King, I have to admit that the pejorative use of the term 'redneck' does not really upset me very much. Nevertheless, if I choose to act offended by it since it seems to be often aimed at rural Southerners, you would probably, as a gentleman refrain from using it around me.

Its the same with all the other pejorative labels we unthinkingly use to label others different from ourselves. My personal opinion of all this pretense at being offended is that it is after all just a method of empowerment by controlling the speech and hence the thoughts of others...Geo, with all respect

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