Letters to the Editor
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about mother-fucking and other commands
Of course, were I to call someone a "mother-fucker", I wouldn't be stating a belief that said person has sex with his mother. What I would be stating is "You are as disgusting as someone who would fuck his own mother." Likewise cock-sucker, nigger-lover, etc.
Words have power. Even if we forget what they really mean when we say them.
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female politicians in America
When I lived in Texas, Ann Richards was governor, and I never heard this kind of vitriol directed against her. Ann was not beloved by everybody, but she was smart, tough, classy, and did not have a sex addicted husband as a liability. Nobody in Texas would have dared called Ann Richards a name.
Right now where I live Jennifer Granholm is governor. She isn't quite in Ann Richards' class (wish we had you back Ann, I mean that), and there are people who absolutely do not like her, but you don't hear these slurs. You just don't.
I think it is absolutely wrong to use a misogynist slur against Hillary Clinton. BUT we have to understand that there are successful women politicians in this country and this isn't JUST happening because Clinton's a woman, but because she's a woman who's perceived as bitchy, underhanded, and sleazy(in the business dealings sense), and people hate her husband.
I truly believe if Jennifer Granholm ran for president she'd have a better chance of winning than Hillary Clinton. I'm very worried about a Clinton nomination. I think she's the one Democrat the Republicans could beat. And it has nothing to do with her being a woman.
What I'm trying to say is that this isn't JUST a woman thing, and I don't think any woman who ran for President would be subjected to this egregrious treatment by virtue of gender alone. I think we are already past that stage and have seen many women top politicians. I think this is something to do with Hillary herself. The Clintons just awaken the beast in the people who do not like them. And I'm sorry to say there are many Democrats among that number.
And Broadsheet needs to get over boosting her just because she's a woman. Is she the best candidate for women's interests? That's another question, isn't it, and one I don't think can be answered in the affirmative.
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One Word.
Bush.
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Relations of "THAT" word.
queen
cunning
queynte m.e.
quaint
acquaintance
quintesence
ken
know
kind
cony and coney as in coney island
constable (it's a joke in shakespeare)
the prefix gyn
cunnelinguis
cunneiform
the prefix con as in conquest, confound, confuse, contact, etc. (with and against - makes perfect sense)
and so on.
I picked up a copy of Shakespeare's Bawdy when i was in college which lets you in on all the jokes and puns we don't usually get today.
If we weren't sex obsessed domesticated apes we would be the dominant species on the planet. Well, at least that's what most of those apes think.
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The Class-less writing for the stupid
Are you kidding? Was this thought up by 15 year olds? I hope so... not only is it class-less... it's hate speech. If I call Obama a **** or a ****** or a slung ******. It would be called hate speech. So is this. Law suits will be pending.
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@rupert's post
Did you just say cunnilingus?
Oh I like that word! In fact, use it frequently, OK? Lots of cunnilingus!
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Lawsuits will be pending
Hope so, because I think you are right.
That said I still don't really want her for my president.
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Cuntradictions
As a Hillary supporter, I love this post and the ensuing sexist comments. This will only keep fueling the backlash about to be unleashed by women voters (as happened in New Hampshire.)
Women are quietly fuming about the vitriolic, hateful language used to attack Hillary, and we are the majority of voters.
We've fought Male Chauvinist Pigs before and will do it again.
Oink
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More Ways to Call Obama the N-word
I don't think that headline would get very far. So why is it okay to use hate speech about a woman in your headline? C'mon. Wake-up here. Hate speech about women is no less damning than about african americans.
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@ rupert c
I really don't understand the point of your etymology lesson. "Cu-", it has been argued, is a root word for that which is sexually feminine. But "C*nt" is a slur. Most of the words you listed, while they may (or may not; this isn't a universally accepted theory) also be referencing feminine attributes ("Coney" is a female rabbit, eg), they are not, in general usage (ok, except for sometimes "Queen"), insults!
I can't imagine saynig to a black person "Don't forget, "nigger" has the same root word as "night!" See? It's not insultig!"
And at any right, you could invent your own slang any time you feel like it. (A g-rated example is Theo Huxtable and his buddies calling attractive women "burgers" on "The Cosby Show"), but if you mean "a worthless being useful only for forcible sex" when you say "burger" or "spoon" of "foo-foo" ... it's ugly.
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To Durian Joe
"You're right about the link between misogyny and homophobia. I've already stated that though I'm an Edwards supporter, if it comes down to Clinton or Obama, I want Clinton to win because as bad as racism is, this country's misogyny and macho identity has led to even worse problems. A woman President can do a lot to end this stupidity."
I have been thinking a lot about what you wrote in the past two days, and it has been a thought on my mind for the past year. As a father of both a daughter and interracial children I have decided that at this time over coming the racial divide means a lot more to me than correcting inequality regarding gender. For the past 20 years of my life I have been out spoken more in favor of feminism (though in own twist that women should never see their sexuality and sexual capabilities, or perceived lack there of, as impediments) than of racial equality, but I see gender inequality as inevitably vanishing (I have written about that many times before when I predicted that slowly the legislatures and CEO boards will reach a 50-50 split between men and women), but the dismantling of the racial (or ethnic) divide is not inevitable, nor is it even certain. I would rather see gender inequality vanish sooner rather than later, but it will vanish (unless peak oil sends the world back to the dark ages), but will my children be able to marry African Americans (or American Muslims) without it being considered controversial by many?
MLK had a dream, and as I said, I have it framed on my bedroom wall.
From the beginning I never saw Obama as a black man (few people did), but rather as an interracial man. True, Obama's father was African, which is why Obama's skin is darker than that of most African Americans, but his father left when he was 2 years old. Obama was raised by his white mother in his early childhood and then by his white grandparents in his teenage years. Obama is a biracial man, and he is a stronge figure among us that are truly color blind in regards to race, heritage, or ethnic back ground.
Starting back in January of 2007 I had strong feelings for both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, which is why I have praised both of them, but as of late I have started to lean towards Obama as I do not like Bill and Hillary's negative campaigning against a fellow Democratic, at a time when I want unity and the political, racial, ethnic, and gender divides transcended.
Also keep in mind Obama never played the gender card in any shape of form, and never compared Clinton to Susan B Anthony in a questionable way.
In the 2008 general election the main women's issue that concerns me is Roe vs Wade, and all of the Democrats have made it clear that they will protect that ruling, and all the Republicans candidate, with the exception of Rudy, have said they would work to get it over ruled.