2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumI don't like the term "c*******e w***e", it demeans actual w***es
W***es are powerless people who are usually forced one way or another to do something most of us would find horribly degrading simply in order to survive.
Those politicians who sell out their constituents to corporations for a few favors or dollars on the other hand are powerful people acting traitorously for their own aggrandizement, something not even in the same moral universe as what the average w***e does and not in a good way.
Stop demeaning w***res by comparing them to corrupt politicians.

boston bean
(36,674 posts)JackInGreen
(2,975 posts)that was Hillary tonight, but you knew that
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Please be specific.
senz
(11,945 posts)Too bad you can't face it.
JackInGreen
(2,975 posts)Unlike CWs you can appreciate PALPABLY successful services rendered, with the C****** Wh*** YOU'RE the one getting fucked.
JimDandy
(7,318 posts)Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)So you go to the club, pay big bucks for the long teasing lap dance and lots of bottles of "champagne" but then they disappear in the back room with someone else for five bucks and tell you to get lost?
You know who got screwed on that deal.
JimDandy
(7,318 posts)or some other benefit. Motivation or status (rich, poor, powerful, powerless) are not part of its definition.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)I don't necessarily disagree with that either.
JimDandy
(7,318 posts)Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Maybe even especially if you work for yourself.
TM99
(8,352 posts)nor my integrity.
And that is what distinguishes them from sex workers.
There is a very good reason why Media Whores Online was popular in the early 2000's. Oh, lest we forget that just because a Democrat is in office and we are in a Democratic Primary that yes indeed there are still male and female corporate whores on both sides of the aisle who will compromise their ethics (if they even have any!) and their integrity (if they have any!) all for power, money, and influence.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Mentioned nothing about ethics or integrity.
delrem
(9,688 posts)So they have trouble.
Professional attack dogs like David Brock are paid to play off of that lack of understanding and to play into their target's emotional responses. It's what guys like Brock studied and learned how to do, to become one of the highest paid operatives.
A lot more people do understand the concept of 'metaphor' but enjoy pretending that they don't, so go along with professional spinners like Brock both knowingly and willingly. For them it's just a kick.
Hard to tell the difference, sometimes.
TM99
(8,352 posts)then you would recognize the differences between denotations and connotations.
When the term is used as it is being done so here for more than a decade the inclusion of ethics and integrity is what distinguishes it from a simple sale for money or other benefits.
Come on, let's have a real adult discussion instead of an emotionally fueled secondary school rant.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)
TM99
(8,352 posts)to point out that if one got an education, they would understand the difference between denotations and connotations?
Well then, obviously you simply have an agenda instead of a real point.
Zira
(1,054 posts)to get beat by a bird.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)the vote was 7 to 0 to leave it.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Thanks...
B Calm
(28,762 posts)reddread
(6,896 posts)Bohemianwriter
(978 posts)They take corporate money to let them screw you over on a daily basis and making people vote to get screwed...
Buns_of_Fire
(18,098 posts)There *** ****** ****** ****** **** *** *** the ****** ** ******* ******* ************. ****, and *** **** **** **** ******* a ********** *** ***** ** ********** ** **** *** sexism **** **** **** ********** but *** ********, if ******* *********** *** ******** ** *** *** *** *****-***** ******* *** **** ******* **** ******** *** *** country.
I apologize for being so blunt, but there it is.
senz
(11,945 posts)and impossible to feel it for corporate whores. Because the latter sell our government out from under us. They betray us.
We should keep them out of the presidency.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)SusanCalvin
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AgerolanAmerican
(1,000 posts)pretty much means the same thing and if you slip accidentally it's easy to correct in stride