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A good portion of the blue collar guys were funny, modern “conservatives” are just blatant bigots
None of the conservative influencers have ever held a job (that didn't depend on being bankrolled by some conservative billionaire).
Yeah funny how one of the founding texts of modern gender theory (Stone Butch Blues) was written by a working class factory worker from buffalo, but a bunch of rich failed Los Angeles writers and actors want to act like they understand everyday Americans.
Yeah that tracks for factory work.
I love how the implication is that being a butch lesbian was her biggest accomplishment. Like it took years of study, a thesis, and a certification from the International Professional Butch Lesbian Council.
Which, I mean, that just sounds awesome. "Leslie Feinberg, IPBL"
After reading her Wikipedia article I've got to check out some of her writing. Seems cool as shit.
I'm 35 and recently figured out my own gender and got on hormones and I have been openly queer for over 20 years. For some of us, being ourselves is our biggest accomplishment.
You just keep being you, whoever you may be.
Being oneself feels good
That blurb reads like someone who was absolutely over everyone's bullshit in every field she dipped her toes in to, which again, tracks for factory work.
Yeah it’s one of those things that it’s really funny how so many people who’ve never set foot in a factory wouldn’t understand.
I’ll die on the hill that Jeff Foxworthy is funny as fuck. Ron White isn’t really bad albeit he’s just a really good storyteller, Larry the Cable Guy was always way too much gimmick for my taste but he was mostly fart jokes or the equivalent, Bill Engvall is the most fortunate man in the history of comedy because his ceiling would be traveling youth pastor had he not hitched his wagon to the others
Edit: and while it was clear they were conservative, they were never racist as far as I remember, although reflecting they were probably at least a tad sexist and homophobic, and I’m not gonna apologize for them if my memory is wrong
Edit 2: fuck I forgot about 9/11, Larry the cable guy for sure used the fuck out of that, retract the not racist bit, it was par for the course at the time but that’s no excuse
Even though Foxworthy's main thing was "Ya know yer a redneck if..." and could have been stupid trash a lot of it was actually really damn clever, especially if you were from the south or had an understanding of southern culture. I always liked his definition of "redneck" as "a glorious lack of sophistication." Like... yeah, that's absolutely what redneck used to mean. Now it's just strict adherence to trumpism, lifted trucks, Mossy Oak, operator beards, the jesus, and having a Black friend that's "one of the good ones."
Ron White used to come into a restaurant I worked at years ago. If you didn't pay attention you wouldn't realize it was him. Usually kind of quiet, would just eat and run. If you got the chance to actually get into a conversation with him though he's legit one of the funniest people I've ever met. Which... duh.
I agree, Foxworthy graduated from Georgia Tech he’s not a dumb hick and he may have some fucked up opinions that he’s just not stupid enough to say but his bits are super clever. And I don’t doubt that about Ron White, he’s what happens when clever and charismatic meet and don’t decide to become a cult leader