Reply #17: First things first

[Oeditpus Rex]

My screen name is a play on the name of the privileged, self-absorbed boy who was sexually obsessed with his mother. Note the added 't'.

Now — I dislike the term to begin with — or, more aptly, that some Neanderthal thought it was funny, clever, whatever. But I'm more upset that supposedly enlightened people (i.e. liberals) continue to use it, particularly those to whom "wifebeater," I'd think, would be highly offensive, as they're its implied victims.

I'm also badly in need of sleep, so disregard anything I've said in this post. :crazy: