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hedgehog

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Wed Oct-13-10 11:58 AM
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3. See definition # 3 "a venal or unscrupulous person"

If the shoe fits.....

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-tom brokaw equated the 'w' word with the 'n' word in the brown/whitman debate	spanone	Oct-13-10 11:51 AM	#0
- Whore is a gendered slur.	lightningandsnow	Oct-13-10 11:57 AM	#1
- I've heard men called whores. n/t	emulatorloo	Oct-13-10 11:58 AM	#2
- I've heard white men called 'nigger', did you have a point? n/t	Greyhound	Oct-13-10 12:31 PM	#13
- That's a non-sequiter	emulatorloo	Oct-13-10 12:34 PM	#16
- Never mind	Greyhound	Oct-13-10 01:02 PM	#17
- Racists used to argue that the "n" word could be applied to white people as well. But	Liquorice	Oct-13-10 04:41 PM	#28
- Sorry, male prostitutes are called whores too.	emulatorloo	Oct-13-10 05:47 PM	#30
- See definition # 3 "a venal or unscrupulous person"	hedgehog	Oct-13-10 11:58 AM	#3
- A gendered slur? What do you call a male prostitute? nt	RaleighNCDUer	Oct-13-10 12:01 PM	#5
- CNN.com - "Change a man-whore? Don't bet on it" By Audrey Irvine, CNN	emulatorloo	Oct-13-10 12:25 PM	#11
- No, it isn't. It's used for men all the time, especially in politics.	TexasObserver	Oct-13-10 01:57 PM	#23
- i didn't defend it. i asked a question. the dictionary says it applies to women & men.	spanone	Oct-13-10 03:54 PM	#25
- Leave it to Brokaw to stretch things for the the RW. When we use	OHdem10	Oct-13-10 12:00 PM	#4
- Added: Even so there is no equating whore with N word.	OHdem10	Oct-13-10 12:03 PM	#7
- "venal or unscrupulous person"	NYC Liberal	Oct-13-10 12:01 PM	#6
- Tom Brokaw is a corporate Hoo-wuh himself	kenny blankenship	Oct-13-10 12:07 PM	#8
- No, he is completely full of shit.	arcane1	Oct-13-10 12:20 PM	#9
- Asshole Brokaw proved in the moment that he was making a false equivalency,	stopbush	Oct-13-10 12:23 PM	#10
- Nice catch!	mitchum	Oct-13-10 01:47 PM	#21
- Brokaw is not bright enough to be aware of his own self-deception	Supersedeas	Oct-13-10 04:23 PM	#26
- ..	Scurrilous	Oct-13-10 05:40 PM	#29
- Brokaw is the definition of a whore.	Faryn Balyncd	Oct-13-10 12:26 PM	#12
- Yes. n/t	Greyhound	Oct-13-10 12:32 PM	#14
- Whore is more like uncle Tom.	athenasatanjesus	Oct-13-10 12:32 PM	#15
- I think the obvious difference is that fact that ALL of the pundits	Booster	Oct-13-10 01:08 PM	#18
- Let me know when he learns how to pronounce 'L' words.	Gold Metal Flake	Oct-13-10 01:41 PM	#19
- I really did laugh out loud	mitchum	Oct-13-10 01:48 PM	#22
- ;-)	Gold Metal Flake	Oct-13-10 03:49 PM	#24
- I never heard anybody refer to Tom Brokaw	Yeshuah Ben Joseph	Oct-13-10 01:44 PM	#20
- Sexist language is widely accepted in our culture, whereas racist language isn't. nt	Liquorice	Oct-13-10 04:38 PM	#27

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