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In reply to the discussion: Referring to women as the "c" word. [View all]stevenleser
(32,886 posts)41. Agree with your subject, disagree with your details. Edward Norton did many times without ill effect
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That's the exception. An actor playing a part where the character would use those words.
That's the exception. An actor playing a part where the character would use those words.
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That, to me, is the most heinoous word in the English language, followed closely by the
catbyte
Jun 2014
#4
tw*t, and not twit. I know it supposedly means something different in Great Britain, but I'm
catbyte
Jun 2014
#28
Oh it is, all the time. And it's hauled out routinely as a defense of that bigoted slur
redqueen
Jun 2014
#42
Aha, but there's plenty of instances of black people using in all parts of life
Blue_Adept
Jun 2014
#23
Agree with your subject, disagree with your details. Edward Norton did many times without ill effect
stevenleser
Jun 2014
#41
If one wants to use it use it! It is just a word. Sticks and Stones and all that
Exposethefrauds
Jun 2014
#26
No. The difference is one term is aimed at people who are oppressed on the basis of their sex.
redqueen
Jun 2014
#44
Richard Gere referred to someone as the 'C' word in a movie. As a character of course.
stevenleser
Jun 2014
#37
See, even if I don't think it is OK to do that... What I particularly don't like...
Xyzse
Jun 2014
#43
Here is a novel idea if you don't like the c word don't use the c word!
Exposethefrauds
Jun 2014
#51
I'm very liberal when it comes to words and their use. Basically, it depends, when it comes to what
quinnox
Jun 2014
#65
Yes, and its ok to refer to men as dicks, or women as dicks and men as the "c" word
phleshdef
Jun 2014
#71