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by mtoddh 4751 days ago
"I'm in the desert, with a bunch of hyper-masculine trigger-happy ignorant rednecks as neighbors..."

Funny how averse most HNers are when it comes to perpetuating stereotypes and making negative generalizations based on race or gender, but when it comes to the military or people from "flyover states", it suddenly becomes acceptable.

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In case you didn't notice, those were Bradley Manning's words, not mine.
wtf bro, why are rednecks automatically from fly-over states?

c wat I did there? ;)

and for the record, I'm from a fly-over state and a bit of a redneck, and a bit not...