Reply #219: Not wanting to flame or defend rednecks

[helleborient]

I did want to point out, however, that a number of subgroups of the population do attempt to desensitize epithets by taking self ownership of them.

Taking back the ownership of "queer" is an example.

I know that for a number of self-identified "Rednecks" it is not taking pride in ignorance or backwardness, it is taking pride in identification with rural or small town areas and their way of life. Accusing someone of taking pride in ignorance and backwardness does seem a little vicious to me.