Remember when our President wasn't Russia's b**ch?

[allgood33]

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[obamanut2012]

1. If you need to use asteriks because it is a gendered slur, then do not use a gendered slur

Lackey, minion, stooge -- all better words to use.

Casual sexism and gendered language is still sexism and gendered language, even when used against sociopaths.

[DetlefK]

3. The other day I saw people lament that...

The other day I saw people lament that astronaut Alexander Gerst behaved like a sociopath and racist towards the robot CIMON when he was field-testing it aboard the ISS.

https://gizmodo.com/in-video-debut-cimon-the-iss-robot-throws-an-unexpecte-1830768737

1. He displayed body-language towards the robot that might or might not have been aggressive!
2. When the robot had a malfunction, wouldn't exit music-mode and accused him of being not nice, the astronaut dared to make an annoyed quip!
3. When another astronaut showed up, Alexander Gerst downplayed the accusations of the malfunctioning robot, which is a clear sign that Alexander Gerst is an abuser and sociopath!

OMG, can you believe that?

Can you believe that an astronaut would treat a defective chatbot as anything but a person?

And the astronaut is definitely also a racist because something-something white people.

[PatSeg]

7. Thanks!

We have some really serious issues to deal with these days. Sometimes we need to lighten up!

[PJMcK]

9. Yeah, own it

I've never understood why posters are willing to imply certain words but try to "hide" them by using asterisks. Like the reader doesn't know which word the writer means!

If you're going to curse, have at it! We're all adults and can handle so-called blue language. Otherwise, dig out your thesaurus and find a better word. English is a profoundly diverse and rich language so use it.

Otherwise, a writer just looks like a jackass.

It reminds me of a story that I unfortunately cannot remember the specific details. A famous author had written a somewhat racy book in which he repeatedly used "fug" in place of "fuck." (I believe his publisher insisted on this substitution.) At a book release party, the author was introduced to a famous and elegant actress. When the introductions were completed, she said, "Oh, you're the guy who doesn't know how to spell fuck!"

[RobertDevereaux]

14. That would be Norman Mailer...

In I’m guessing The Naked and the Dead.

“As much as the youthful Norman Mailer may have enjoyed inflating his self-image by inundating friend and foe with a superheated geyser of fucks, his favorite word wasn’t acceptable for the printed page in 1948. The disgruntled (read “pissed-off”) Mailer was forced to substitute the word fug for fuck in his gritty war novel The Naked and the Dead. The story goes that this prompted the waggish starlet Tallulah Bankhead to say upon first meeting Mailer, “So you’re the young man who can’t spell fuck.” If Mailer never wanted to see—or say—another fug in his life, there was a counterculture rock group that thought the euphemism was the ideal name to have to “stick it to” the establishment of the 1960s.”

[PJMcK]

15. Yep, that's the tale!

Thanks, RobertDevereaux. I thought it was Mr. Mailer but I wasn't sure. I also thought it was Katherine Hepburn so I'm glad to have the correct information.

Enjoy your day.

[LexVegas]

10. It's the new DU. nt

[Rizen]

2. And Republicans don't care

as long as Russia is a white country.

[orangecrush]

5. Interesting post.

[mtngirl47]

6. I actually heard that comment from a man who was lamenting that the US

is "letting in so many 3rd worlders" (read: brown people) into our country.

He praised Russia for being a white country. There is no doubt--the support for Trump is about racism.

[empedocles]

4. Significant, that trump who hates all criticism and vehemently responds to it, so meekly submits,

to putin's ridicule.

[NCjack]

8. I prefer presidents who weren't captured by Russia. nt

[Achilleaze]

11. I certainly remember truth, integrity & honor

The good old days When America Was Great.

[GoCubsGo]

12. Those were the days.

I look forward to the day when those "cyberbombs" he had planted in the Russian Internet get detonated.

[Blue_true]

13. Why not use Russia's "Pawn". Shows correct analysis without the offense.

I can be rough on the edges, but I try to avoid gender insult language.

I agree totally with your sentiment, just not your choice of expressing it.