[angrybits]

> rednecks

Is that really necessary? You could replace that with any other class/race/cultural group and you would be banned in seconds. It needs to stop, and surely HN is a progressive enough place to help begin that process.

[Chevalier]

I'm not sure that "redneck" qualifies as a racial slur, nor that we should never have words that describe different cultural groups.

But fair enough. What term would you prefer we use for generally uneducated, reactionary populations that infamously believe their personal arsenals will be used to overthrow a tyrannous federal government and establish socially conservative concepts of personal liberty?

This belief in revolution certainly isn't limited to conservative reactionaries (and I mocked leftists in the next sentence), but I'm not sure it's that productive to start a tangent of personal offense rather than address the questionable idea of armed revolution.

[hga]

What term would you prefer we use for generally uneducated, reactionary populations that infamously believe their personal arsenals will be used to overthrow a tyrannous federal government and establish socially conservative concepts of personal liberty?

How about "strawmen"?

[Chevalier]

...so we've gone from debating which word we should use to describe conservative reactionaries to the denial that they even exist.

I'm honestly kind of impressed.

[hga]

Denial of your caricature of "conservative reactionaries", most certainly.

Wherever you stand on all this, having a clear view of the various parties is essential.