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They’re the same (lemmy.world)
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[–] 65 points 2 years ago (10 children)

And there are plenty of MAGA dipshits who aren't rednecks. If you watched the Mummers parade today, you saw a bunch of Delco bigots who wouldn't know a tractor from a turnip truck. But those guys sure looked pretty in their dresses.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    This is a big point. I briefly took a job in Northern California two years ago and met more openly-racist bigots and transphobes than I ever met in my Appalachian hometown

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    There's an important distinction to be made between rednecks and hillbillies. The south would like you toe believe that anything non-urban is redneck, this is not so.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Hillbillies are generally a specific type of non urban. Here in Appalachia we refer to them as off the mountain. You don't just run into hillbillies. You have to go where they go.

    The rest of us are rednecks. I don't think redneck is "everyone south and rural" but it's pretty close.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I had no idea what you were talking about but JFC what a cringy bunch of freaks. The Wikipedia article had photos that turned my stomach.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    It's a longstanding Philadelphia tradition with a problematic history of casual and overt racism.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It’s problematic just because of the stupid shit they’re wearing. WTF?!?!

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Some of the costumes are rather intricate and impressive. And then sometimes they're racist. People who defend the Mummers try to pretend the bigots have been removed and prohibited frim returning, but this year some bigots attacked the crowd while waving MAGA flag.

    The musical acts are good, though. Lotta fun for the kids.

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