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Joe - Six Pack? Just who is that.
This is a point of view on the whole Joe SixPack meme that I hadn't considered. The whole post can be found here, but I'm quoting the first few paragraphs for epic truthiness!
My Fellow Joe Six-Packs:
Sarah Palin et al like to call us "Joe Six-Pack," and they think we like it too. They think it sounds folksy and homey and cute.
Sure.
It's a folksy, homey, cute way to euphemistically call us something
very close to trashy, ignorant hillbillies. We're just not supposed to
be smart enough to realize it.
See, JSP isn't referring to ourI knew that the whole idea of 'lowest common denominator' was bothering me. Thank you to the folks at copperwise for clearly stating why.
rock hard abs. JSP literally means "the blue collar guy who picks up a
six pack of cheap beer every night after work and goes home to watch
Nascar (and probably beat his wife/kids and light a cross on the black
neighbor's lawn but we won't say anything about that wink wink nudge
nudge)." That is the message that they are trying to get across to
America.
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Comments (4)
Awesome read.
What bothers me about Palin's JSP usage is this: Joe Six-Pack doesn't actually buy six-packs. He buys twenty-four-packs, because beer's more affordable that way. Not that it's any of her business.
October 5, 2008 10:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm wondering if JSP find Palin's folksiness condescending.
October 5, 2008 11:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin's JSP comments are shockingly condescending. She's implying "white trash." Pretty offensive, I'd think.
October 6, 2008 1:44 AM | Reply | Permalink
Maybe she's trying to say that it takes one to know one.
October 6, 2008 4:06 AM | Reply | Permalink
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