Rednecks or Hillbillies?

Rednecks always have that uncle whose a meth addict

Does it matter there both white trash

Call them “country folks”..thats a better way to address them!

I don’t know, but did you know that the term Hillbilly actually started in England where the supporters of William of Orange (Billy) lived in the hill country of Scotland? They were called Hill Billies. Many of these people ended up migrating to the US back in the mid 1700′s and settling in the hill country of the middle Atlantic states and apparently the term hillbilly stuck.

For me it would be Redneck. My understanding (as little as it is) of the two terms is that Hillbillies are more just simple country folk, whereas Rednecks are simple country folk too, but are also racist biggots. Could be wrong about that though…

why do we have to label people that way?

These are funny terms (odd, not HA HA).

Originally (at least in the U.S.), they were both insults — I see no real point in distinguishing which is worse, they were both bad.

But some people now embrace them.

Jeff Foxworthy made a name for himself by calling himself a redneck, and making lists of “You know you’re a redneck when ….”

In a way, it’s like the n word: if people use it referring to themselves, it’s OK; if others apply it to someone, it’s an insult.

I think it’s a mistake to try to draw fine distinctions when dealing with slang.

Slang is by nature somewhat vague and variable.

The only difference I can see is that rednecks can live in cities, hillbillies live in the sticks.

Edit for an afterthought: Several decades ago there was a novely song: I’m sitting here with my red neck, my white socks, and my Blue Ribbon beer.