Redneck Vs Hillbilly
I find it amusing that we were discussing exactly this subject at a recent family gathering. Then a week later some Kentucky newspaper publishes the article Can you tell the difference between a Hillbilly and redneck?
“To the people who use these dismissive and dehumanizing terms, we hillbillies are a subset of rednecks,” she said. “In this fictional scheme of things, you can live in the South and therefore be a redneck but not a hillbilly, but you can’t be a hillbilly without being a redneck, too.”
Calling someone a hillbilly is a hate crime? I’ll also dispute the “can’t be a hillbilly without being a redneck, too” since the redneck comes from hours in the sun working which is not a prerequisite to being a hillbilly. Work for hillbillys is like dental care for the Brits; optional.
In general though that’s entirely too much cognitive thought put into this subject….
A. Rednecks are from Earnhardt, hillbillies are from Jeff Gordon.
B. Hillbillies eat more pounds of vienna sausage (”vi-EEN-ies”) per capita, say it’s for pate-like texture.
C. Hillbillies: Weep over Dolly Parton. Rednecks: Weep over Patsy Cline.
D. Rednecks: Keep “Nix Dixie Chicks” bumper sticker on ‘74 Camaro up on blocks in the yard. Hillbillies: Keep “Nix Dixie Chicks” bumper sticker on ‘73 GTO up on blocks in the yard.
Now that’s more like it. I am now reassured that I am neither a redneck nor a hillbilly.
Anyone know where I can get a Nix Dixie Chicks bumper sticker for my Taurus?