They describe these men and this cultural group as an inferior white race. The media degrades them, portrays them as poor rural whites, stupid and languid, racist drunks, poorly educated, jobless and with violent tendencies when drunk. Lastly, how they embrace and glorify the meaning of redneck and their culture. They embrace their culture by being who the media says they are and using the Confederate flag to symbolize past white supremacy and manhood. They celebrate and glorify their culture by drinking and acting violently. Singing a song about that stuff. These articles address how they developed their lives to center around this culture and how they "live the life" of a Southerner until the day