Reply #187: uh-huh

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And how often is that definition used here? Seriously, if I go search on the word bitch, do you think THAT'S the definition that's going to come up most often?

Let's not pretend here. We all know the word bitch, when used in the way Skinner is referring to, is almost exclusively used against women. Yes, you can go ahead and make the argument that it CAN be used against Bush in the way you've described, but it isn't, and that's the problem. It pretty much always used to either insult a woman or to emasculate a man.

By the way, if this argument does hold then I should be free to use the nigger, defined as a member of any socially, economically, or politically deprived group of people. Like, arabs are the new niggers in a post-9/11 world. Is that OK, then?

And hey, as I've said before, I object to the banning of all words, so I would in fact object to the banning of the word nigger. I still wouldn't use it, not even in this "good" way, because I know how offensive it is and I realize that trying to justify it by pulling out a rarely used definition doesn't really hold up.