The BBC has an interesting article analyzing the hitherto unexplored political faction that is coming to be known as Redneck.
I'm somewhat certain this stems from John McCain's choice of running-mate in Sarah Palin. The article has a few light moments (I'd expected it to be written by a comedian in a comedic manner) but is surprisingly sincere in handling the topic as the rise in political power of one group. The question I have is whether calling this faction "redneck" is an attempt to deflect painting/smearing them with previously-used labels like "religious-right" or "red-state voters" or so on. (I hate to ask, but: is this putting lipstick on a pig...?)
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