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Originally Posted by SackAttack
Not quite, although Disney did adapt it, so I can see the confusion.
The reference was (keep in mind I last read these 15 years ago, so my recollection may be off some), Bre'r Fox is forever chasing after Bre'r Rabbit, who routinely gets the best of him. At one point, Bre'r Fox catches him, and Bre'r Rabbit pleads "please don't throw me in the briar patch."
Bre'r Fox, wanting to cause him anguish, promptly does that...'cept the Briar Patch is Bre'r Rabbit's home.
Reverse psychology.
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Good Ol' Uncle Remus. They don't make em like that anymore, literally. You definately won't see it on Disney these days. But that is best left to another thread.
Of course in WW, I wouldn't recommend you go begging for a lynch, hoping for the reverse. And don't go swingin at Dat Tar Baby.