whirlygigspin
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Tue Sep-30-03 10:01 AM
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Tony Blair needs to be bitch slapped |
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does this man look like a total weasel or what?
grrrrrr
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maxanne
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Tue Sep-30-03 10:08 AM
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1. Feminazi patrol checking in |
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can we try using a different term please? You may not have intended it to be so - but many women find the term "bitch slapped" to be derogatory to women. It can even suggest a certain approval of violence against women. (ie. "the bitch deserved to be slapped.")
Dummy slap is accceptable and genderless.
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Tue Sep-30-03 10:11 AM
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I started to post a response and I couldn't think of how to phrase it. You've done it nicely.
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Tue Sep-30-03 10:13 AM
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Dope slap would work, too.
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Tue Sep-30-03 10:21 AM
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is a pretty demeaning term in itself. In fact I find it a zillion times more offensive than bitch slap - it suggests all feminists are nazis as well as being a favorite expression of the wing nuts. Speaking for myself - I am a feminist, not a nazi, a woman, and think if you want to patrol you could use a less derogatory term. In my opinion.
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Tue Sep-30-03 10:52 AM
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10. I understand your sentiment ploppy |
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It is my choice to use the term, solely in reference to myself. Notice I didn't say all feminists are feminazis or anything of the sort. I have chosen to reclaim the term and use it in an ironic (and ridiculing) way.
skittles - thank you for the succinct, to the point rejoinder. ;-)
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Tue Sep-30-03 11:21 AM
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I understand that you don't think all feminists are Nazis. I think using the term feminazi encourages people to think it is okay to say it. If you choose to identify yourself a a feminazi that's your business - but I will always ask you not to. Why belittle yourself when you are making a request for someone to use commom courtesy? (you can reclaim a word but who knows it but you?) If people didn't use such terms you wouldn't need to feel like you are policing. It is tiring to always be the one to ask people to talk nice - if they don't like being "policed" they can stop using terms like bitch and whore. I hope you understand my muddled rantings and take it in the spirit it is written.
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Tue Sep-30-03 11:17 AM
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It's quite commonly used here in the wilds of central IL.
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Tue Sep-30-03 10:13 AM
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4. Tony Blair needs to be Unemployed |
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Tue Sep-30-03 10:16 AM
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5. STOP BEING A SEXIST F***ING ASSHOLE |
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just in case he didn't understand
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Tue Sep-30-03 10:17 AM
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6. Dummy Slap...........YES |
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Tue Sep-30-03 10:24 AM
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didn't think that would resonate.
Sorry girls, wasn't even thinking "girl"
more like girl-friend, lol
a la RuPaul...oh well. stop digging Gomer and say goodnite Gracie.
Goodnite Gracie.
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Tue Sep-30-03 10:53 AM
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Tue Sep-30-03 10:40 AM
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9. hmmmm that term doesn't bother me.. |
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..when it's aimed at someone who is fits the description.
I see people using 'bitch' towards men more and more.. and while I still see the negative meaning in it.. Sometimes it just fits the man being attacked. In this case I believe Blair does fit the bill. In other words.. I see the meaning of bitch not being as gender specific as it used to be.
But then I am not as sensitive to slurs as others, but I do understand while some can be put off by that - hence the need to be somewhat more PC at times.
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Tue Sep-30-03 11:16 AM
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12. I don't care what you call him... |
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He does need a damn good slapping though. (Hoping not to offend any Christians or Satanists!)
Sudden urge to put Prodigy on :-)
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Tue Sep-30-03 11:21 AM
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14. You are aware that you had an hour to change your headline? |
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That you didn't, in light of what the objections are, speaks volumes.
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