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In reply to the discussion: The Rude Pundit ought to just steer clear of sexist/homophobic [View all]NutmegYankee
(16,207 posts)Driving the words underground (taboo as you put it) hasn't worked for thousands of years. The words have always survived. What holds public usage back is the implicit assumption that the person saying it is some kind of degenerate or bigot, like a racist with one well known slur based on the Latin word for black. That only works because being a racist is socially unacceptable, and people being social animals don't want to be outcasts. The problem in this instance is we fully understand that RP isn't a bigot. And the point he is making is found by most left leaning people to be funny, often because of the use of rude and demeaning terms. Hence the popularity of the blog. The negative feedback isn't there like it is for racist speech, etc.