Reply #86: What a weird mishmosh of incompatiblities!

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A few of these points seem to be aimed at generic left-wingers. (Signs and slogans. Fidel Castro. Tinfoil.)

Some at stereotypical gays. (Village People. Mardi Gras.)

Some at the more bubbleheaded New Agers. (Crystal balls.)

Some at standard-issue Gen X-ers. (Significant others. Friends as important as family. Piercings.)


A bunch seem to involve leftover 1950's images of artsy culture snobs. (Wine. Cocktail parties. College professors. Zen furniture. Art galleries. Dislike of bars and Walmart and the Midwest.)

A bunch more could only apply to rich folks. ("How do people live like that." "Little people." Gated communities. Diamond rings. Obsession with image and high fashion. Answering services.)

And some I don't understand at all. (Multicolor button-down shirts? Wasn't that some fad of the 80's? "Somebody else actually physically touches your money"? Does that mean rednecks live entirely off credit cards while bluenecks pay cash? Or is it some new sexual perversion?)


I suppose it makes most sense if you just take this as a list of "people that Freepers don't like or understand" -- a combination of lower middle-class resentment of the wealthy and educated with a deep suspicion of anyone who rejects conventional social values.

But if we're going to co-opt the term "blueneck," we've got to come up with a more coherent set of definitions pronto.