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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:27 AM Original message |
Poll question: Poll and discussion: Is the word 'bitchslap' considered rude or offensive? |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. Why do you want to beat female dogs? . . . |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. It's not just females only it applies to |
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novalib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 05:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
38. Whiny and Childish Means ---------y? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 09:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
49. I agree that this is also misogynistic, comparison with "blackface" |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 06:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
42. fer bein' ugly. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. What do I think about it? I don't |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. M'kay, then. |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
5. Many here apparently find it offensive...I don't see it but do what you |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Isn't it the truth? n/t |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Hey, sometimes it can be fun to watch people fume over supposed insults |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Some people are motherfuckers. |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:16 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. My advisor last two years of college (1974-1976) wrote "Eve's Seed" an.. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:42 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I'm familiar with the idea, if not that particular work |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:55 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. A very interesting question and I have a 35 year old story that fits but |
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diamondsndust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:36 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. i never took motherfucker as a sexual term, implying incest .. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:43 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Doesn't that imply incest? n/t |
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diamondsndust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:54 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. No... fucking someone over on a deal has *nothing* to do with |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:59 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I'm sorry, I saw |
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diamondsndust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 02:10 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. No problem... |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
7. I never found it offensive. |
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itzamirakul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
8. If being "verbally bitchslapped" shut Rush Limbaugh up then |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
9. i never viewed it in male/female terms |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
12. Of course it's offensive! |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
13. It's derogatory and demeaning toward women |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:44 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Okay, fair enough, *if* it's being used toward a woman |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 02:39 AM Response to Reply #19 |
31. It's still a derogatory term regarding women no matter who uses it |
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man4allcats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
15. Personally, I think it promotes bias |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:53 AM Original message |
Thanks for the thoughtful post |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
26. I see it as exactly the opposite |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 02:11 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I can accept that too |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
20. it's offensive to the bitch-slapee |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:56 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I know, that made me giggle too n/t |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
21. LOL this again? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
27. Not offensive, but not particularly clever, either. n/t |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
30. I don't think I would use it. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 03:25 AM Response to Original message |
32. I guess it depends on if you've ever been on the receiving end of an |
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Mandate My Ass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 05:50 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. It is callous. And I have been there too |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
33. OK, I'm amazed at those who do not find this offensive. |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
34. WTF?! Actually, I've always found it a funny term. n/t |
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kedrys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
35. In polite company, I usually use "troutslap" instead |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 06:01 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Fish hater! |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 07:01 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. but that's how you keep them in their plaice. |
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kedrys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 08:37 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. Excellent smilie! |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
36. I do. I find it sexist and offensive. How 'bout Arnie's famous line? |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 07:00 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. One doesn't need an imagination to find offense everywhere. n/t |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 09:27 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Yes, but some are more obviously obnoxious than others. |
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novalib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
37. It's HIGHLY Offensive |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
39. When I was growing up, the only definition of 'bitchslap' I knew |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 07:32 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. The Urban Dictionary apparently doesn't include Olde English roots |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
46. I used "wheelchair-bound" in an OP and was informed it's offensive |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 09:38 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. If people would do a bunch less cringing and get to the point, we |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 10:46 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. It seems you got to the point but didn't make the point........ |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:41 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Saying whatever is a risk one takes daily. I will only not say something |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. It's a simple thing to have enough self-respect to respect other people. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:32 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. You are not calling me a selfish jerk or saying that I have no self |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:48 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Thank you. No I'm not. The first statement stands on its own. Simple |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:49 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Ok then. Peace! LOL |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
53. don't make me bring out my pimp hand |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
58. Considered? Probably By Some. Is It? Not To Me It Isn't. Not By A Long |
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