Corporate whore was used on this board for years until Hillary ran for president,

[JRLeft]

it's been used against Sara Palin, and Carly Fiorina.

No one complained, but if it's used against Hillary it's sexist? Oh please!

Corporate whore has been against male politicians too. It's no different than the term corporstist.

The faux outrage is used to try to stop ant criticism of the corrupted Madam Secretary Hillary Clinton.

How long before bought and paid for is considered sexist too?

I call bullshit on the fake assistance outrage.

[geek tragedy]

1. 1) it is sexist 2) we aren't running for President. nt

[JRLeft]

6. No it's not, I'm sure you were complaining when it was used against republican women, right?

[geek tragedy]

10. yes I did actually, when Alan Grayson did it.

Precisely because it's always wrong, and if you don't object it being directed at Sarah Palin, you can't object to it against Hillary Clinton or Elizabeth Warren.

[JRLeft]

11. Prove it.

[JTFrog]

16. Here you go.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026989341

And for the life of me, I'm now trying to figure out why in the fuck that thread was locked as disruptive meta. A post linking two articles about the use of sexist words was locked as disruptive meta. That's how fucked up this place is.

[JRLeft]

25. Corporate whore

has been used against both female and male politicians. K-Street is a lobbyists haven.

[JTFrog]

27. You asked for proof. There is it. Don't go moving those goalposts again. n/t

[JRLeft]

52. You didn't provide proof as far as I'm concerned.

[bettyellen]

152. the hosts would argue against feminist issues because "identity politics" were a distraction.....

this bullshit started years ago.

[gabeana]

44. Is it wrong to call a man a corporate whore?

or is that ok

[JTFrog]

12. Yes, we have. Many of us here speak up when sexist shit is aimed at Republican women or

just any woman in general. It's not a pick and choose thing.

But thanks for playing.

[scscholar]

130. If the accusation is correct, then what is the problem?

It's just disgusting when Sanders has his people spew this hate.

[riderinthestorm]

13. Your faux outrage is ensuring "corporate whore" = Hillary even more firmly.

Keep it up!

Sooner or later you'll have it.as the number one linkage for Google searches.

[geek tragedy]

14. Oh no, dudebros on the Internet might insult her using misogyny.

That would be a radical departure from the current reality

[riderinthestorm]

22. Google searches are misogynistic? Do tell...

I thought it was an amalgamator using a formula of key search words and linkages but if you've got other info on how it matches keywords I'm interested.

[Fawke Em]

136. BTW, calling women who support Bernie, "bros" is far more sexist

than using the term, "corporate whore."

Just saying.

[Lizzie Poppet]

17. It's not sexist in that context, and the poutrage is utter bullshit.

Fake-ass "my fee-fees haz a hurted" asshattery...to cover up the fact that it's a damned accurate descriptor in this case. Myu on;ly objection is that it might be considered (by those with little grasp of context_) as a slur against sex workers.

[tex-wyo-dem]

37. Definition of whore...

Definition of whore
1
: a woman who engages in sexual acts for money : prostitute; also : a promiscuous or immoral woman
2
: a male who engages in sexual acts for money
3
: a venal or unscrupulous person

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whore

I think we can all agree that: 1.) the term is not gender specific and 2.) definition 3: is the proper application of the word when referring to "corporate whores".

Well, we can all agree unless you are a Hillary supporter and choosing to "catapult the propaganda" of Brock and company.

[Dragonfli]

45. Definition of Corporate whore...

The term has such a distinctive and well known meaning and used so often it is definable and defensible. For those of you that rarely talk politics or are simply pretending to be too dumb to know the meaning of the word employed in political context, be assured it is very well known and defined especially by the politically literate.

[font size="5" color="blue"][center]corporate whore[/center][/font]


One who has sold more than their labor to the corporation; one who has forsaken personal values and constitution for corporate $$; meaning of "whore" belittled when preceded by the word “corporate”; person who will sell their soul for $$.
My efforts are not driven by my passion for work, but by my own gluttony, my addition to money. I have become what I once despised—forsaken myself, I am a corporate whore.

Some of them are Republicans, some of them are Democrats, but few have so openly sacrificed their values at the corporate alter of greed. As Bill and Hilary Clinton (within our party at least)

[JRLeft]

61. Thank you, Eric Cantor was a big time corporate whore.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

73. Why have you NEVER complained before about the use of the phrase in your ENTIRE history at DU? nt

[geek tragedy]

75. why are you UNABLE to use the search function?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/125528182
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026991183#post8

where's the "drop mike" smiley?

[ChisolmTrailDem]

78. So, one instance in 2015. What about all the other times it was used and you said nothing? nt

[geek tragedy]

79. your sea lioning bores me.

when people do speak up and object every time, we get called SJWs and politically correct thought police by those such as yourself.

Last word is yours. try to make it worthwhile.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

80. Again, why did you not say anything all the other times it was used on DU? nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

91. It has been used though the history of the site

and it started very specifically at Dubya... at the time none objected to it, or to the term media whore (which MSNBC is a particular textbook example at the moment).

I will be brutal (and risk a hide) but some of the folks on this site who claim to do this for women's rights, really should stop policing language in a tendentious way. And yes, that is exactly what they are doing... language police, when convenient. These are the same people who cannot see the pretty open antisemitism on this site, including images that are both anti catholic and antisemitic. Those are fine and match community standards. They are the same exact folks who ignore stories of poverty, or labor, or civil rights, unless they can somehow twist it.

And many of us are sick and tired of that shit...

Speaking of labor... need to do an equipment check for the ever so popular morning run with the fight for 15 folks.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

94. And she refuse to answer my question. Probably put me on ignore, which is fine with me. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

96. She puts none on ignore, she is just good at ignoring your question

hmm need to go find a lens hood... where did I place it? Nice sunny day

[ChisolmTrailDem]

97. Keep up the good work, my friend! nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

98. Thanks I should go, taking the trolley I think

[JRLeft]

155. I wish I could recommend your post.

[nadinbrzezinski]

157. Thanks. Going home after the workout

Always fun running up and down with labor. This is the most significant movement since Cesar Chavez

[JRLeft]

160. Agreed, as we know corporate democrats pay lip service to unions.

In reality they're just as much of union busters as the GOP.

[nadinbrzezinski]

161. Correct.

The confluence of forces are going to shock these people

[passiveporcupine]

168. thank you

[JRLeft]

169. You're welcome, we need facts not bullshit the Third Way sells bullshit.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

142. Ignoring me, I see. Turnabout is...

[geek tragedy]

144. .

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sea-lioning


Now I am ignoring you.

Toodles.

[Politicalboi]

81. It's NOT sexist

It's just another thing you guys can use to hide posts. Politicians for the most part ARE political whores. Just get off your high horse already. We can use that word.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

2. Yep. And if you called people out for it you were told, "That's how they act."

[think]

3. Corrupt politicians who sell their vote for corporate cash are offensive.

And beyond offensive their actions cause actual damage to the American people. People's lives have been destroyed. People have suffered the loss of life, liberty, jobs, & homes due to these immoral acts.

Perhaps we'll discuss these underlying issues again someday.

Right now some people seem more content to feign outrage at political correctness rather than the issues that are really causing the problems....

[nadinbrzezinski]

92. Pretty much

[onehandle]

5. You guys can't let it go. Bernie's campaign used it, he apologized. Move on...

...and stop using that word.

[JRLeft]

8. No, because I'm tired of the fake outrage. No one complains about certain terms when it's used

against republicans.

[JTFrog]

19. Bullshit.

You are just looking for any excuse and it's pathetic.

[JRLeft]

28. Wrong it's been used forever until Hillary ran.

[JTFrog]

31. And it was objected to. Again and again by people who find sexist crap unexcusable.

I have no idea why you are so invested in defending this shit, but you aren't going to be allowed to make up your own so-called facts.

[JRLeft]

35. Prior Hillary running for president it was not deemed sexist.

[JTFrog]

36. Yes it was. You just weren't paying attention. Obviously it doesn't bother you.

It bothered the fuck out of DU's feminists who get torn to shreds whenever they speak up against sexism. Not hard to believe that you missed what you weren't looking for.

[JRLeft]

51. Bush corporate wore bumper stickers and shirts.

http://www.cafepress.com/irregulargoods.8701163

[JTFrog]

55. So someone made a bumper sticker?

Do you support everything put out on bumper stickers?

That's a pretty silly argument or excuse.

[JRLeft]

58. It proves my point that the term is used for both men and women who sellout to corporations

and Hillary has sold us out.

[JTFrog]

59. Of for fuck's sake.

Go ahead and use your nasty terms and words.

It says far more about you than the people you label.

[Dragonfli]

49. See my post #40 as well as my post #45 which defines the term clearly despite the false ourage.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511731216#post40
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511731216#post45

[DisgustipatedinCA]

20. Does it bother you that no one intends to apologize for jack shit?

You guys pushed it too far, way too far. Many of us are now in the no-longer-give-a-fuck camp.

[longship]

7. I prefer: "Hillary Clinton has sold her soul to the devil"

Yes, like corporate whore, it is a metaphor. But just look at her donor list and deny either characterization.

However, I agree that in context of Hillary being a woman, "corporate whore" becomes cringe-worthy.

So let's just say that she's sold her soul.

That works, and it isn't sexist.

[JRLeft]

9. Only because she has a D next to her name.

[JTFrog]

21. Bullshit.

And you know it.

[JRLeft]

67. It's true.

[Silver_Witch]

15. It is super simple

Clinton is not for me. If she releases her transcripts of speeches and stop blocking her campaign stops from being heard and after reading said transcripts I might consider her. Until that time she is just another candidate saying what needs to be said to get more power!

[noamnety]

18. There's a big difference between then and now.

Then: we used it regularly to describe someone who performed favors for corporations in exchange for money.

Now: people get paid to post outraged objections to it as part of their pre-approved talking points.

[LexVegas]

23. Why do you not think "whore" is a slur against women? Any woman. nt

[JRLeft]

29. Whore by itself is. Corporate whore has been used against both genders.

[Kentonio]

42. But it's fine against men right?

[JRLeft]

66. Of course it is. It's the Hillary is tough but always the victim card.

The fact is Hillary has a lot of victims globally.

[reddread]

24. criticism is sexist

cut it out

[vintx]

26. IMO it's a problematic term and it needs to go. nt

[JRLeft]

32. Only because it was used against Hillary, Dubya was called a corporate whore regularly.

[vintx]

33. Yeah I'm sure there are many who only evolved on this issue because of Hillary

But many of us have been trying to push back against the acceptability of sexist / misogynist insults for years.

[JTFrog]

34. You keep saying that even though you've been proven wrong.

You clearly have an agenda here.

[JRLeft]

38. You complained when it was used against Dubya.

You didn't complain about the term corporate wore against Sara Palin.

Corporate whore aren't just females, plenty of men have called corporate whores.

[JRLeft]

54. I'm being factual.

[JTFrog]

57. No. You are trolling. n/t

[JRLeft]

64. Whatever Eric Cantor, Harold Ford Jr are big time corporate whore and have been called such.

[JTFrog]

85. Here's a little tidbit for you:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12598326#post4

Skinner:

To be clear, as much as it pains me to say it, I don't think that specific post is by itself cause for banning. As you know there is a very long history (including here on DU) of people using the word "whore" to refer to public figures (both male and female) who are doing the bidding of powerful interests. People on this website routinely post about "corporate whores" or "media whores" and barely anyone thinks it is out-of-bounds.

But the fact that this was aimed specifically at a prominent Democrat who is also a woman does bother me very deeply. I am really disappointed that large numbers of DU members (including a majority of the jurors on that post) thought that that post was within bounds. And it wasn't a jury of "trolls" either -- the jurors who voted to leave the post were all long-term members with thousands upon thousands of posts and stars next to their usernames.

So I guess the takeaway here is that we need to decide what kind of community we want this to be. We have the power, though our posts and through our jury service, to set a higher standard. We just have to decide to use it.

And another thing: For people who are seeing this through the partisan lens of the Democratic presidential primary, it seems to me that that supporters of every Democratic presidential candidate have an interest in curbing this kind of language. Obviously Hillary Clinton supporters don't like seeing their favored candidate smeared in this way. But supporters of Bernie Sanders or other Democrats should not want to see this either, because it makes them (and by association, their candidate) look very bad.

[merrily]

151. Sorry, but that practically says it's a special rule for for a prominent female Democrat and not

for us peon females, not even for us Democratic peon females who post here and donate.

I know its his board and he can make whatever rules he wants, but I don't agree. And, if the rule is for one woman, it is NOT about sexism, but about protecting that woman.

Amazing you didn't see that in what you chose to post.

[randr]

30. Hillary is just dancin with one who brung her

[guillaumeb]

39. I would call it "very selective" outrage that is only triggered

under certain circumstances.

[Dragonfli]

40. There ARMY has been assembled and are doing as they are told.

they released the Kraken! (er... emailed the talking points to the “digital media specialists”)

[basselope]

43. It wasn't even used "against" Hillary.

It was a statement against ALL of the politicians who are on the take from corporations.

[JTFrog]

46. You might want to go get a better grip on the context. n/t

[basselope]

76. LOL.

Keep reaching.

[procon]

47. That's your defense?

It's OK to make nasty misogynistic and sexist remarks because someone else did at some point in the past?

Look, derogatory and words based gender discrimination are just as bad as those that refer to other forms of inequity like Age, Disability, Ethnicity, Race, or Religion.

[pdsimdars]

48. How long before bought and paid for is considered sexist too?

i was kicked off the Hillary forum because I said she was the corporate candidate, they said it was sexist. . . so, it's already happened.

[Dragonfli]

60. It is now considered officially so as of the time of the fake outrage threads, they are defending

exactly THAT, redirection and talking points aside, they are defending the candidates that sell themselves to corporations with this false campaign of fake anger orchestrated around the term that defines selling out to corporate money.

[m-lekktor]

50. You are correct! and on a side note..

I am amused at all the folks who imply that actual literal whores are only women, therefore SEXISM! Why do so many people not know there are many many MALE prostitutes as well. I know or have known so many gay guys in the major cities who do it or have done to supplement their income! There are online sites they place ads for their services! this whores = women=sexism is BOGUS!

[ibegurpard]

53. I guess it "evolved"...

[JoePhilly]

56. Bernie should use the term over and over in the debate ...

... since it's so great.

[CrowCityDem]

62. Fact: Language can have a different meaning when talking about a woman.

[VulgarPoet]

88. So this is what third wave feminism has come to.

Carte blanche to deliberately distort a man's context to turn a wide statement into a targeted offense on women.

Just... Just fuckin' bravo. Way to go. Amazing leap of mental gymnastics. Explain to me how this isn't mis-anyone-who-disagrees-with-you. Explain to me, how this isn't a play-anytime victim card?

[CrowCityDem]

89. Easy: Sanders supporters don't use sexist language, no one complains.

[VulgarPoet]

90. You haven't explained your right to distort other people's words to fit a victim narrative.

[CrowCityDem]

95. I didn't distort anything

His poor syntax isn't my fault. If you speak three sentences about Hillary and then shift to calling someone a whore, without clearly introducing a new subject, grammar clearly says the term applies to the previous subject; ie, he called Hillary a corporate whore.

[VulgarPoet]

99. Horseshit.

There are two OPs right now in GD-P with over 15 examples of many male and female politicians being referred to as corporate whores, i.e. the context of they are selling themselves, their votes, their endorsements et cetera TO CORPORATIONS. If Boeing giving Clinton a donation and then receiving a contract isn't corporate whoredom, then what is? You are deliberately distorting the issue to whip up a froth of "oh poor Hillary" and you are JUST as transparent as a tumblr feminist doing it.

[CrowCityDem]

106. Uh huh

I give you a logical argument, showing why syntax makes my claim accurate.

You respond by saying she's a whore.

How exactly do you think you just won this argument?

[VulgarPoet]

111. I'm telling you to explain your victim card here. How does the target being Hillary allow you to

change your context? FURTHERMORE.

Where the fuck were you when Fiorina was lambasted for corporate whoredom?

Where the fuck were you when Obama, Mike Huckabee, Ben Stein, Michelle Bachman, et cetera et cetera were lambasted for corporate whoredom?

Where the fuck were you? Oh right, by dint of your avatar, you weren't there because it didn't suit your narrow ass needs.

Fall the fuck back with your transparent self.

[CrowCityDem]

121. Honestly,

I hadn't felt any desire before this cycle to take part in online discussions in places like this.

If I knew this place was filled with people like you, I probably wouldn't have started.

[VulgarPoet]

127. Educate yourself. And then? Get the actual fuck lost.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511733140

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511731216

/bye.

[CrowCityDem]

135. Another post of supreme intellect.

[merrily]

108. Fact. Equality means equality, not special treatment. You are not

helping women. To the contrary, you are harming them.

[CrowCityDem]

117. No, normalizing slurs like 'whore' harms women, men, and basic decency.

[merrily]

124. Again, you are hurting women, women who actually need to be hired.

Last edited Thu Apr 14, 2016, 02:28 PM - Edit history (1)

And you seem oblivious to that.

If it is wrong to call a woman a whore, it's wrong to call a man a whore.

if it's okay to call a man a whore, it's okay to call a woman a whore.

Pick one and debate it. But you cannot have special rules for all women or for some women without hurting all women. I promise you that.

[CanadaexPat]

63. I'm outraged at the sexist outrage.

Why are people ignoring male sex workers?

[JRLeft]

69. Governor Scott Walker is the very definition of a corporate whore.

[Hiraeth]

65. Bernie didn't say it. The end.

[Starry Messenger]

68. Please, say it and repeat as often as you like.

Your numbers with women can only sink further.

[My Good Babushka]

70. People are just not going to agree on whether the word "whore" is sexist or not.

I don't think it is. Others think it is.
Is it gendered? Is "nurse" gendered? If we're not supposed to say gendered, sexists things, should we keep talking about needing a "woman president"? Do we say "woman doctor" or "woman accountant"? Should first year college students be called "Freshmen"? It goes on and on into the postmodern navel-gazing subject of semiotics. You'll never get anywhere.

[Impedimentus]

71. The Clinton supporters are playing he gender card.

I's not all that complicated.


FEEL THE BERN - 2016

[bjo59]

72. Agree. The "Democratic corporate whore" faux outrage is the same

as all the other ridiculous instances of faux outrage talking points against Bernie Sanders. It's really bottom-of-the-barrel stuff. I'm still waiting for the posts supporting Hillary Clinton's positions and policies (that are never going to come).

[lumberjack_jeff]

74. "corporate whore" site:democraticunderground.com

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=%22corporate%20whore%22%20site%3Ademocraticunderground.com

7200 results

[KansDem]

82. Kick...

And let's not forget the oft-quoted source, "Media Whores Online"

"media whores online" site:democraticunderground.com

975 results

[ChisolmTrailDem]

84. I know. I did the same thing and I am STILL LOOKING for objections to it before this week.

geek showed me one to which she objected but she is absent in all other cases that I can find.

It was never a YUUUGE issue here before this week.

[Buzz Clik]

77. A lot of you are really missing the point.

"Corporate whore" is marginally offensive, and its usage would probably avoid a hide when aimed at CEOs or members of the GOP in Congress. But calling the front runner in the Democratic primaries (who just happens to be female) a Corporate Whore is offensive as hell.

If this is what you want to do ... damn.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

83. Then why has it's use always been accepted here on DU? nt

[Buzz Clik]

104. It has not.

Next question.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

110. Yes it has, 7200 times according to a Google search. Next? nt

[Buzz Clik]

112. Accepted? Google told you 7200 times that calling someone a whore at DU is acceptable?

What key words did you use to determine that??

[ChisolmTrailDem]

114. No, 7200 times the term was used without any outrage following its use. Try to...

...keep up.

Here's some more for you. Please go and look for the outrage at these links:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511727002

[Buzz Clik]

116. Oh. So you opened 7200 threads to check the reaction to the word.

You've been busy.

[polly7]

86. Nah .................. full equality is what most women want and expect.

If the term is used for males who accept corporate money and do their bidding, it's absolutely fine for females who do the same, regardless of which woman it is.

Man-splaining??

[nadinbrzezinski]

93. Also the image that poster is using is pretty much antisemitic and anticatholic

so anything he says about these kinds of things is automatically discounted. And the image meets community standards apparently. Yup, not very well coded anti-Semitism (blood libel) is a-ok

[Buzz Clik]

103. Back with that again?

[nadinbrzezinski]

105. It is what it is

And when this is told to you and others, you cannot claim ignorance anymore

[Buzz Clik]

109. I claimed ignorance? I recognize that you've decided to be offended by my sig line.

I made it pretty clear to you that I don't give a damn.

[nadinbrzezinski]

119. I know you don't

And others on the site don't. But yes, Antisemitism is what it is

[polly7]

125. No, it's not ok. He just slips up and shows his ass once in a while.

It's a sick, sad game.

[nadinbrzezinski]

129. Yup

[Buzz Clik]

102. Oh. I see. So we'll have racial equality when it's okay to call everyone n*gger, particularly blacks

[polly7]

113. I've never said that word in my life. Why do you? nt.

[Buzz Clik]

115. I'm just trying to understand how plying an misogynist word to both men and women...

... translates to equality.

You and I both know it's just a rationalization on your part, so I pointed it out with hyperbolic ridicule. You've got it coming.

[polly7]

120. Oh, it's ok. I know your game. nt.

[Buzz Clik]

122. As I know yours. Shall we pick out some curtains and shop for furniture?

I mean, you're serious about this relationship, right? You're not just a .....

[polly7]

123. A .............. what? Spit it out. nt.

[Buzz Clik]

128. We're done here. I will tell you, though...

... I feel used.

[polly7]

132. Do you?? That's terrible ...... maybe stop with the ugly games and you'll feel better.

[Buzz Clik]

134. I called you a name? When? What name?

[polly7]

138. LOL. You try sooooooooo hard. nt.

[Buzz Clik]

139. Yeah. You've got nothing.

See you later, Snuggles. Promise you won't kiss and tell?

[polly7]

140. Ew. Where'tf did that come from?

Explain.

I don't get it.



Creepy!

[mrdmk]

158. Thank you for that display, off to igorne with you

.

[Buzz Clik]

164. Uh... who are you?

[ibegurpard]

100. No we're not

The point is to try to take some common vernacular usage and fit it into your campaign's narrative about how opposition to Hillary is due to sexism and misogyny.

[Buzz Clik]

101. Nice try. Totally wrong. F for your effort.

[TM99]

154. And you missed the point as usual

as you push yet another one of your artful smears.

It was not aimed at Clinton. It was aimed at congress. Reading comprehension is your friend. Try it sometime.

But obviously it hits a little close to home so y'all are in full blown poutrage while still ignoring the actual speech which was about the abysmal state of health care in the US.

Oh, and when are you going to denounce Bill and Hillary's racist remarks?

[Maedhros]

87. Meh. "Corporate Puppet" works just as well, and it describes her to a 'T'. [n/t]

[questionseverything]

118. he was describing congress people...hc is not in congress

depending on the mood of the hc campaign, they could take offense at puppet too

like....are you implying woman can not think for themselves, that they need some man pulling the strings?

it is all silly season...distraction

hc just happens to own the media so basically she can send out any talking point she wants and they will spread it

[Maedhros]

133. Agreed.

The Clinton Campaign has no substance, so they manufacture outrage.

[JRLeft]

163. That will considered sexist too. Unless you send her platitudes

it's sexism.

[berniepdx420]

107. With Citizen's United in place the phrase Corporate Whores when referring to Congress is exactly on

point. This is typical muddying of the waters. We all know this to be true. Instead of dealing with the facts.. Obfuscate ! I assume all that do this are in favor of Citizen's United and are NOT Progressive by any stretch of the imagination.

The establishment will do anything and everything to hold on to power.. stay focused Revolutionaries

Feeling the Bern in Portland Oregon

[questionseverything]

131. the sad part is, we should be looking at the system that sets up our elected representatives to

become "corporate whores"

from the minute a rep gets to the house they need to spend about 70% of their time fund raising for the next election,in two years

hard to imagine how anyone stays clean with a system like that

people know this and that is why bernie's campaign finance reform message has taken off

[JRLeft]

156. ^This

[anigbrowl]

126. Yeah, and that's not something to be proud of

I have been saying for years that you don't catch flies with honey, and that using insults and inflammatory language about others simply leads to bias and anger issues. I don't even care for terms like 'rethuglicans' - that sort of thing seems witty and clever when you're in middle school, but it's no way to go through life as an adult. We should aspire to something better than simply being a left-wing mirror of the hateful rhetoric that prevails at sites like FreeRepublic. I have only contempt for people who equate hateful rhetoric with objective truth. It's symptomatic of tribal aggression, which lies at the root of many of our social problems.

[snagglepuss]

137. YEP!

[BreakfastClub]

141. So? The N word was used for decades. Doesn't make it right. nt

[Beacool]

143. How about not using the word "whore" in any context when referring to women?

[Vinca]

145. You're exactly right. I bet the people here who haven't said it can be counted on one hand.

There's a name for people who take money to perform specific acts and it's not good Samaritan. The sorry part is that it applies to a very large chunk of our elected representatives from both parties.

[Duppers]

146. Amem!

K& a big R.

[Admiral Loinpresser]

147. How about "Oligarchic Metaphorical Sex Workers?" n/t

[Zen Democrat]

148. Still remember "Media Whores Online" - that was a great website.

[PatrynXX]

149. probably can use it ONLY if your female

ie it's hard for me to say NWA as those letters stand but if your black thats easy.. didn't used to be that way. I used to just come and say its ***** With Attitude. but now understanding they want to totally delete the word and using the actual letter is just as bad as saying it ie ****** also known as the * Word which for point I won't do it. Just a Racial Epitaph. However having said this Some love being called a Clothes Whore, Shoes Whore etc. And they themselves say it. I don't exactly tie that word in context to a gender. Simply because all BS words are gender slanted. Think the Suicide Girls photographer came up with the best one that wasn't female specific. Brotherfucker. But this PC Zero Tolerance crowd. Really needs to stop. I can never tolerate the Zero Tolerance crap from either the left or right. Because usually the wrong people get hurt. Naturally someone has a tit for tat argument on this thread and one of that tats gets reported. oh of course this phrase is messed up in the PC crowd already because I can only say Tat . Which is where George Carlin would say all about the double meaning words. You can Prick your finger but don't finger your *****

Tater T*ts? no? Think we all need to deflate find a punching bag that well actually breaks when you hit it. or help tear down a house etc and get rid of our anger. It's not helpful. Wish us luck

[felix_numinous]

150. Parsing words

while the world burns, priorities.

[Orsino]

153. Contexts vary.

The sexist connotations can't be wished away.

[HuckleB]

159. Derp.

[bvar22]

162. In the early days, when DU was a Liberal Board, it was also used

against conservative Corporate Democrats, like Diane Feinstein.

This was posted in the early 2000s without complaints or problems:

Who is the Conservative Corporate Whore?

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Ha,ha.
Trick Question.
They BOTH are.


For those needing an ID, the woman on the left is former Texas Republican Senator, Kay Bailey Hutchison who never met a WAR she didn't like.
The woman on the right is Democratic Senator Diane Feinstein, who also never met a WAR she didn't like. Her husband makes MILLIONS from sweetheart government deals, especially WAR.

[mhatrw]

165. It wasn't even used in reference to Hillary Clinton.

Her supporters just assumed it was because the shoe fits so well.

[polichick]

166. True - I've used it for a decade for male and female corporate whores...

and these con men and women who sell our country out from under us deserve the description.

[Ferd Berfel]

167. Me thinks they protest too much!