re: #268 Targetpractice

Then we’ll have to agree to disagree, as I don’t consider it much of an insult. Fact of the matter is, I know many rednecks, most of them in my family, who proudly revel in the word. Call it what you will, a frame of mind, a state of being, a way of life, it’s just something they don’t get worked up over.

Most of those who do seem to be the ones who get angry over pretty much anything.

I refer to when the term is used in anger. As a deliberate insult. All these terms can be used among friends. Bill Cosby objected to the N word as a black man speaking to black men, as does a music industry pal (Trendz of Culture) fame) of mine. But friends joke with it anyway. Do we disagree there?