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Admins need to step in. F4lconF16 Jan 2015 #1
Nailed it. yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #10
+1 840high Jan 2015 #18
Admins = Elvis A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2015 #36
I stand corrected - Skinner's working on the problem. A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2015 #37
... F4lconF16 Jan 2015 #44
+1... SidDithers Jan 2015 #55
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I would vote #1 and #3 petronius Jan 2015 #2
It's always been this way Texasgal Jan 2015 #3
Completely depends on context. cheapdate Jan 2015 #4
You have the context here BainsBane Jan 2015 #12
I'm defending language. cheapdate Jan 2015 #13
We are talking about community standards, not a "ban" BainsBane Jan 2015 #16
Why would you bother to even pose a question cheapdate Jan 2015 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author caraher Jan 2015 #48
just to piss you off mercuryblues Jan 2015 #95
results are in Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #54
Thanks for the info. cheapdate Jan 2015 #57
personally, I find the word ... acceptable on DU3 for only two reasons = Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #58
The best and simplest explaination on this thread. marble falls Jan 2015 #88
All too often, context is merely an excuse. LanternWaste Jan 2015 #96
It's a useful word...if you want to be a misognyistic asshole YoungDemCA Jan 2015 #62
Good Lord. People use the word in casual, cheapdate Jan 2015 #63
Asshole is NOT gender specific. F4lconF16 Jan 2015 #71
If you, or anyone else, wants to permanently banish the word cheapdate Jan 2015 #80
Let me say what you just said, slightly differently: F4lconF16 Jan 2015 #82
It's very different if someone is driving in traffic cheapdate Jan 2015 #83
I'm out of things to say. F4lconF16 Jan 2015 #84
Yeah, I'm a "bigot". cheapdate Jan 2015 #85
Not at all, just a bit obtuse and argumentative. marble falls Jan 2015 #89
both words are used by yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #92
I voted #3. - nt KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #5
You can't if it's a female elected official. I got censured for that in the past. TheNutcracker Jan 2015 #6
HOw is it that it can go both ways...?? yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #8
If the N-word isn't acceptable the B-word shouldn't be either. alp227 Jan 2015 #7
A good question ... yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #9
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Please provide a link yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #43
There actually was a cracker thread. marble falls Jan 2015 #90
Perhaps, but that guy was yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #91
Yes and he really needed to go. marble falls Jan 2015 #94
Bitch should only be used ChazII Jan 2015 #14
I've used the expression "life's a bitch." You sayin that's not acceptable? InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2015 #29
I'd avoid it. F4lconF16 Jan 2015 #30
Read post #30 ChazII Jan 2015 #49
not thrilled with throwing the word around... BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2015 #15
Wow...I'm coming in late to this thread, but I have to tell you that I agree whathehell Feb 2015 #130
seriously. I fucking hate it so much. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2015 #132
I know EXACTLY how you feel, and whathehell Feb 2015 #133
yes, I read it a long time ago! BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2015 #134
Not acceptable. Shame on juror2 and 7. 840high Jan 2015 #17
If I posted and called some RW male politician a Bitch ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #20
Flame bait. n/t ColesCountyDem Jan 2015 #21
Who are you to decide what is an acceptable thread in HOF? BainsBane Jan 2015 #32
A DU-er who's entitled to an opinion about a 'greatest' post, that's who. ColesCountyDem Jan 2015 #38
Welp... F4lconF16 Jan 2015 #45
"I hope you don't stick around long." A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2015 #60
This is more than a META posting yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #46
Well excuse us. sheshe2 Jan 2015 #81
Is flame bait better or worse than groveling for other people's money numerous times? LanternWaste Jan 2015 #97
Try ATA. A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2015 #123
I don't think he's gonna like the answer. JTFrog Jan 2015 #124
They should take getting blocked A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2015 #126
Indeed. n/t JTFrog Jan 2015 #127
This message was self-deleted by its author JTFrog Jan 2015 #125
Bullshit. This is a feminist group and we CAN discuss gender slurs.. whathehell Feb 2015 #131
Voted #2 sarcastically. Here's the icon just in case that's not clear why I voted that way: freshwest Jan 2015 #22
Is it ok if I call myself a bitch? I'm proud of it! mackerel Jan 2015 #23
Why are you proud of it? fbc Jan 2015 #24
It's just slang where I live. It's just another word to play with and the craic is mad! mackerel Jan 2015 #26
Of course it's ok ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #33
I oppose the use of vulgar language on DU because it reduces the level of conversation from JDPriestly Jan 2015 #25
You first :P mackerel Jan 2015 #27
My problem with the B word and other similar epithets is that they don't really mean anything JDPriestly Jan 2015 #35
I'd like to see how many DUers are upset with the word. I don't use it (anymore) because it... BlueJazz Jan 2015 #28
If I used a word that offended someone BainsBane Jan 2015 #34
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You said > BlueJazz Jan 2015 #47
All of those meanings convey a view of women as inferior BainsBane Jan 2015 #56
I understand. Color me enlightened. BlueJazz Jan 2015 #59
Can you please label this as a HOF thread? BainsBane Jan 2015 #31
fixed. yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #39
of course it is sexist, and being used on a progressive democratic board with a lot of justification seabeyond Jan 2015 #50
Many of these people are not allies, not progressives, and oftentimes, not Democrats YoungDemCA Jan 2015 #61
Sadly I am begining to see this yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #72
+1 F4lconF16 Jan 2015 #87
So is calling Dems "pussies" ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #51
yes. everyone is aware enough to know, when they make the choice to use these words, they are seabeyond Jan 2015 #52
Sexists hiding inside bigots ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #53
Sea, can't we start some kind of post in GD yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #65
yui, we have had OP after OP in GD. in Meta. in ATA. i know for a fact there was one in ATA seabeyond Jan 2015 #66
God, thats terrible... yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #68
i pretty much quit talking. i fave finally about gotten all my hide off. prior to that, i was kicked seabeyond Jan 2015 #69
I don't understand, how this can happen here.. yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #70
+1 Precisely. nt BainsBane Jan 2015 #86
here is hte hide i am talking about that luminous brought to HOF. the OP was hidden. what she was seabeyond Jan 2015 #67
why was there no alert on that posting? yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #64
There was-- it failed ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #73
That totally sucks. yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #74
It is sad ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #75
not to mention xenophobia.... yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #77
they gained control on du3, since it was set up for their success. but... thru out the net our seabeyond Jan 2015 #76
I don't know if it will help but yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #78
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DU used to REGULARLY and WITHOUT EXCEPTION lock posts that used the word Miles Archer Jan 2015 #79
Can Derek and Romaine use it on the radio? FrodosPet Jan 2015 #98
Because they use it doesn't make it right. yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #99
the poster has plenty of posts in this thread, to educate him about the harm, in the use of the word seabeyond Jan 2015 #100
You are incorrect FrodosPet Jan 2015 #102
what is being called out has nothing to do with any type of friendly social greeting. seabeyond Jan 2015 #103
Yes, please stop alienating all of the people who use "Bitch" as a friendly social greeting. A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2015 #104
I was going to say... yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #105
They'll become alienated once-friendly social greeting terrorists. A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2015 #107
Curious gcomeau Jan 2015 #101
You do understand that insulting someone yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #106
And where exactly on the forum... gcomeau Jan 2015 #108
where DO you engage yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #109
I don't. gcomeau Jan 2015 #111
blocked.... boston bean Jan 2015 #112
wow I can't even believe that was said.. yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #113
That is one of the strangest justifications for calling a woman a bitch I've ever heard ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #114
The logic is quite clear BainsBane Jan 2015 #122
and this is the attitude you suggest for a progressive, liberal, Democratic Web Site? Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #115
Very interesting I'd say. ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #116
curious, even Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #117
Even once one parses out the varied implications, and comes to a solid conclusion ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #118
yes, very odd ... I know I have come to a very solid conclusion Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #119
should this be its own thread? yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #120
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not a big fan of it, because it seems very gender-specific Skittles Jan 2015 #121
Never was liberal N proud Jan 2015 #128
Agreed..and will say more.. yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #129
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