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Although modern politics has changed things, rednecks have historically been anti authority and pro labor. Building a rural/urban alliance like Bill Clinton did would genuinely create an entirely new era of politics that would be friendly to liberal leftist ideologies.

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 41 points 1 day ago (3 children)

uhhhh racism? in the united states redneck is === racist asshole. the racism is a part of their identity... not sure how it escaped your entire question.

[–] cole@lemdro.id 4 points 11 hours ago

I really think it isn't fair to generalize all rednecks as racist. I grew up in Kentucky and that definitely isn't how it is.

There's 3 types of rednecks:

  • Not racist
  • Ignorant but welcoming (they may say something questionable, but only because they don't know better and will apologize)
  • Racist.

I think most I've met have been #1 or #2. If you ostracize a large portion of the population, of course they aren't going to be on your side

[–] tracelr402@piefed.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah.. the "rednecks" reserve real comradery for people ridiculously similar to themselves. They'll befriend whoever they actually have to spend time with as "one of the good ones" but ultimately hold a position that's deeply corrosive to diverse, leftist community

[–] variablenine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 12 hours ago

Working in a manufacturing plant in a deep red county, I can absolutely attest to that

[–] CubitOom 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

At the Battle of Blair Mountain, whites, blacks, and other immigrants faught side by side as rednecks together for the right to unionize.

West Virginia’s Bloody Fight for Civil Rights

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

this may come as a shock, but things have dramatically changed in the last 105 years

[–] CubitOom 2 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

You mean big companies no longer work with the government to interfere with workers trying to unionize?

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 hours ago

More like decades of anti-union propaganda, plus culture war bullshit, have conditioned the people of West Virginia (and the US as a whole) to be against unions

[–] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Nah they have fighter jets though.