even "Bubbas".
There are obviously some who are offended at the name but there are some who are offended by everything. Most people I know delight in finding a new joke & sharing it. We, for the most part, have a delightful sense of the ridiculous & will even poke fun at our own heritage.
And, just in case anyone could remotely be interested, I speak several languages also.
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lotsafuzz
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posted on September 7, 2000 06:29:29 PM
Your wife ever said, "Hey hon, Come move this transmission so I can take a bath."
YeeeHawwww, I must be a high tech. redneck!!! I just asked the boyfriend, "Hey hon, Come move these computer parts so I can eat dinner!"
LOL!
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mybiddness
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posted on September 7, 2000 06:46:40 PM
Eventer I appreciate your post - you're right - it's tough to even find a true redneck that doesn't enjoy a good redneck joke. Some people don't get it and that's o.k.
lotsafuzz Toooooo funny!
Ironically true - my sis is on her way over in her pick up truck so we can make a late night run to Wally World. Needs to get a suction hose for moving her water bed. Gotta boot scoot boggie now.
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nobs
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posted on September 7, 2000 08:24:31 PM
Lotsa
and I would be an "ebay redneck" because everyone in my house is asking me to please move this "stuff" so they can eat dinner, use the dining room table, get through the hallway etc.
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mauimoods
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posted on September 7, 2000 08:27:17 PM
LOL Nobs and Lotsa....same here! PC's laying everywhere...cant even see the kitchen table due to the stuff waiting to be boxed, or was boxed and is waiting for payment to arrive. EBAY REDNECKS, lol.....
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Antiquary
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posted on September 7, 2000 08:31:09 PM
I still don't see what the subject of this thread has to do with political correctness one way or another. There is a disagreement about humor and taste, not the attempt to distort the reality of something through manipulative language, which I consider to be the essence of the meaning of political correctness.
But the base issue here would be censorship; at this particular site, as determined by the CG's. Since the jokes do not violate the CG's, they are not subject to local censorship and therefore that point is moot.
What I do see in this thread is simply a disagreement about humor and taste, one of the endless disagreements based on personal perspectives that are scattered throughout the threads. Personally, I found them sort of funny when I first saw one of the lists of redneck jokes about two years ago and there are quite a few of them now circulating with variations. I don't see the issue as being that big a deal, but neither do I think that it is a PC issue.
typo
[ edited by Antiquary on Sep 7, 2000 08:33 PM ]
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oddish4
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posted on September 7, 2000 09:37:46 PM
Nobs LOL Ebay redneck I love it. I had to draw the line with myself when it strted blocking the bathrrom door. Doggone it some of this just has to go!
I also found my 2 year old in gleeful bliss under a pile of toys after looking for him hysterically for 20 minutes. Yup an Ebay redneck I be!!!
Oddish~ The Odd One
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rampaged
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posted on September 7, 2000 10:00:39 PM
YOU MAY BE A REDNECK IF:
If you take your dog for a walk and you both use the same tree
If you can entertain yourself for more than an hour with a
flyswatter
If your property has been mistaken for a recycling center
If your boat has not left the driveway in 15 years
If you burn your yard rather than mow it
If you think the Nutcracker is something you did off the high
dive
If the Salvation Army declines your mattress
If your entire family ever sat around waiting for a call from
the governor to spare a loved one
If you offer to give someone the shirt off your back and they
don't want it
If you have the local taxidermist on speed dial
If you come back from the dump with more than you took
If the trunk of your car is tied down and you're not hauling
anything
If you keep a can of Raid on the kitchen table
If your wife can climb a tree faster than your cat
If your grandmother has "Ammo" on her Christmas list
If you've ever been kicked out of the zoo for heckling the
monkeys
If you think a subdivision is part of a math problem
If you've ever bathed with flea and tick soap
If you've ever been involved in a custody fight over a hunting
dog
If your kids take a siphon hose to show and tell
If you think a hot tub is a stolen bathroom fixture
If you took a fishing pole to Sea World
If you go to the stock car races and don't need a program
If you know how many bales of hay your car will hold
If you've ever been kicked out of the KKK for being a bigot
If you have a rag for a gas cap
If you've ever hit on somebody in a VD clinic
If your father executes the "Pull my finger" trick during
Christmas dinner
If your vet heard sheep bleat and had romantic thoughts
If your house doesn't have curtains but your truck does
If you wonder how service stations keep their restrooms so
clean
If you can spit without opening your mouth
If you consider your license plate personalized because your
father made it
If you think Dom Perignon is a Mafia leader
If your lifetime goal is to own a fireworks stand
If you sit on your roof at Christmas time hoping to fill your
deer quota
If your richest relative buys a new house and calls you up to
help him take the wheels off
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jt-2007
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posted on September 7, 2000 10:28:03 PM
This was once in my neighbor's front yard. Now it is in my backyard. Men evidently think it's a lawn ornament. Why?
we are not rednecks<-clarification
T
[ edited by jt on Sep 7, 2000 10:30 PM ]
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jamesoblivion
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posted on September 7, 2000 10:30:02 PM
It didn't get there by itself, did it?
James.
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tegan
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posted on September 7, 2000 10:40:20 PM
jt
Why, thats a lovely piece of rustic Americana. Stick some ivy in the tire well, plant pansies on the seat and maybe a topiary cow beside it and your sure to win yard of the month. 
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jt-2007
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posted on September 7, 2000 10:43:42 PM
NO James. I believe it cost us $150.
T
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