tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post2355401109461745899..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-76605723752292368202007-12-04T17:36:00.000-05:002007-12-04T17:36:00.000-05:00Gary, I, too, went to am all white rural high school in about that same era and it was a term used frequently then. Once again, you are on target.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-25749930685237709352007-12-04T17:13:00.000-05:002007-12-04T17:13:00.000-05:00anon 3:59, I haven't heard the term redneck honkey tossed around since I was in high school, and it was an all white high school in a small town. I think it's used in a few country songs from the 70s as well.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-81935120591840305342007-12-04T15:59:00.000-05:002007-12-04T15:59:00.000-05:00I am a white native born Hoosier and I think the term red neck honkey is fairly accurate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-45749688101019862872007-12-04T12:16:00.000-05:002007-12-04T12:16:00.000-05:00Let me try again:<BR/><BR/>Souder is a public official, the cafe worker is not. <BR/><BR/>Public officials generally don't like to pick nasty, racially-sensitive fights with private citizens, even when the public official is the aggrieved party. Such fights are all risk, no reward...especially if you're a Republican.<BR/><BR/>What are you suggesting, that Souder and the Democratic leadership have somehow conspired to terminate a lowly Capitol sandwich artist on trumped up racial charges? THAT makes absolutely no sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-64220542623601969652007-12-04T11:58:00.000-05:002007-12-04T11:58:00.000-05:00anon 10:44, your explanation makes absolutely no sense. If the cafe worker called Souder a redneck honkey and he heard him say it, he would have every reason to be upset and complain about the incident. Termination would have been appropriate. There would have been no sympathy for the worker.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-53337459394014288872007-12-04T10:44:00.000-05:002007-12-04T10:44:00.000-05:00Is it really that surprising that a GOP congressman wouldn't want to get caught up in any kind of a racial controversy, knowing how the media tends to spin these things?<BR/><BR/>The Dems are the only ones who ever benefit from inflamed racial sensitivities.<BR/><BR/>The fact that Souder would keep quiet about it makes perfect sense to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com