[@Dynamo Frokane]
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.955142-So-are-rednecks-religious-people-the-new-boogeymen-now

I just saw a thread commenting on this. And I guess the only real thing I can add. Is that its been popping up quite a bit recently. And I agree about another comment that they've been on and off bad guys in fiction for decades.