The difference is "Southerner", "Redneck", and "Hillbilly"

There are so many people who think that they are rednecks and really aren't. But does anyone really wonder what each word means or where it started? Your fixin' to find out:

Redneck is a derogatory slang term used in reference to poor, uneducated white farmers, especially from the Southern United States. The term characterized farmers having a red neck caused by sunburn from hours working in the fields. A citation from 1893 provides a definition as "poorer inhabitants of the rural districts...men who work in the field, as a matter of course, generally have their skin stained red and burnt by the sun, and especially is this true of the back of their necks
But many members of the Southern community have proudly embraced the term as a self-identifier.

Hillbilly is a term (often derogatory) for people who dwell in rural, mountainous areas primarily in Appalachia but also parts of the Ozarks in the United States. Owing to its strongly stereotypical connotations, the term can be offensive to those Americans of Appalachian heritage. Origins of the term "hillbilly" are obscure.

Southerner is a broad term that describes someone that lives below the Mason-Dixon Line. used mostly to describe those who live in the Deep South.

Does any of that clear it up for you?

If you live in the Bible Belt like I do then you will know that a lot of people are very close-minded on religion and traditions. But I am a Wiccan and I know a lot about this prejudice against any wiccan or pagan religion. but isn't the point of religion is to coexist? to be peaceful? if it is then why do we act so aggressive towards another's religion and why do Jehovah's Witnesses come knocking on doors even when the said person doesn't want to convert to their religion?
I get a lot of prejudice from a lot of people saying that if I don't believe in God then I'm not a true Southerner but what you do not know is that Wicca does worship God but it worships the feminine side of God as well by addressing the Goddess as well. plus in case some have not noticed but of all religions that war has been fought in the name of Wicca has never been one of them. So how can my religion be the one pushing itself on people or be evil?
If my being Wiccan bothers you then you don not have to read my site.
xoxo

Stereotypes

We southerners know a lot about stereotyping. We tend to stereotype the people we talk to everyday, or the stranger we helped fix a flat tire for or just in general but what really gets under my skin is the stereotyping of all of us that live in the South. we are deemed as unsophisticated and run around with no shoes on all the time and are missing almost all of our teeth and we fuck animals and our brothers and sisters. and that we are not the smartest people in the world.
Now there are some that live in the South that actually do those things, (how else did we get this rep, right?) but for those of us who aren't like that and don't act like that, well it just makes us so daggone mad! Not to mention that the Confederate flag makes people only think of slavery and nothing else but I am here to tell you that it represents a time of easiness and hardship and uncertainty. and yes it was a period of slavery (for only about 10 years or so, not as long as a lot African Americans say it is) but it was also a symbol of pride in where one lived and in one's family and neighbors. I've been seeing a lot more of these flags around where I live and you know what? I'm happy to see it. now I've only got a very very small version of the flag but my neighbor has one flying on a flag-pole in his yard right under the American flag.
I think that if we went back to the easiness of the life our ancestors had back then we all would be much happier and we also wouldn't have such a jackass for a president either! I love that time-period and if I could go back and live there I totally would.
But as far as stereotyping goes, why don't we as Southerners stand up and fight it? why do we let it go on?

 

I am so tired of hearing about how "evil" Halloween is! It is not an evil holiday. The social media and those in Hollywood want you to think that it is evil. But actually Halloween has it's roots in Christianity. Trick or treating were people going door to door but in exchange for food they would preach a little for people and dressing up in costumes was top dress up in something that we feared and as a result we would be making it less scary.

Some countries would carve a turnip on Halloween but natives here used the pumpkin as it was bigger and easier to cut.

Halloween is also a day to remember loved ones who have past away during the year, for those who have crops it is a symbol for the end of the harvesting season until next year. it is tradition to go to bonfires and carnivals and such but Halloween actually means " Holy Day"

But over the years Christians have turned it into some kind of evil ritual to try to bring about Satan and some people actually do that but not everyone.

One religion that people accuse the most of doing that very thing are pagans, which is funny to me because I have studied paganism for about a year now and they do not even believe in the devil so how can it be a ritual of theirs? The Christian Satan that everyone fears is actually termed from the pagan god Pan. He has been deemed evil by Constantine years ago and that is where we get our Satan from. almost everything Christianity stands for comes from pagan roots. Constantine wanted everyone to follow his new religion so he came up with all these stories and lies about paganism being evil and how they are Satan worshippers and everything.

If you do not believe me then look up Christian and pagan holidays, why are they so close together and so similar as far as what each practice on that day? look up the story of when Jesus died and rose three days later and look up the pagan version. There is a video of it on YouTube. If these religions weren't so similar then why does every person who is Christian try to change you? why would they work so hard to say that paganism is evil? also why would the government be trying to ban Halloween if they didn't fear anything about it?

Look it up and let me know what you think.

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People are going to keep on until there is going to be a damn civil war and it will be blacks against whites. maybe we should enslave blacks again just so they remember who they are fucking dealing with! this is getting out of control.
you know it is when a fifty-five year old woman can't even go out jogging without getting terminated by some punk seventeen year old who doesn't have the balls to go after someone who wasn't so defenseless. and also if you ask me, that idiot treyvon martin got what he fucking deserved. White folks need to stand up again before its too late. first priority is to get Obama's ass out of office. but this country has gone to shit anyway. we are so screwed up now that it is going to take at least three presidents or more to straighten everything out!
and that damn Hilary Clinton is not the fucking answer. I am female but I do think there needs to be a female in office at least once but it sure as hell does not need to be her! or Bachman with her wanting to ban NASCAR and HALLOWEEN. you'd be a damn fool to vote for her.
I probably sound like a racist redneck and "I don't know what I'm talking about" but just you wait, some of the very things predicted will come true. history is repeating itself and Americans are too stupid to even realize it.

The Little Man...

When I hear the song "the little man" by Alan Jackson, it reminds me of my hometown. My hometown is basically like Radiator Springs in the movie "Cars" When the Interstate moved in, all the places that where making money were all dried up. and what is here are controlled by money-hungry and power-hungry people that do not want to come off of anything or don't want to lower the  rent on the buildings. This place has so much potential but nobody wants to do anything.
The neighboring town has an old movie theater that was operational and they even wanted to reopen the theater but all the big-wigs in town pulled out of the project when they realized what the town wanted. so now the only thing operational about it is the theater lights.
Its sad. in my town right now there are exactly two gas stations and one snack stand and a Dollar General and a cell phone store, a college , a high school, and a small bank and a hair salon but nothing else. there is so much potential and so many lazy people here. even the college is threatening to leave because they are barely making their quota on how many kids they have enrolled here. the high school has been threatening to close for years but haven't yet. the town has been here for at least a hundred years and used to have two hotels and a grocery store and even a restaurant and even a skating rink from what I've been told but like I said there are too many big-wigs here that do not want to do any damn thing and it is sad.
I grew up here and I want to raise my son here but if the town keeps on the path its on, there won't be anything left at all.
the population of this place is at least 600 and 300 percent of that is kids of high school and college age. there is nothing for kids to do here. that is why towns like this have a record or reputation for a lot of teen pregnancies and a lot of teen drinking. it's seriously really sad!!!

Warning

This is my first post on this blog. but I will warn you that this blog can get racist. if you do not like it than you can just get off of this page. Now on to other news....
I just found on Facebook where a teacher wants to ban the wearing of American t-shirts because it might offend 'patriotic' Mexicans during cinco de mayo. well my opinion is this: if they were so "patriotic" then why don't they go home to Mexico so they won't be offended! it gets on my nerves hearing things like this because this is AMERICA not Mexico or any other country if you are offended by OUR flag then you need to GO HOME!
I also read about a 17 year old shot and killed BASS pro fisherman jimmy Johnson last week because he was confronted about stealing from Mr. Jimmy's boat, another words he was doing something he shouldn't have been!, but yet people are saying your racist if you say that he needs to go to jail for his crimes. (he was a black 17 year old for those who don't know the story) here is what I believe: he needs to be shot just like Mr. Jimmy was for his actions not put up in a prison where he will be fed and playing basketball with our tax dollars. if America started actually killing the ones who committed murders and gave severe punishment for those who did lesser crimes then other countries wouldn't look down on us so much!
I for one am proud of where I live because here in the 'Deep South' we mostly take care of our own problems unless its something terrible. and we don't take too kindly to foreigners either.
Roll Tide!!