Why do people always think anyone who speaks with a Southern accent is a “redneck”?

Do you think the reason the rock band Iron Maiden never tours the south is because they hate southern Rednecks?

I live and grew up in the south but they never come here.I was just wondering?

What do you think is the most southern (not redneck) state in the country?

When you think of a woman with a southern accent do you think Southern Belle or Redneck?

When you think of a woman with a southern accent do you think Southern Belle or Redneck? Wondering because I’m from South Carolina and have a southern accent.