I know a few people who are proud to be rednecks. It is a cultural thing. And a lot of them take it with them into the cities, into professions, wherever they go.
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Their's a National Gaurd unit from North Carolina here in Iraq. That unit is full of Rednecks. I like watching the Iraqi's trying to understand their English. ! The Iraqi's will always look at me and say. " I do not understand this type of English ". I tried to explain to them about American's from the South. But he didn't understand because of the language barrier.
Rednecks are not isolated to Southern U.S.A. We in Canada have our share of rednecks. Some Canadians even think we have a redneck province. 'Alberta"
In Canada, pretty well the same characteristics ie White anglo saxon protestants, generally living in the rural areas. love guns, pick-up trucks..etc.., intolerant to anything that is different and/or to what they don't understand, not educated and in the majority of cases no class and to the extreme right of the political spector.
In Canada rednecks are are a dying breed.