US Politics on Sidechat | i wanna add in by the way with a brief history lesson. did you know that the term “red neck” was coined by socialist coal miners from west virginia who went on labor strikes and wore red bandannas around their necks?

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US Politics 17h

i wanna add in by the way with a brief history lesson. did you know that the term “red neck” was coined by socialist coal miners from west virginia who went on labor strikes and wore red bandannas around their necks?

US Politics 17h

They’re still salty about this

Anonymous 16h

Coal miners are badass. A horrible profession for your health but the people that do it and make up those communities are tough mfers

Anonymous 17h

iirc I don’t think it was coined by the miners but by the companies, and anti-union newspaper and political cartoons.

Anonymous

#1 17h

in part, yes! it was pushed by anti-union news sources but the miners had a moment of “wait that sounds hard as fuck” and adopted it themselves

Anonymous

OP 17h

I honestly hate that it’s become derogatory… redneck sounds badass