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Luminous Animal

(27,310 posts) Wed Jul 16, 2014, 03:14 AM Jul 2014

Are you okay with the right wing calling Hillary Clinton a bitch? [View all]

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Are you okay with the right wing calling Hillary Clinton a bitch? [View all] Luminous Animal Jul 2014 OP

I'm 'ok' with the 1st amendment... Hofbrau Jul 2014 #1

Maybe the goal should be better speech rather than more speech. Gravitycollapse Jul 2014 #3

Hence the second part of that statement... Hofbrau Jul 2014 #8

Uh, that's not necessarily protected by the First Amendment. moriah Jul 2014 #9

You are overthinking it a bit... Hofbrau Jul 2014 #11

What I'm saying is, if you really do "reserve the right to curse out anyone"..... moriah Jul 2014 #12

Sigh... Hofbrau Jul 2014 #13

Those consequences may also be legal ones, despite you thinking it's protected speech. moriah Jul 2014 #22

Yes, I'm afraid we have.. whathehell Jul 2014 #26

Clearly, you are H2O Man Jul 2014 #39

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I'd say that H2O Man Jul 2014 #43

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Actually, H2O Man Jul 2014 #46

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I wonder if that troll was someone's sock. nt redqueen Jul 2014 #84

Thanks, same here, card carrying ACLU member Warpy Jul 2014 #57

As is calling Obama a n****r a compliment to him. Luminous Animal Jul 2014 #60

St. Bonaventure. Chan790 Jul 2014 #80

So, you are okay with calling Obama a n****r. Because, you know. Free speech! Luminous Animal Jul 2014 #58

OK with saying it? No. OK with the right to say it? Yes. Throd Jul 2014 #92

The first amendment applies to government prosecution, etc., not to your opinion. merrily Jul 2014 #61

I don't really care what they call her... TreasonousBastard Jul 2014 #2

Not true, when you continue to ignore the nastiness, it tends to increase in volume.... AuntPatsy Jul 2014 #5

stupid move, just makes women angry and riles up the clintonites nt msongs Jul 2014 #4

But that's obviously the point. betsuni Jul 2014 #6

more relevant is whether WE call her a bitch Enrique Jul 2014 #7

I'm surprised such posters weren't PPRed. delrem Jul 2014 #10

Do you have an instance of that? joshcryer Jul 2014 #15

no, but I don't care much about the individual poster Enrique Jul 2014 #16

agree, I don't care what the right calls her. I care about what we call her. As long as it's not Katashi_itto Jul 2014 #73

Not especially, but... Spider Jerusalem Jul 2014 #14

Not to mention there are plenty of profane insults one can use which don't necessarily invoke gender nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #65

My answer is No JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #17

Frankly, I am NOT OK with ANYONE using BlueMTexpat Jul 2014 #18

Very well said. redqueen Jul 2014 #27

+1,000 CountAllVotes Jul 2014 #31

agree, not against any Republican woman either or anyone nt steve2470 Jul 2014 #71

Don't like it JoDog Jul 2014 #19

Just because two well-empowered women think it is OK that CBGLuthier Jul 2014 #35

Why doesn't it? Do you how long it takes to proudly own the title of Bitch? I worked long and hard Hestia Jul 2014 #50

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Really. I watched my daughter being called a bitch because she didn't smile when a random stranger Luminous Animal Jul 2014 #62

And if not incomprehensible, then awfully strawman-y... n/t nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #66

Touche! RobinA Jul 2014 #75

Why do you think that how you and your friends use the words matters? redqueen Jul 2014 #86

No. But I'm fine with the left wing calling her a pro wall street middle of the roader nt. el_bryanto Jul 2014 #20

And I'm not OK with DU doing it either. nt TBF Jul 2014 #21

I'm not okay with anyone calling her a bitch, Gormy Cuss Jul 2014 #23

I agree. nt cyberswede Jul 2014 #25

I'm not okay with primitive, juvenile name-calling and bullying LWolf Jul 2014 #24

Much of the right wing dialog is that of a 7th grade playground. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2014 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author lostincalifornia Jul 2014 #29

There are DUers who will call and raise ANYTHING that she is called by the right. 11 Bravo Jul 2014 #30

I am not okay with the right wing calling ANYBODY a bitch. Why limit it to Clinton? djean111 Jul 2014 #32

Now that is a tough one because of course we do not approve of it, but CBGLuthier Jul 2014 #33

No. And people should also refrain from snarky comments conservaphobe Jul 2014 #34

no, but Spirochete Jul 2014 #36

I don't care one way or the other. Polite political discourse is a thing of the past... badtoworse Jul 2014 #37

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I don't really care about much of anything the right wing says. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2014 #41

It would be better if they didn't do it, but why should anybody be surprised? tularetom Jul 2014 #42

No but it doesn't surprise me sarisataka Jul 2014 #44

As long as I can call Dick Cheney a dick, I figure it is all even. McCamy Taylor Jul 2014 #47

Many DUers have called conservative figures worse... HooptieWagon Jul 2014 #48

I don't like it when anyone calls another person that. It's a sexist slur. nt Zorra Jul 2014 #51

IDON'Tagree with ayone calling Hillary or any other public figure a "B",but napi21 Jul 2014 #52

If the real-world result is that it contributes substantially to them losing a big election to her Warren DeMontague Jul 2014 #53

Anybody who voted yes should be banned from this site. eom MohRokTah Jul 2014 #55

What about Sarah Palin? Would it be okay to call her a bitch? Luminous Animal Jul 2014 #56

Its just a dishonorable thing to do and it would show nilesobek Jul 2014 #63

it's not OK imho to call Sarah Palin a bitch steve2470 Jul 2014 #69

It's not okay to cal ANYBODY that word. eom MohRokTah Jul 2014 #72

it's the usual pathetic folk Skittles Jul 2014 #88

Hell no RobertEarl Jul 2014 #59

I don't think the word should be banned but it's an ugly word I never use aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2014 #64

That's fiction, though. I've laughed at plenty of things in movies that would horrify me IRL. n/t nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #67

The right is full of some real idiots Gothmog Jul 2014 #68

Screw 'em. doxydad Jul 2014 #70

It's expected from the GOP and I can't say much since I've call GOP women a whole lot worse. Vinca Jul 2014 #74

Fuck no nt ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #76

No, but a lot of people here seem to excuse it from LW Clinton haters bluestateguy Jul 2014 #77

It isn't ok mindem Jul 2014 #78

that is when they are being nice dembotoz Jul 2014 #79

No, I'm not OK with the RW calling her that epithet. Beacool Jul 2014 #81

It's inevitable - It's how she handles it that counts... lame54 Jul 2014 #82

How do we beat the bitch? Sheldon Cooper Jul 2014 #83

I oppose anyone calling anyone else a bitch. MineralMan Jul 2014 #85

Question Needs An Answer? ProfessorGAC Jul 2014 #87

NO. Of course, the right wing WILL do it treestar Jul 2014 #89

Now who do think their calling Clinton a "bitch" reflects poorly on? rock Jul 2014 #90

It's not a great term AndreaCG Jul 2014 #91

I oppose their very existence so I would oppose them calling her a child of God. TheKentuckian Jul 2014 #93