WTF isn't sexist?

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

really, our language is permeated in he/she. That's the way we're made. I can call a male reporter an "asshole" with no retribution or to call a female reporter by anything other than "female reporter" without adjectives or metaphor is verboten in PC circles?

Language is a wonderful colorful thing and should be used sparingly but prudently. Terms such as (x) or (y) will always be used and to bar them for the prudence of a few easily offended serves no one... I mean NO ONE. If it bothers you, don't read it, don't try to force your rules on others. THat's what I thought we were here. A big tent with room for people who are different than ourselves.

Peace to my friends, let compassion overtake law.

[mike_c]

1. I strive to be uniformly offensive to all...

...and to piss everyone off equally without respect to gender, race, or political persuasion.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

2. And Iike the cut of your jib!

Oops.... Wow... That is most definitely sexist.

[Xipe Totec]

3. That is my mission in life as well

I strive for balanced coverage; no sacred cow left un-tipped.

[JuniperLea]

8. Reminds me of Hellacopters lyrics...

Gotta-gotta-go-go light up the ignition
Gotta kill that sacred cow
Please spare me all of your futuristic visions
'Cuz I gotta get some action
Gotta get some action now!

[Xipe Totec]

22. And that reminded me of a Detrol Commercial

"Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go right now, gotta go, gotta go, gotta go!"

We could hijack this and turn it into a stream of consciousness thread

:evilgrin:

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

24. It would make as much sense as anything else...

[Name removed]

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[Xipe Totec]

32. Get a sense of humor

or borrow one, if you have to.

[omega minimo]

34. See-- the fact that it's SOOOOOOoooooo simple & you still don't get it

plus the all the "I'm a jerk and proud of it" posts = lunkheads.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

33. Oh Yeah, calling them lunkheads for no reason is really what the rules

tell you to do.

:rofl:

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

35. Why should one gender be afforded more respect than another?

Me? I think we're all assholes.

:toast:

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. LOL

:rofl: An equal opportunity offensive person. :woohoo:

[lumberjack_jeff]

36. Like Gunnery Sergeant Hartman from Full Metal Jacket?

"There is no racial bigotry here. I do not look down on n******, k****, w*** or g*******. Here, you are all equally worthless."

:o

[ismnotwasm]

4. Not much, my friend

Not much. (In answer to your question, don't know what prompted the thread)

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

9. It wasn't one of my threads or one that I was involved in...

I have just seen a few threads locked on the premise of being sexist that I thought had nothing to do with sexism but rather an unfortunate descriptor that a few took offense to.

[pilgrimm]

5. PC speech is a good thing in theory.

I understand that speech shapes our ideas and all, but if you go around shoving it down peoples throat they're just going to have a knee jerk reaction. It's not a good way to win hearts and minds or change peoples behaviors and speech.

I personally use the rudest most obsene langauge there is, but ussually only around close friends.

[meganmonkey]

6. Oh, stop being such a silly cow!!!!

It's okay to say that, because you're a boy :)

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

12. But, I am a silly cow!

to paraphrase Richard Pryor...

I'm a silly cow, my father was a silly cow. my mother was a silly cow...

[meganmonkey]

18. Moo! ;-)

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

7. I hear ya. I cringe whenever I see the 'herstory' instead of history

it is so over the top ridiculous it isn't even funny. But I've never told the people who type it to stop using it. (though behind the scenes I will mock the hell out of it LOL)

[JuniperLea]

13. My b/f and I have a running mock argument

that stems from my own theatre days. I prefer to call any actor worth their salt an actor, while b/f dearest insists that all female actors be called actresses. My daughter pointed out that all union actors have a SAG card. Screen ACTORS Guild.

I'm for equality in all things. If a woman acts like a prick, then she is a prick. Not a bitch; a prick.

Political correctness may well be the death of us all.

[CTLawGuy]

19. I like to say ...

its called Greek. "History" comes from the Greek "istoria" which has nothing to do with "man" or "woman".

[ClusterFreak]

11. I got flagged a few months back....

....for using the "B" word in reference to a female TV reporter. I did it a couple of times I believe over a few days or something. Now I understand - at least I think I do - that the "B" word is ok here on DU, or it is under certain circumstances?? It's a very touchy subject, language like that, I realize that. Still, I don't think I was saying anything particularly inflammatory. Others disagreed, and that's fine. I can take it. It is odd though, because "fuck", "asshole", "motherfucker" and other such curse words pop up here all the time with nary a peep.

Anyhoo....

[JuniperLea]

17. My b/f hate the "c" word in reference to female anatomy

and ornery words to call women. Sticks and stones and all that.

[ClusterFreak]

23. Oh, use THAT word at your peril....

:scared:

(You can think it if you like):evilgrin:

What needs to happen - maybe - is for someone to come up with an equally bad word to call a man. :shrug: :silly:

[JuniperLea]

25. Shaft?

heh!

[johnnie]

14. Sorry

I have to do this:

:popcorn:



I agree with you, but don't tell anyone.

[oppositionmember]

15. Well feminism happened...

...and RollerGirls is what we now have. I call that progress.

[Batgirl]

16. C'mon, how hard is it really

to scour every word of every sentence like a proctologist looking for polyps -- the dreaded polyps of political incorrectness? I personally dream of a day when all written and spoken communication is just as bland and goes down just as easy as a nice bowl of rice pudding.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

20. LOL!!!! so beautifully said!

[Dorian Gray]

21. Mmmmmm..... Pudding. N/T

[JuniperLea]

26. hahahaha!

A polyp hunting we will go, a polyp hunting we will go... hi ho the merry-o...

Sorry, I must be getting punchy. Everything now has a tune or reminds me of a song:)

[Xipe Totec]

27. some of the metaphysical imagery was particularly effective,

"Oh ... and er ... interesting rhythmic devices too, which seemed to counterpoint the ... er ... er ..."

"counterpoint the surrealism of the underlying metaphor of the ... er ..."

"... humanity of the ..."

"Vogonity,"

"Ah yes, Vogonity (sorry) of the poet's compassionate soul,..."


Nice work. :thumbsup:

[The Straight Story]

28. guess it is that big tent problem thing

trying to please each group without offending the other. Eventually you just end up in either one huge argument creating more splinters or you all sit around humming tunes (just be careful which ones ya hum).

Then there is word stealing. Like Hummer. Now it's an SUV, used to be something more ejoyable in my day :) So if a word changes meaning to a group (like gay now compared to gay back in the day) what is one to do if they are part of the big tent but older and used that word (or others like it) - should they now be shafted.

[prole_for_peace]

30. i giggle when i hear someone refer to the vehicle as a hummer.

and i am 40. i also giggle when someone uses the last of the ketchup or mustard and it makes that "phhtt" sound.

[Solo_in_MD]

29. There is no right not to be offended

Not an original thought, but it bears repeating. PC nonsense, especially from so called progressives drives me nuts. Then again I have a bad habit of calling people on it.

[applegrove]

37. So how do we be a big tent if we cannot dumb down our barbs enough to

welcome people. Asshole is not a male thing. It is entirely appropriate to the people it is directed to. It denotes behaviour. I think we should just accept that some words don't need to be added to the vocab.

Funny this thread. Cause often the issue comes up and people spend minutes discussing how we try to work together and be sensitive.

I suppose it just depends on the mood in the DU.