So this is the 2nd movie (1st one is SUBURBIA) ive seen where Punks are fighting against rednecks...so I assume it happens in America.
But why rednecks of all kinds of people? Can pls someone explain a guy like me, from Europe. Thanx and pardon my english
Whereever there are more churches, there are more bibles.
And that means laying on the guilt, which forms Fear, and in turn,
Rednecks. It IS weird, the certain spots in the U.S.A. where the
rednecks are concentrated. California probably has the Least!
Only because there are so many different kinds of people, that you
have to quite judging them, and just like them for who they are...
The rednecks come from a deep dark place of ignorance and Rush Limbaugh..
whereever there was a concentration of Slavery in U.S., there you will
find the most rednecks. (the South)
It must be confusing, if you are not from here....I hope this helps!
p.s. went to Europe in 1977, at age 22, and it made me such a better person.
thanx...and I do think Europe has semi rednecks too XD
shareAnd I guess all Asians have small packages, Brits have bad teeth, French women don't shave and all Germans are Nazis, right? You're preaching generalizations make you sound quite the bigot which you seam to think "rednecks" are.
I'm often called a "redneck", and I don't mind at all. I hunt, I fish, I drink and listen to some country. I don't, however, drive a pick up, I'm an atheist, have no political affiliation, am not a racist, have never slept with family, do not dip or chew and have all of my teeth. Imagine that. Incorrect stereotypes? No way!
A redneck in this movie is just code for people who are intolerant of differing views. Growing up in Texas, we referred to rednecks as the tough-guy sort that liked to start fights and otherwise make an ass out of himself. A good example would be when Sid Vicious gets beat up in Dallas by men dressed like cowboys in the movie Sid and Nancy. It may or may not have happened in real life but they were beating up Sid Vicious because he looked like a freak to them. Those are rednecks. Don't be misled by certain other posters. Redneck is not a term for Rush Limbaugh or Republicans. Such intolerance might make you a redneck. There are even a lot of good people I've met that are just decent country folk that embrace the term redneck and own it. And you are right rainbow, Europe has rednecks too.
shareRednecks are the opposite of punks
shareThis is mainly just a silly movie trope.
The word "redneck" has many meanings. Plenty of punks consider themselves rednecks, or are considered rednecks by someone else.
Alright so I live in Texas. The mecca of all things redneck in many people's minds (although Georgia/Mississippi are closer to what people see Texas as). I am a punk and there are rednecks here. I will always get a special look of contempt from them, the one where it's understood: they hate me and wish to hurt me. However, the difference between the jackasses in this movie (love the movie, using the term affectionately) and myself is that I don't pick fights with rednecks. Would they fight me at the first drop of a hat? The looks they give me tell me so but hell, a lot of the tough guys who look like they're from Jersey Shore give me the same looks. So do mothers with their toddlers, rich kids who are wearing Abercrombie, and random people who simply do not like the fact I'm not acting/looking like what they label as acceptable. That's the thing about it. The more intolerant people are, the more they hate on punks and other subcultures which go against society and rednecks are notorious for trying to shove their views (which typically consist of but are not limited to: Extreme Conservatism, Christianity, sexism, (sometimes) racism, even eating habits or how to dress) down people's throats. Punks are (generally) all about progression and the opposite of most republican's views. Of course, there are many extremely conservative punks, sexist punks, Nazi punks (*beep* you if you are one), and all kinds of anything else you can imagine. In my time spent with punk philosophy, I have come to the conclusion of what punk means to me: if you like punk rock (in any form), and you are who you are because it's who you want to be, you are just as much a punk as anyone else has been.
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Grew up a punker in northern WI back in the 80s & its all rednecks round here dont think a day went by I did not get into a fight with some sort of redneck or hair metal head you just learned to be ready be tougher then them & carry weapons all the time waz a fun way to grow up & glad my kids live in a more advanced age
shareBecause it's Utah. Utah almost 30 years ago was pretty much country folk. Punkers would have stuck out like a sre thumb, and rednecks, being the tolerant sort, wouldn't really be happy to welcome them. It isn't so much a sh**t-kicker burg now, but it would have ben then.
shareBecause rednecks are seen as distasteful. They are viewed as racist, sexist, ignorant, angry, dirty/smelly, incestuous, stupid, god-fearing. Not all rednecks are like this, only some/few, but that's how a lot of people view them.
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Of course, rednecks are their own worst enemies in this regard. ANd having lived around a lot of them, I'd say it's the majority, not the minority who live up to these stereotypes.
shareI've never seen rednecks and punks fight each other. When I was in High School I casually hung out with a very mixed crowd, though mostly of lower income kids. The group consisted of rednecks, punks, metalheads (which I identify as), goths and a few other groups. I don't doubt that they fight each other, but generally they seem to get along based on my experiences.
If you want to see someone who combines the punk and redneck aesthetic, look up Hank Williams III (Grandson of Country Legend Hank Williams).
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