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In reply to the discussion: "If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set." Great screed from FB [View all]A HERETIC I AM
(24,366 posts)43. I appreciate your comment, but please rest assured....
I know EXACTLY the connotation, the reference, the applicability and frankly, the tone with which that term is used in British vernacular.
Yassee...I've been over there and have British friends, dontchaknow!
Entirely too many people on this board have for years now, taken every single opportunity they can find to be offended.
And after 15 and a half years as a member of DU, I have finally arrived at the point where I just don't give a fuck anymore.
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"If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set." Great screed from FB [View all]
A HERETIC I AM
Feb 2019
OP
"except when he's among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a sneivling sidekick instead".
SammyWinstonJack
Feb 2019
#6
So the n-word would be acceptable just as long as it's in quotation marks. Got it.
catbyte
Feb 2019
#21
I am a woman and a feminist and did not take offense at the use of the world.
smirkymonkey
Feb 2019
#82
For the record, I don't find schmuck or putz offensive either and I know many
smirkymonkey
Feb 2019
#83
It is germane to the discuss. Perhaps not the discussion you want to have, but...
Cuthbert Allgood
Feb 2019
#58