Randy Newman "Rednecks." I wonder if this is offensive, even tho it is satirical. Let me know...

[CTyankee]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rednecks_(song)

[stopdiggin]

1. that is the intent. and penned someone who was damned sure a liberal (of the times .. )

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it's too bad that the site absolutely will not render the correct link ..
(multiple attempts, continue to send to wrong page)

the song also goes on to lampoon the appetite for 'mass incarceration', in so called 'liberal' northern climes

Now, your northern nigga's a Negro
You see, he's got his dignity
Down here, we too ignorant to realize
The North has set the nigga free ...

Yes, he's free to be put in a cage in Harlem in New York City ..
And he's free to be put in a cage on the south side of Chicago ..
And he's free to be put in a cage in Roxbury in Boston ..
(and several other examples)
They're gatherin' 'em up from miles around
Keepin' the niggers down

And thus focusing not only on the intransigent ignorance of the south (rednecks, Lester Maddox) but also on institutional racism of the country as a whole - or, as the narrator puts it: "keepin' the niggers down."

[sl8]

4. You can post the link, but you need to replace the parentheses with the html code:

The parentheses characters are interpreted by the DU software

You can replace the left parentheses with & # 4 0 ; and the right parentheses with & # 4 1 ; (leave out the spaces) to get the correct link.

After you post the DU will change the codes to parentheses, but if you go back to edit your post for any reason, you would need to redo the parentheses code replacement.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rednecks_(song)

[JoseBalow]

7. Or just make a link using some text (or an image)

Like this or this:

[sl8]

8. Nice! Much easier than my method, thanks. nt

[JoseBalow]

10. No problemo

[stopdiggin]

11. brilliant! and thank you!

noting that both I and the OP fell into the same error. and I am now going to bookmark for future reference.

[sl8]

12. Thanks, but you should look at JoseBalow's method.

He replied to my post with a simpler method.

[Walleye]

2. It is offensive I guess to southern people. But I've always liked that record. It's honest.

[Ptah]

3. Randy Newman "Short People". Offensive?

Short people got no reason
Short people got no reason
Short people got no reason
To live
They got little hands
And little eyes
And they walk around
Tellin' great big lies
They got little noses
And tiny little teeth
They wear platform shoes
On their nasty little feet
Well, I don't want no short people
Don't want no short people
Don't want no short people
'Round here
Short people are just the same
As you and I
(A fool such as I)
All men are brothers
Until the day they die
(It's a wonderful world)
Short people got nobody
Short people got nobody
Short people got nobody
To love
They got little baby legs
And they stand so low
You got to pick 'em up
Just to say hello
They got little cars
That got beep, beep, beep
They got little voices
Goin' peep, peep, peep
They got grubby little fingers
And dirty little minds
They're gonna get you every time
Well, I don't want no short people
Don't want no short people
Don't want no short people
'Round here

[CTyankee]

6. I consider this satire about hating people who are different from you.

It is about mindless hate.

[OldBaldy1701E]

5. To rednecks who are stereotypical... probably.

To those of us who were raised that way but evolved and grew beyond it... that is funny as shit. And, hits a little too close to home.

[Wounded Bear]

9. Satire is supposed to be offensive. That's kind of the point...

[malthaussen]

13. It's Randy Newman. Of course it's offensive. n/t