Sunday, March 2, 2008

Not a proud day to be from the Willamette Valley...



Website here.

Lebanon Express story on the, um, phenomenon, here.

Posted by Dennis at 10:28 PM

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4 comments:

Corvallist said...

Are you kidding? That's awesome.

March 4, 2008 at 9:35 AM
Anonymous said...

You say redneck like it's a bad thing. Don't like it, then go somewhere else.

March 13, 2008 at 5:52 PM
Dennis said...

A redneck is stereotype. It is, by definition, a bad thing as it's not true.

Someone who exhibits some of the characteristics associated with being a redneck is a person, and by definition NOT a bad thing.

This game perpetuates stereotypes based on race, class and gender.

Therefore, I think this game is, in general, not a good thing.

March 13, 2008 at 6:13 PM
IE said...

I like to think of myself as very sensitive to racial, class and gender issues, and I think The Redneck Game looks like a hoot! How is this a gender issue? Aren't there female "rednecks"? Can't a redneck be of any race? You might be right about the "class" issue though....in general.

It seems to me more akin to the question of what is a "hippie." Would a game about "hippies" be stereotyping? One could see it this way, but as a semi-old-hippie person myself, I would find it humorous vs. stereotyping.

Of course, this leads into the argument that it's OK to be hurtfully-stereotyping if you are a member of the group being stereotyped -- which is a hard one for me because I find the "n" word very offensive regardless of whether it is uttered by a Black person or not.

BTW, I like your colorful language, Dennis. I hope you DON'T grow out of it or whatever LT said she was hoping you would do. Sometimes nothing works as effectively at expressing sentiment as a term that some might consider "swearing."

But wait...maybe others consider that as offensive as I consider certain hate words...hummmm...I may have to ponder more on this one, though I am known to speak quite colorfully myself at times.

March 15, 2008 at 3:32 PM

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