Comments on: Like Redneck Father, Like Redneck Son

By: Oscar

Oscar — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:58:07 +0000

I guess the Phillies’ pitching staff didn’t have any latino or black players on it.

By: Tartan69

Tartan69 — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:11:12 +0000

@Cham – that’s exactly what it is. I grew up in Pennsyltucky before I moved to Philly and the white trash use the Confederate flag to differentiate themselves from us rich city folk. It isn’t a “north vs. south” thing. It’s a class distinction thing. They don’t have a whole lot going for them except their pride and their symbols. Very very much like the gangsta culture, except of course being the polar opposite.

By: Chamomiles Davis

Chamomiles Davis — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:39:32 +0000

Just out of curiosity, what constitutes “Redneck Pride?” What is it, exactly, that they claim to be so proud of? Is it the white equivalent of being a “gangster” in the black community?

I’d like someone to provide a serious answer because if anything, I’m very proud not to be a redneck.

By: scott

scott — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:22:40 +0000

Brett Myers is a dirtbag, not because of what he or his son wears, but because he’s a wife-beating coward (as evidenced by his spousal abuse on the streets of Boston a few years ago).

As fate had it, the Phillies didn’t suspend him, and he lost the game he picthed against the Sox that series at Fenway (and that was a hell of a game, by the way…Ortiz had a walk-off double or what-not).

By: ill

ill — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:06:34 +0000

@Joe

What do you mean by “You guys”?

/with you Gigi

By: Gigi

Gigi — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:34:08 +0000

stop calling it the civil war – it was the war of northern aggression….THE SOUTH SHALL RIIIIIIIIISE AGAIN!

- I love stoking the flames of everyone’s anger

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:11:58 +0000

You gotta be kidding me with this shit. The Confederate flag represents slavery as much as the German flag represents Hitler. Southern pride is obviously a concept that is above your comprehension. Southern pride is the same as the “Philadelphia Pride” or “Boston Pride”. It represents the people and their nature. However in the South it takes on a greater meaning as everyone loves to call us uneducated, dumb, white trash, etc. We are actually very kind and understanding people that like to use this flag as a symbol of our way of life and not a symbol of racism. You guys are the ones that attach the racism stigma to it.

By: ill

ill — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:33:26 +0000

I’d say this is a very successful post.

By the way, someone tell Brett his son runs like a fucking fairy.

By: CrabApple

CrabApple — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:21:13 +0000

The Confederates were the biggest terrorist that ever threatened America. Not only the biggest terrorists but the biggest traders in the history of America.

Wearing an Al-Qaeda tshirt wouldnt be as bad as a confederate flag. Al-Qaeda took out a couple thousand Americans, while the Confederates took out a couple hundred thousand.

By: How do you spell retard?

How do you spell retard? — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:34:41 +0000

The Confederate flag is an example of Southern pride just like the swastika is a symbol of 1930s-40s German pride and Dane Cook is an example of douchebag pride.

They’re all fucked up symbols of our fucked up past.