Braden TS #5

 Today, Dojun and I talked about some colloquial terms like "redneck", which is something commonly used in the south. He had questions about things like whether or not the word was rude, which made me realize how nuanced some of these words are. It could be rude if someone doesn't apply the label to them self, but a lot of people will gladly call themselves rednecks and own the term. It's also often associated with politics and occupation, but doesn't have to be. We then talked a little bit about how politics work in the US vs in Korea, and they are similar in some ways but very different in others. Apparently, Korea has no state or city government, so the laws are pretty much the same everywhere. This is very different from America, where each state and city has the power to impose its own laws, and the federal government's power is limited by them.