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Related: About this forumif a group, a large group, of people, men and women, are walking down the street...
and someone somewhere yells out, "You are nothing but a worthless whore!"....who turns around?
who gets insulted?
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if a group, a large group, of people, men and women, are walking down the street... (Original Post)
islandmkl
Apr 2016
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If you are trying to conflate "corporate whore" with "worthless whore", you are failing.
djean111
Apr 2016
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djean111
(14,255 posts)1. If you are trying to conflate "corporate whore" with "worthless whore", you are failing.
That's all.
islandmkl
(5,275 posts)3. actually, it is a certain group who is conflating the two...by inference...
triggering their 'outrage'...
Avalux
(35,015 posts)2. BZZZT! Wrong, just wrong. n/t
tonedevil
(3,022 posts)4. Who turns around..
if you shout out "you are nothing but a corporate whore"? Who gets offended? Apparently the answer is Secretary Clinton's supporters. I guess they know a corporate whore when they see one.
Pro tip: the modifier changes or modifies the noun. Different modifiers make different changes. Hope that helps.
JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)7. If there was a "Like" button here - I like!
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)5. Absolutely Island. And you will mostly be ignored, but that is exactly the point and it is not
gender neutral and I will not pretend it is.
Throwing Democratic in front still is calling a woman a whore. Just do not throw the word at us. As a nation, it is directed at all women. Not men. They think it is cutsey. They are not being called that from 12 on.
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)6. I finally just added the word, "whore" to my trash can
Only works on the thread titles.