And that's my point. Now it means working class with an ability to improvise.... 30 years ago it was for people who weren't smart enough to do something else. Don't get me wrong, I am a transplant but am proud to be an Okie redneck...
And that's my point. Now it means working class with an ability to improvise.... 30 years ago it was for people who weren't smart enough to do something else. Don't get me wrong, I am a transplant but am proud to be an Okie redneck...
Look at your dust bowl history... People leaving here to Cali after things dried up here is how it started.... was derogitory at the time, worse than calling a Cajun a coonazz...
I came up with that, but didn't find anything indicating it was derogatory, hence why I asked.
I know why MY Cajun friends are offended by that.
Most of the cajuns I know call themselves coonasses.
One even has a big floor mat with the "RCA : Registered Coon Ass" logo on it.
I'm happy for you.
"working-class Cajuns tend to regard the word "coonass" as a badge of ethnic pride; whereas middle- and upper-class Cajuns are more likely to regard the term as insulting or degrading, even when used by fellow Cajuns in reference to themselves"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coonass
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coonass
I have friends the same way. I used it as an example because I knew Stan took offense to it...
It is also used in as a racist term referring to interracial relationships and babies. You can post what you like from wiki, but having spent a lot of time down there and seeing it used as a racial slur, I'll refrain from using it.
Now, on to the thread at hand...
Geeze. Lighten up. If you were born and raised in Oklahoma, you're an Okie.
Now, if you're an OSU fan, you have to be offended by being referred to as "Okie Light".
Now, if you're an OSU fan, you have to be offended by being referred to as "Okie Light".
