>>3811037
>it's literally one small area in one small period of time where cowboy was negative
You talk about historicity but as >>3811389 points out, you seem completely oblivious to the fact that the historical basis of the "wild west" cowboy trope comes pretty much entirely from those small regional stories.
>wikipedia warrior
projection, especially considering that you have provided zero sources on the use of cowboy historically. As a matter of fact, my quick research using the most basic of tools (Google Ngram) seems to indicate that before the news started picking up on stories about cowboy gangs in Tombstone around 1880, English language sources preferred cowherd, stockman, and even a vaquero over cowboy to refer to cattle handlers.

Tldr you're an obstinate contrarian faggot.