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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:22 PM
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70% of DU Women approve the use of the word BITCH
Edited on Tue Apr-08-08 02:25 PM by snooper2
edited to fix links

thread by Skinner about the "bitch" vote:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1365521

Women: Yes Forbid 26%, No Permit 70%, Don't Know 2%
Men: Yes Forbid 13%, No Permit 82%, Don't Know 4%
Undeclared: Yes Forbid 11%, No Permit 83%, Don't Know 6%


Trashing of Condi's (sex) with little to no outrage by DUer's

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1230099
Condi is a crazy bitch...posted by ---- - no outrage


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1304651
Sorry Condi - You Are A Lying Bitch!!...posted by ----- - small outrage


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5611994
Poll question: Condi vs. Katie on TODAY SHOW - Who's the bigger whore?... - no outrage


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x311746
Who do you think the "Whore of Babylon" is in this administration?.....posted by ----- - no outrage


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2055611
Condi on MSNBC right now: "Everyone is very emotional"... Condi called CUNT in thread, no outrage

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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:23 PM
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1. I approve the use of popcorn.
:popcorn:
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SwampG8r Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:37 PM
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23. i got mine
:popcorn:
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:29 PM
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72. your popcorn is sexist
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populistdriven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 07:59 PM
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121. The Spring Issue of Bitch magazine is out - A good read when eating popcorn!
Edited on Tue Apr-08-08 08:00 PM by bushmeat
http://bitchmagazine.org/



Mission

We seek to be a fresh, revitalizing voice for feminism, one that welcomes complex arguments, showcases witty and whip-smart critiques of popular culture, and refuses to ignore the contradictory and sometimes uncomfortable details that constitute the realities of life in an unequivocally gendered world.

We seek to formulate replies to the sexist and narrow-minded media diet that we all--intentionally or not--consume. It's about critically examining the images of things like femininity, feminism, class, race, and sexuality that are thrown at us by the media. And by media, we mean TV, movies, books, magazines, the music world, advertising, fashion, the web--and also the messages that are sent through the news media, in schools, and on the streets.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 08:46 PM
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125. *ding*
Microwave popcorn is ready! :popcorn:

This thread is going to be awesome! More awesome than the other bitch threads. :popcorn:
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 09:17 PM
Response to Reply #125
127. This is the new black of the bitch threads.
Blacker than Reverend Wright. :popcorn:
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 10:00 PM
Response to Reply #127
128. But is this thread air-grinding?
:popcorn:

That's right, I'm coming home to roost.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 10:01 PM
Response to Reply #128
129. It's riding dirty.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 10:03 PM
Response to Reply #129
131. I'm trollin'
they hatin'

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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:24 PM
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2. Your Links Don't Work...
Could ya fix 'em please???

:shrug:
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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:26 PM
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6. fixed
:hi:
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:21 PM
Response to Reply #6
62. Thanks !!!
:hi:
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LisaM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:24 PM
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3. OK, did anybody take a poll of calling men dicks, or dickheads?
If a male politician, celebrity, whatever did something I didn't like, and I said God, he's such a dick, what would the reaction be? Not one of amused tolerance, I'll bet.

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Araxen Donating Member (826 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:25 PM
Response to Reply #3
4. I think most men will openly admit they are dicks sometimes
I know I would.
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Yael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:54 PM
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33. I am sure my ex-husband probably still refers to me as "The Bitch"
The term doesn't bother me. :shrug:
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 08:46 PM
Response to Reply #4
126. I'm a huge dick
No qualms here.
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Kittycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:27 PM
Response to Reply #3
7. I'm pretty sure that's how we refer to people like Cheney around here.
Just sayin'
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LisaM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:28 PM
Response to Reply #7
10. You wouldn't hear the pundits say it, though
And that is the difference.
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Kittycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:35 PM
Response to Reply #10
18. Like who? Randi - because I'm quite sure she puts plenty of emphasis on DICK
when she speaks of him :lol:
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SwampG8r Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:39 PM
Response to Reply #10
25. i havent
ever heard any ranting complaints from men over being called names equaling genitalia
must be a woman thing
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tblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:27 PM
Response to Reply #3
8. Yes, I'm all for a dick poll
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:24 PM
Response to Reply #8
65. omg
:spray:
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 04:25 PM
Response to Reply #8
104. Huh?
Edited on Tue Apr-08-08 04:26 PM by progressoid
A dick pull?


Oops, sorry misread your post :blush:
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anigbrowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:28 PM
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9. Why not pick someone and see?
Naturally I get annoyed if someone calls me a dick or a dickhead, but then that assumes that I'm not acting like one at the time. If I hear 'x is a dickhead' with some reason offered as to why the person is calling them that I might disagree but that's about it.
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olkaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:32 PM
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16. I have yet to see sexism-induced outrage over the word "dick".
Edited on Tue Apr-08-08 02:33 PM by olkaz
Ever. It does not exist.

So yeah, nobody would care.
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VotesForWomen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:15 PM
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56. how often do women really call men dicks? yeah. i'm sure it happens, but let's face it, it
doesn't happen anywhere NEARLY as often as men calling women bitches. men also do not call each other dicks nearly as often as they call women bitches, so it seems pretty apparent that the gender-based insults are primarily reserved for women.
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olkaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 04:02 PM
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95. I hear it used on men WAY more than B used on women.
Edited on Tue Apr-08-08 04:05 PM by olkaz
Don't know why I'm arguing this.

But I think both are acceptable. In a certain context.

Maybe the people I know are just way more laid back with their language. I don't really get offended easily.
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Cant trust em Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:36 PM
Response to Reply #3
19. I doubt that it would be called sexist though.
In fact, those references are made about our VP all the time. Pretty common.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:55 PM
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36. Oh for cryin out loud! Are you serious?!
:rofl:

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Hepburn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:04 PM
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43. You really think a guy would go off the deep end over being...
...called a dick?

:rofl: Only if he were an unbalanced nutcase like McCain, IMO.
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crankychatter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:57 PM
Response to Reply #3
92. My ex never needed a poll
I once decided I wanted a T-shirt that said "arrogant prick" on the front... mentioned it in passing to my wife...

I had it by close of business the next day...

I'm sure she was just trying to be helpful
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 04:04 PM
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97. It Would Be From Me !!!
Famous Dickheads:

George W. Bush
Dick Cheney
Alberto Gonzales
Donald Rumsfeld
Joe Lieberman

Just to name a few.

:shrug:
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 07:29 PM
Response to Reply #3
114. THIS "POLL" of DU IS FROM 2004! TIME FOR A NEW ONE!!!! n/t
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ingac70 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:25 PM
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5. Condilingus Rice deserves every insult hurled upon her. n/t
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:11 PM
Response to Reply #5
50. So it's okay to call her nigger, bitch, whore? Just because we don't like her?
Absolutely fucking not.
The use of such language brings ALL of us down.
Save that kind of shit for freepers and the KKK.
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:25 PM
Response to Reply #50
67. You'd think it would be obvious, wouldn't you?
this place startles me some times.
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sudopod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:28 PM
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11. In this thread
we smoke poll.
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Cali_Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:29 PM
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12. Selective outrage by Hillary supporters
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 07:43 PM
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118. Selective Outrage from Some DU Females who have a RIGHT to Speak...
is more the "truth of it." It's an old poll. Just because "Bitch" is used as slang like "Fuck You" doesn't mean that some folks don't like it...and we have EVERY RIGHT to voice our opinion about it, too. After all ...it's a Big Tent Party and Site isn't it? :shrug:
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:31 PM
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13. Quite honestly there are no words that are off limits for me if
they fit the occasion. If you follow the evolution of words, you will find that they are just words and they can't make you sick or kill you. Dirty words like "fuck" become acceptable when you say fornicate, but they mean the same thing. So "fuck" became unacceptable because it was the word used by the conquered Anglo-Saxons by the French speaking Normans. I found the same in Spanish wherein the unacceptable words were coopted from the conquered Native American's languages, which is why they change from country to country when you travel through South America. So when an ethnic group conquers another group the conquerors co-opt certain words in their language to use as vulgarities or insults. For this reason I just don't accept the concept of bad or dirty words.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:58 PM
Response to Reply #13
38. Agreed. (nt)
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bunnies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:20 PM
Response to Reply #13
61. Same for me. I love this post. Wish I could Rec it. nt
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:31 PM
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14. I don't understand the purpose of this thread.
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Marrah_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:32 PM
Response to Reply #14
15. I do, I do !
:popcorn:


IBTL !!!!!
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jkshaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:55 PM
Response to Reply #15
34. What does IBTL mean?
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Marrah_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:03 PM
Response to Reply #34
41. In before the lock.
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:34 PM
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17. In other words, you want to call Hillary a Bitch with impunity.
It's so funny to me the lengths that people will go to, to justify sexist language.

If you've got a problem with the sexism rule, why not take it up with Skinner?

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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:36 PM
Response to Reply #17
20. I have no problem..
I have a problem with people and their glaring hypocrisy calling Condi whore, cunt, bitch, slut...no outrage...

BUT, when it comes to Hillary.....OUTRAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:17 PM
Response to Reply #20
58. THere are plenty of names to call Condi without resorting to sexist crap like that
and I am outraged when those names are used for any woman.
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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:50 PM
Response to Reply #58
86. so you are one of the 18%
nt
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:58 PM
Response to Reply #86
94. all your threads in the OP are at least 2 years old
DU has changed a lot since then. And if even a small percent of people were offended by a certain word here, I would stop using it.

But that's just me I guess. And I'm proud of that.
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:37 PM
Response to Reply #17
21. How 'bout we just enforce the rule
that attacks on Democrats must be "constructive criticism". There's nothing constructive about 99% of the shit that flies here.
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:18 PM
Response to Reply #21
59. Seriously. The forum would be a slew of deleted messages.
It's basically a free-for-all these days.
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SwampG8r Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:42 PM
Response to Reply #17
28. why not
when as far as you hillary folks re concerned its ok to "call a spade a spade"
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:45 PM
Response to Reply #28
30. Huh?
I dont' get it.

surely you're not stupid enough to think the phrase "call a spade a spade" has racial overtones? It's thousands of years old.
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apocalypsehow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:53 PM
Response to Reply #30
32. Ah, the feigned innocence. And a personal attack to boot. Charming
n/t.
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:55 PM
Response to Reply #32
35. What feigned innocence?
I"m sincerely curious if he believes that.
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apocalypsehow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:09 PM
Response to Reply #35
47. At this rate you're going to be trotting out the old "but some of my best friends are" business soon
So predictable. And sad.
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:26 PM
Response to Reply #47
68. I asked a sincere question
does he believe "calling a spade a spade" is a racial reference? Because I can prove very easily that it's not.
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apocalypsehow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:28 PM
Response to Reply #68
71. No, you didn't. And you well know it. Your act isn't fooling anybody with eyes and even a smattering
of familiarity with the English language. You well know what themes you're playing on - and it is a quite ugly show.
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:48 PM
Response to Reply #71
80. as usual
I have no fucking idea what you're talking about.

"Calling a spade a spade" is a many-centuries old expression - it goes back to ancient Greece. It has no racial overtones at all. I was trying to clarify whether the poster I responded to believed that it did.

I don't know why you jumped in, or what you're yammering about.
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apocalypsehow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 04:07 PM
Response to Reply #80
98. Yeah, there you go. Get that racially-charged phrase in there one more time - you've got to use
every opportunity to repeat it. Your use of it doesn't have anything to do with "ancient Greece," and you well know it. You are using it as a subtle slur.

"I don't know why you jumped in." - In case you haven't noticed, this is a discussion board.

"I have no fucking idea what you're talking about" - Oh yes you do.
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Bongo Prophet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 04:31 PM
Response to Reply #80
105. I gotta back up MF on this one - I used it in a song once, and looked it up.
Edited on Tue Apr-08-08 04:33 PM by Bongo Prophet
I wanted to check the etymology, just to make sure.
Yup, ancient greek.
To call a thing by its name without embellishment. To speak frankly.

It was the opening song in the conceptual piece, and I wanted to get it right.
Anti-authoritarian stuff, the quotes within are different voices...kinda barebones electronic hiphop, with helicopters and police soundefx.

Recorded in 1996, partly inspired by Clinton's hiring of Barry MacCaffery as drug czar.


Well, it’s time
it’s time
to call a spade a spade.
Time to shine the light
on this charade.
Sunday morning mannequin parade
mob mentality masked as moral crusade
Hitler’s children-the DARE brigade-
video cameras watch a 5am raid
“Constitution has been shredded-
we can see where this is headed...”

“...so this is how a police state’s made?!?”

Some people are addicted to power.
Some people feel the need to submit.
Society’s card is the Stricken Tower-
some say ‘just fold’em,
and be done with it.’
But who knows what comes from Chaos?
And who buys the time, and at what cost?
All in all we’ll never know
just how much we’ve lost.
Or maybe some small mutation
will rise up from within---
thematic variation,
so this is where it begins again.
This is where it begins...
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:16 PM
Response to Reply #30
57. It does have racial overtones, actually.
spade is another insulting term for a black person.
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SwampG8r Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:18 PM
Response to Reply #57
60. the point exactly
should i have included the sarcasm smiley?i knew the clinton supporters wouldnt get what i meant so i left it off as a test lol
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:56 PM
Response to Reply #60
91. but the expression has no racial overtones
just a phonetic connection with a word that does. Similarly, "niggardly" and "jigger" don't have racial overtones.
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bvar22 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 05:27 PM
Response to Reply #91
110. I have $100 for you....
..if you will walk through the Fisher Projects some night in New Orleans and explain to some local folks that "niggardly" and "jigger" and "calling a spade a spade" have no racial overtones.
:popcorn:

:rofl:
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OhioBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 10:04 PM
Response to Reply #91
133. you cannot be serious.
just b/c you looked something up in a book and determined for yourself that it doesn't have "racial overtones" doesn't mean that the terms are not used offensively.

Holy crap.

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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:49 PM
Response to Reply #57
85. I understand that
but the phrase "calling a spade a spade" does not. It's like saying "he won the pot with a King-high spade flush" has racial overtones - that's silly.
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Bongo Prophet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 04:42 PM
Response to Reply #57
106. But the phrase is older than the reference to race. Check this random house link
http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19970115

To call a spade a spade, which means, ironically for this discussion, 'to speak plainly and bluntly; to speak without euphemisms', is first found in Ancient Greece. The exact origin is uncertain; the playwright Menander, in a fragment, said "I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade," but Lucian attributes the phrase to Aristophanes. Later, Plutarch notes that "The Macedonians are a rude and clownish people who call a spade a spade."
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:14 PM
Response to Reply #17
54. I don't know about the OP...but the hypocrisy that comes to light sickens me.
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SOS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:55 PM
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90. Using "bitch" with impunity is reserved for Tina Fey
nt.
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 07:36 PM
Response to Reply #17
116. The Poll is from "DU in '04! I hope Skinner will do another one for "Modern Times"
because this OP is using "old news."
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Pryderi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:37 PM
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22. DO I HEAR A VOTE FOR, "STRUMPET"?
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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:38 PM
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24. I'll admit, I had to look that up...
:)


Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
strum·pet Audio Help /ˈstrʌmpɪt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun a prostitute; harlot.


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—Related forms
strum·pet·like, adjective
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:11 PM
Response to Reply #22
49. One of my fav Steppenwolf tunes!
Jaded Strumpet!

Otherwise, it sucks to hear/see women being called names here. Sexism is rampant in our society, and it is mirrored here.

You can call Hillary a stupid bitch... but don't you dare call Obama a black sonofabitch.
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Lucky 13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 04:07 PM
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99. I'm sorry, but your arguement is FLAWED.
You said: "You can call Hillary a stupid bitch... but don't you dare call Obama a black sonofabitch."

Comparing bitch to son-of-a-bitch - I get that and it actually makes for an interesting argument. I personally think they are comprible and in most contexts I don't find the word BITCH to be sexist. RUDE, but not sexist. I would also like to point out that I frequently use the word BITCH when insulting BOTH men and women. I'm an equal opportunity offender.

It's interesting you deliberately brought a racial component into it. You are using the word BLACK as an insult. You are saying you believe there is something inherently wrong with being BLACK. And in your analogy you compare BLACK to the word STUPID.

The word BITCH doesn't insinuate there is something inherently wrong about women. It insinuates there is something inherently wrong about BITCHES. There's a difference.

Hey, I don't have a problem with people using ANY WORD THEY LIKE - bitch, sonofabitch, asshole, dick, cunt, whatever. If behavior warrants it, then name call away! It's called free speech.

And if you want to throw in a racial component by calling Obama a black sonofabitch, you are WELL within your rights to do so. Have at it. Call him every despicable racial slur in the book. But use this language around any reasonable person and they will be APPALLED and OFFENDED. And it won't reflect badly on HIM. It will just make everyone think that you are an ignorant, dimwitted, racist, trashy BITCH.

Flame on.
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 07:31 PM
Response to Reply #99
115. Good GAWD please try to keep up...
The issue is...
Never mind.

And no, it is NOT ok to call Obama a black son of a bitch... jesus h. christ on a cracker...
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Pryderi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-10-08 07:47 AM
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134. The insult is gender, not racial. Call Obama a "prick", if you wish.
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 07:37 PM
Response to Reply #22
117. "STRUMPET and TROLLOP" are LOVELY WORDS! They can bypass anything...
and...I'm being SERIOUS...here!
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Beregond2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:41 PM
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26. Personally,
I have no problem with anyone using any obscene language they want. What bothers me is it's casual use. When every third word is "bitch" or "fuck" or "cocksucker" (and why that one is a term of abuse I don't get; sounds like praise to me,) then what is left to use when you really need some fine filth? I have resorted to stringing them together, as in "Godfuckingdamnitalltohell," but it's not convenient.

I have to laugh a bit over all the outrage over "cunt." Twenty years ago, "pussy" was just as bad, but no one thinks anything of that now. It is all so relative.
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Freddie Stubbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:42 PM
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27. It all depends on who's ox is being gored:
Condi Rice: ok

Hillary Clinton: maybe

Elizabeth Edwards: no way in hell
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:43 PM
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29. So "crazy bitch" can only
be applied to condi? :(
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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:46 PM
Response to Reply #29
31. apparently so...
maybe Laura also...and the brats...
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 02:56 PM
Response to Reply #31
37. That's too bad 'cause I
got one crazy bitch in mind that's right up there in contention.
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:01 PM
Response to Reply #37
39. Nobody should refer to Michelle Obama that way
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Mags Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:02 PM
Response to Reply #37
40. I hate the word.
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 07:55 PM
Response to Reply #29
120. Condi is a "Strumpet" who dressed in "Dominatrix Outfits of Black Coat and Spike Boots to
Edited on Tue Apr-08-08 07:58 PM by KoKo01
parade herself before the World and Bush...while she behaved in egregious fashion more befitting someone who worked in a "House of Ill Repute," than a Secretary of State.

Contemporary Language would say: "Condi strumpet's herself for her Pimp Bush by wearing Dominatrix Black Coat and Spike Heeled Boots to "show off her stuff" in front of the World and proves once again how far she will go to get "the money on the dresser, under the pillow or stuffed between her boobs" in her position as Secretary of State for the Bush/Cheney Criminal Enterprise.

I know this is very offensive language...so it does seem to go to "whose Ox is Being Gored."
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:04 PM
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42. This is a bizarre thread
And one that should be locked, IMHO.
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:05 PM
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44. Sadly, we're conditioned to ignore sexism...
You see it every day on billboards and on television.

The only way to prohibit that stupid girl riding a bull commercial would be to put her in blackface... the racism activists would have it shut down immediately. But, it's just some bitch riding all sexy on a mechanical bull, right?

:eyes:
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:24 PM
Response to Reply #44
66. What?
:wtf:

How would a lady in blackface be analogous to a sexy lady on a bull?!

There are racial stereotypes in the media every damn day. Not just sexist ones.

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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:27 PM
Response to Reply #66
70. Have you not seen the Carl's Jr. ad?
I think you should read my post again.

I never said there weren't any racial stwerotypes in the media, I'm just saying they tend to get taken care of right away. The sexist ones, not so much. The classist ones, never.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:48 PM
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82. I have... and I don't need to read it again.
No... sorry but those stereotypes are not "taken care of"... they draw in big box office bucks... lots of cd sales, etc.

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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 07:25 PM
Response to Reply #82
113. Which actors are furthering this? eom
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:07 PM
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45. That's what we call hypocrisy.
Sexism is a-ok if you don't like the person.
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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:12 PM
Response to Reply #45
51. DING DING DING DING
we have a winner
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:15 PM
Response to Reply #51
55. And in this thread we have people basically saying 'they'll call Condi anything they want'.
Selective outrage. Very nice.
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Hepburn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:08 PM
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46. I proudly wear the label of BITCH!
In fact, I truly am a practiced bitch and it took me YEARS to fully develop a 'tude like I have.

:evilgrin:
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sybylla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 04:57 PM
Response to Reply #46
107. Same here - I wear the label proudly
You know you're getting through when they call you a bitch.
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:09 PM
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48. A 4-year old poll?
Did someone slap your hand or something?
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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:13 PM
Response to Reply #48
52. You've been a member since 2003...
did you participate?
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 04:10 PM
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100. I don't remember it at all. n/t
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VotesForWomen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:13 PM
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53. clue: it does depend a little on who says it and what their intention is. nt
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bunnies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:21 PM
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63. Bookmarked. Again.
Youre a super snooper!
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Firespirit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:22 PM
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64. AFAIAC it's like the N word
Women can use it among other women as a word of camaraderie, and even empowerment.

Men had better not say it, because of the historical meaning it has usually carried when a man says it.
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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:27 PM
Response to Reply #64
69. So the bastardized form...
beyatch!

what's the PC forum to utilize that word
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Maribelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:33 PM
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73. I highly doubt 70% of DU Women approve.
What are you doing playing, like DU is MoveOn?
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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:37 PM
Response to Reply #73
74. Why don't you read the links in the orginal post?
......
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Maribelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:39 PM
Response to Reply #74
75. Why don't you add: '70% of those that bothered to vote' to your title?
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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:41 PM
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76. yeah, I forgot,
those 70% don't count right...

only the 18% who said it's not acceptable...got it...Huckabee numbers again..we don't do math
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Maribelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:45 PM
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78. Please. I would be amazed if as many as10% of DU women even voted in the poll.
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Lucky 13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:41 PM
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77. Well someone call the word police.
You people have nothing better to do with your time than to debate whether a WORD, is sexist? It's a WORD. A WORD is not sexist. A WORD is just a word.

I have no problem with the word bitch. I use it for men and women alike if warranted. It's just like calling a dude a dick or a son-of-a-bitch.

It's all about CONTEXT.

When Hillary was shouting "SHAME ON YOU, BARACK OBAMA!" acting all outraged fliers, I called her a bitch. FLIERS? In a political campaign?!?! Someone criticizing your stance on an issue? In a political campaign? OUTRAGEOUS!!

I saw that clip and rolled my eyes and thought, "God, what a bitch". Why? Because she was obviously feigning outrage and she was being mean and nasty and indignant and shouting - and unjustifiably so! Sorry, but I think calling her a bitch in that situation is PERFECTLY ok and NOT sexist.

Would you feel better if I called her an asshole? or fucker? or jackass? Are those words ok?

I'm so fucking sick of this shit. The world is not a PC place, nor would I want it to be. And spending all this time quibbling about verbage is SO FUCKING STUPID when compared with the atrocities women face all over the world. "Ohh it's so horrible people call Hillary a bitch! I can't believe all she has to go through. Waaa." Get over your fucking selves. Tell that to women in Afghanistan or South Africa. They'd tell you that you have no fucking CLUE what sexism really is.
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:48 PM
Response to Reply #77
81. Generally, when someone opens a post with 'you people'...the post is going to be garbage.
Holds true in this case as well. :puke:
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nichomachus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:47 PM
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79. Stupid post and very misleading headline
Saying something shouldn't be banned isn't the same a "approving" it.

Only right wingers use that logic.
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nichomachus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:48 PM
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83. Typical right-wing faux logic -- stupid post, misleading headine
Saying something should be banned is NOT the same as "approving" it.
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Thepricebreaker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:49 PM
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84. Damn things are getting hot around here.....
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:52 PM
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Marrah_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 04:12 PM
Response to Reply #87
101. Yes that photo is extremely offensive
and I really hope you think it is also.
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mkultra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 04:24 PM
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103. im not really sure
I mean, If it was photo-shopped or staged it would be.

Frankly, im not that it was as it looks real. So im asking what you think.

Is it staged and, if not:
Can something be unintentionally offensive?
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mkultra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 08:32 PM
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123. i guess we have our answer
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Nine Donating Member (472 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:54 PM
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88. I don't approve.
And I expect many of the 70% who voted in that 4-year-old limited poll may not approve of the word: Perhaps some simply favored greater leniency in language permitted on the board. Perhaps they thought it would be too much of a headache to try to enforce. Perhaps they preferred that posters reveal their true colors. Perhaps they favored that members police themselves in using such offensive language.

I personally do not recoil from the b-word as much as I do from, say, the n-word, or even the f-g-t-word. But I would not be sorry to see the term banned from this board, and I can't see how it adds anything to a constructive conversation. I don't like seeing even right-wingers I despise called such names. However, I suppose I am even more offended to see it applied to Hillary Clinton. Does that make me a hypocrite? I don't think so. The fact is that doing so compounds the vileness of using an offensive term with the also condemnable act of trashing one of our own candidates, and a figure who has been an important part of this Party for many decades. It's disrespectful - to her and to her supporters, many of whom are also long-time loyal Dems. I'm tired of my candidate and those of us who support her being treated like second-class citizens around here. I might be more likely to speak out against Hillary being called that word simply because as one of the few Clinton supporters still left on the board, I feel a greater responsibility to speak out on her behalf. But, no, I don't like to see that word used in reference to Rice, either.
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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 04:13 PM
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102. Thank you...
for your thoughtful and meaningful post :hi:
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Elidor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:54 PM
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89. This should in no way be construed as infringing on the right of self-appointed scolds
To tell us all how to behave. That is surely what they believe, anyway.
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SayitAintSo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 03:57 PM
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93. count me out n/t
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crankychatter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 04:03 PM
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96. I used the B word in front of my Mom, the Benjamin Spock pacifist, once...
...just once.

she windmilled me so fast, so hard, and so many times, my bell was ringing...

when my eyes uncrossed, as calm as could be, she leaned in and said,
"If I tell your father you said that, he will kill you."

My father used to say "It's not enough to punish an offender, you have to break them of the habit."

it worked for me
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 07:47 PM
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119. the "Benjamin Spock Pacifist!" I'm glad your Mom set you straight about that...you wouldn't be here
if she didn't ...unless you are a "Troll" or "other disruptor." Obviously you turned out okay....so :applause: for your MOM!
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 05:19 PM
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Left coast liberal Donating Member (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 05:21 PM
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109. Bitches get shit done...
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bvar22 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 05:33 PM
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111. You say the word "bitch"....
...like thats a bad thing. :shrug:

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GoldieAZ49 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 05:48 PM
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112. So Obama's your bitch, or you are his?
just to define which way it works.
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Buzz Clik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 08:02 PM
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122. So I can't call somebody a bitch? Fuck fuck fuckity fuck fuck fuck!
:mad:
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Auntie Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 08:38 PM
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124. I guess we got 70% Obama supporters here.
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 10:04 PM
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132. which makes "bitch" acceptable to apply to Hillary
Big surprise.

It is legitimate to use sexist language as long as the woman in question is a political opponent. This is the real DU rule.
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Lucky 13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-08-08 10:02 PM
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130. Stop it. All of you. CONDI IS NOT A BITCH.
She's not even a female. She's an android, devoid of all feelings and emotions.
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atal Donating Member (191 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-10-08 09:23 AM
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135. I second that..!
She's totally un-f...able
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