Enough is enough
As the regular reader may have noticed, I've changed the sub-title of this page and updated my profile information. You might say that I've come out. I'm getting really tired of being abused by people because I am a "redneck." By redneck, most of the abusers mean 'somebody who disagrees with me'. You see, these people think that if you have differing opinions from their own on subjects like, ohhh, 'reconciliation', tertiary entry requirements, animal rights, gay rights (I'm referring here to the Anglican Church in particular) or government funding of various areas then you are by definition a redneck. Apparently, it is not possible to arrive at a dissenting opinion in any other way.
Well fuck'em. If not being brainwashed by trendy suburban 'intellectuals' makes me a redneck, then fair enough, I'm a redneck. And fucking proud of it. In much the same way that Gays and Lesbians call themselves fags and dykes, not to take the sting out of the words, but to highlight the differences that supposedly contain the sting, then a redneck shall I be.
More later, I'm going to work.
posted by Dirk at 12:55 am
3 Comments:
Adie,
the list is varied, over a long period of time. Lately it seems to have intensified. Mostly, I'm sad to say, it seems to be Sydney denim-wearers who are on the prod, although chunky brown belts are not in evidence. And while I agree with you re- labels and detractors, I have a personal mantra - "Fuck'em, they're a bunch of wankers, anyway."
Good on ya Dirk. It's the only way to deal with abusers. What they think is a cutting putdown, shatters them when that putdown is proudly adopted. Example - no one can call me a fascist anymore.
Cheers, JAFA - I'm a FASCIST and proud of it !
JAFA,
I have a niece with cerebral palsy. She holds down a fulltime job as well as a part time one and has been out on her own since she was eighteen. (She's twenty four now.) People still look at her like she's an injured puppy because she's in a wheelchair. They get a bit uncomfortable when she introduces herself: "Hi, I'm ***** and I'm spastic."
Gunna get even worse for them in the next couple of years when it'll change to "Hi, I'm *****, I'm spastic and I just bought my house."
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