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Nugent wimps out again!! (Original Post) Harry Monroe Feb 2013 OP
whimpassed nutfucker, he forgot his casket and cuffs the stupid lump. lonestarnot Feb 2013 #1
C'mon, Ted Canuckistanian Feb 2013 #2
Sorry to have to point out that "Pussed out" is an offensive term. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #3
Not offended by the term mia Feb 2013 #4
Of course, not all women are going to be offended. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #5
Thank you. mia Feb 2013 #8
I don't think it is an offensive term. notadmblnd Feb 2013 #7
Bullies used to call me a "pussy", they weren't talking about cats. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #10
I understand. notadmblnd Feb 2013 #12
I can't get past that pickled, bitter lemon, sour Cha Feb 2013 #6
Puss on the boner? Harry Monroe Feb 2013 #11
I didn't get offended and realized after I wrote what I did that Cha Feb 2013 #13
Nugent who? mia Feb 2013 #9

Canuckistanian

(42,290 posts)
2. C'mon, Ted
Wed Feb 13, 2013, 10:38 PM
Feb 2013

You should be in jail or dead right now. Now attending a speech by your arch enemy?

What are your fans thinking about you? They must think you're a sellout by now.

 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
3. Sorry to have to point out that "Pussed out" is an offensive term.
Wed Feb 13, 2013, 10:39 PM
Feb 2013

It just is, the connotation is that women are less brave and capable.

I'm not alerting but I think someone will likely alert on this post.

...

 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
5. Of course, not all women are going to be offended.
Wed Feb 13, 2013, 10:52 PM
Feb 2013

I was making an observation, not a suggestion that it's offensive to all of any particular group.

It's an observation based on experience here, including years as a moderator prior to DU 3.

mia

(8,361 posts)
8. Thank you.
Wed Feb 13, 2013, 10:57 PM
Feb 2013

I made the statement because I was called to jury duty on this post but was unable to finish it due to some computer glitch. I would have voted not to hide the post.

notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)
7. I don't think it is an offensive term.
Wed Feb 13, 2013, 10:54 PM
Feb 2013

sorry, I just don't. As a woman I do not think of myself or any of my lady parts as a puss or pussy. When I hear puss or pussy, I think of cats. Scaredy cat or Fraidy cat is what I relate "pussed out" to. Not females nor their body parts.

 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
10. Bullies used to call me a "pussy", they weren't talking about cats.
Wed Feb 13, 2013, 11:04 PM
Feb 2013

Raised on a farm and with my first four years with differently-skilled children, moving into the city was a culture shock and my docile ways weren't tolerated.

Condemnations by 6th through 12th grade boys calling someone a "pussy" are interchangeable with calling someone "a woman" or "a girl".

"You throw like a girl, what a pussy." for example.

I don't know of a single case where the term is interchangeable with "a cat".

Thus, I think it's a sexist term that widely accepted but nonetheless sexist, regardless of the intent.

See also, "That's Gay."

Thank your for your consideration. I hope you understand that an offensive term doesn't have to be offensive to everyone, or even to a majority, to be an offensive term.

Cha

(297,323 posts)
6. I can't get past that pickled, bitter lemon, sour
Wed Feb 13, 2013, 10:54 PM
Feb 2013

puss on the boner. Does he practice that look or does it come natural when he's on tv looking at the President of the United States?

Harry Monroe

(2,935 posts)
11. Puss on the boner?
Wed Feb 13, 2013, 11:05 PM
Feb 2013

Better watch out, you're post is about to be blocked!!

BTW, if I knew how to photoshop, I would have changed "pussed" to "wimped". Sorry if I offended anyone by posting the picture. It was not my intention to offend. I simply found the picture funny.

Cha

(297,323 posts)
13. I didn't get offended and realized after I wrote what I did that
Wed Feb 13, 2013, 11:23 PM
Feb 2013

someone might take offense to that.. But, I decided, the heck with it.. no better way to describe him.

The pic of boner is classic(I read people commenting on boner's expressions before I saw it and now I know what they meant) and if I photoshopped I would highlight it in its own graphic and question whether he had just crapped or what!?

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