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60. Redneck is bigoted label

When we engage in bigotry by using inappropriate names for people, of a certain race, who's politics we disagree with, we bring ourselves down to the same level of those on the right who use similar tactics. Either one is a bigot or they are not. You can't be an appropriate or good bigot just because you have the right intentions. Calling a lower-middle class or rural white person a "Redneck" is a slur. These are the very people who benefit from our Democratic policies and we should be reaching out to them not calling them names.

The types on our side who use the bigoted terms for ethnic groups who don't agree with us make me think that they too would make disparaging remarks about African Americans if the African American Community supported Republicans instead of our candidates.

The problems with names and slurs is that they have the intent or goal of dehumanizing those who are target by them. We are better than that and, even though there are plenty on the other side who engage in this conduct, we should not stoop to their disgusting level.