Hillbillies
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Not necessarily because most of them are city people.
That makes them individualist.
Is that hillbilly music?
One of four is hillbilly?
Country music...so hillbilly is the same thing as the rural people?
Mr. Daystar
In a bell tower, watching you through cross hairs.
No, that's rednecks...THEY are Sons Of The Soil. And it ain't gonna happen!
The difference is real easy to distinguish. Hillbillies have stills and fight the "revenuers", and rednecks have pick up trucks with gun racks in the back window, and rebel flag mud flaps.
Elwood70
Torn & Frayed.
Goddammit; "The Simpsons" lied to me? The disillusionment continues.....I....I just don't know what to believe anymore...
Will E Worm
Conspiracy...
Hillbilly is a derogatory term for people who dwell in rural, mountainous areas of the United States, primarily southern Appalachia but also the Ozarks.
Owing to its strongly stereotypical connotations, the term can be offensive to those Americans of Appalachian heritage.
Owing to its strongly stereotypical connotations, the term can be offensive to those Americans of Appalachian heritage.
So they're underprivileged, poorly educated, overlooked and/or ridiculed by the elite of society among others. On the plus side, they don't live in detroit. The Appalachia region is absolutely gorgeous in the fall. Blue Ridge Parkway FTW.
Will E Worm
Conspiracy...
I wouldn't say "poorly educated."
Not living in Detroit where they are violent and poorly educated is a huge plus.
Mr. Daystar
In a bell tower, watching you through cross hairs.
Don't have a cow man!
Actually, you might be right....I've only seen the episode about 15 times.
Jagger69
Three lullabies in an ancient tongue
Classics both. Love 'em.
How about this little offering from "The Hillbilly Poet" himself:
Do they live outside of society?
I mean do they pay taxes, are they politically active etc.
Rey C.
Racing is life... anything else is just waiting.
It's funny, if you realize that the term "redneck" was originally a term applied to people who fought (literally) against the big mining companies who were abusing the people of Appalachia in the late 19th and early 20th century. Ya know, back when capitalism was "free" to roar and "make all our lives better." 
They wore red neckerchiefs to show that they were union men. These people hold the distinction of being the only Americans to be bombed from the air by the United States military. And it becomes even funnier (or more ironic) if you realize that the union movement back then was multi-racial. Blacks, Italian immigrants, Jews, Mexicans and even some Chinese were welcomed into the union movement. If you want to learn more about that and be entertained, rent to the movie Matewan. It's a great movie and it's very informative. But now, a redneck is basically a person (southern or not) who is backward in his thinking (and proud of it) and likely has racist tendencies. It's pretty much just another catch-all term for PWT (poor White trash) now. If you go out to Fontana, CA, out near the race track, you'll find loads of rednecks. The last race I went to there, me and my friends joked that we couldn't tell which meth smell was stronger: the methanol fuel from the race cars or the meth being cooked by the local population.
Hillbilly (ridge-runner, etc.) is just a term for people from or near Appalachia. And if you've made it past the 7th grade, you then earn the right to call yourself a Hill William. :hatsoff: But not all hillbillies are rednecks and not all rednecks are hillbillies.
They wore red neckerchiefs to show that they were union men. These people hold the distinction of being the only Americans to be bombed from the air by the United States military. And it becomes even funnier (or more ironic) if you realize that the union movement back then was multi-racial. Blacks, Italian immigrants, Jews, Mexicans and even some Chinese were welcomed into the union movement. If you want to learn more about that and be entertained, rent to the movie Matewan. It's a great movie and it's very informative. But now, a redneck is basically a person (southern or not) who is backward in his thinking (and proud of it) and likely has racist tendencies. It's pretty much just another catch-all term for PWT (poor White trash) now. If you go out to Fontana, CA, out near the race track, you'll find loads of rednecks. The last race I went to there, me and my friends joked that we couldn't tell which meth smell was stronger: the methanol fuel from the race cars or the meth being cooked by the local population.Hillbilly (ridge-runner, etc.) is just a term for people from or near Appalachia. And if you've made it past the 7th grade, you then earn the right to call yourself a Hill William. :hatsoff: But not all hillbillies are rednecks and not all rednecks are hillbillies.
Little Red Wagon Repairman
MFOMBSoPGA
Redneck
Hillbilly
Hellbilly
Hillbilly
Hellbilly
This is my understanding: A Redneck = Ignorant white trash you can find living almost anywhere in the US. A Hillbilly = A rural farmer usually living in the mountainous areas of the US. Mostly in The Appalachian and Ozark regions of the US.
While serving in the NAVY, the coolest mofo I ever met was from Arkansas and he told me he was straight up Hillbilly, we got along great. OTOH, the most racist shipmates I had to put up with were fucking rednecks from Florida.
While serving in the NAVY, the coolest mofo I ever met was from Arkansas and he told me he was straight up Hillbilly, we got along great. OTOH, the most racist shipmates I had to put up with were fucking rednecks from Florida.
Little Red Wagon Repairman
MFOMBSoPGA
San Fernando Valley, the other side of the hill, is full o' 'necks.
My family, on my mother's side, are West Texas Rednecks and, from my father's side, are bloodthirsty Slavs. Like the song says 'ya gotta keep 'em separated. They'd turn on each other quicker than looters in the LA Riots.
True dat, nothing but 'necks and cholos coexisting out there. I always thought the Redneck capital of California is Oxnard. I could be wrong.
BioDefenseGrad
Banned
I've met a lot of great hillbillies who could fix or fabricate anything. The ones who get a chance at higher education make great agricultural scientists and engineers. some of those same great guys became violent, stubborn assholes when drinking.
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