WOW!!! this Broadwell woman is a piece of work read what else she was doing

[bigdarryl]

She is a little nutty if you ask me http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505266_162-57549505/sources-paula-broadwell-warned-gen-allen-against-seductress-jill-kelley/

[unblock]

1. "chick"?

[HERVEPA]

2. chick?

[MineralMan]

3. Not a "chick."

She's a grown woman with goals she's trying to achieve. Not good goals, but goals nevertheless. You might want to edit your title. Someone's sure to alert on it, and rightly so.

[cali]

4. I hope you now get that calling women "chicks' is horribly sexist crap.

[LancetChick]

19. I think of all women as chicks.

As a woman myself, I have that moral right. "Chick" is not in the least derogatory.

Jaysus Joe, even the diabetic community is up in arms over the term "diabetic" (offensive) vs. "person with diabetes" (politically correct). I don't give a shit, I am a DIABETIC, and if you have diabetes too, I consider you a diabetic too.

There are very offensive words that should never be used, of course, but if that's what you are, YOU should get to decide, not your cyber neighbor.

[cali]

20. grab a clue, genius. A chick is: small, dumb, fuzzy, cute, defenseless

duh. learn something- anything- about language, dear.

[magical thyme]

22. I would add "raised to bear eggs or be a piece of meat" nt

[LancetChick]

23. How utterly condescending.

And a fine example of the pot calling the kettle black.

[cali]

25. or for the love of reason.

[DonRedwood]

30. It is offensive to put people down with a word, so I'm doing to put you down with words?

I think you must be a groovy chick LancetChick!

[DonRedwood]

29. dictionary meaning: (bird, yes...also:) a girl or young woman, esp an attractive one

related words: skirt, doll, dame, bird

Since you are advocating learning about language then you also know that any word, with the wrong tone of voice can be condescending, rude, mean, taken differently....

"Thank you", depending on the tone of voice and context, means a million different things. Should we ban that?

I'm OK with you not liking "chick" but the way you put people down is much more offensive than the word itself.

By the way, "Hip Chicks do Wine" is a very popular wine store up in Portland. Owned by women. Hip. Nobody is offended by the word "chick" when they drive by their sign.

[Mme. Defarge]

50. Dude!

I proudly align myself with Chicks with Sticks. Mais naturellement!

[snooper2]

34. Chick is now on the banned list of words? Have we notified Meta?

are dude and dudette still allowed?

Of course I used dude as general neutral will that get me in trouble as well?

[sabrina 1]

53. And I and most women I know could care less about the word. How about people stop painting

women as weak, shrinking violets who are ready to pass out at the use of a meaningless word. I will NOT give that kind of power of anyone, and I wish those who are constantly in a state of outrage over words would make it clear, they speak for themselves only and not for a majority of women who have more important things to worry about.

[cali]

55. Yeah? Well, most women I know don't much like it.

And since when is speaking out, being a shrinking violet?

[bamacrat]

32. Another example of political correctness taken to the extreme...

While I haven't used the word chick to describe a woman in a while, mainly because I never really did. But who the fuck cares if a woman is referred to as a chick. It used to be a compliment, it used to be applied to only pretty women....wtf is wrong with that? I mean shit DU, there are a lot of other things to get all offended and high and mighty about other than someone calling a woman a chick. Get over it. There are plenty of derogatory words for women and people in general, chick isn't one of them.

Thank you LancetChick for not being so uppity and easily offended.

[IL Lib]

38. +1 n/t

[AsahinaKimi]

47. "duh. learn something- anything- about language, dear." I am frankly surprised...

that no one caught "dear" in his slam down.. but yeah I totally agree with you. Chick doesn't offend me, but calling a woman "dear" is very condescending.

[RC]

49. +10

I wish there was something we could do about the PC Word Police disrupting threads because they get personally offended at every day language.
Maybe they need their own Safe Haven? Oh, wait... They already do. Never mind.

[sabrina 1]

52. I have no problem with it either. I do have problems with actions taken against women's

rights, but the word 'chick' is the very least of my concerns. Women, contrary to the impression people might get here from a few people, are extremely strong people and are not, and I find it insulting as a woman to keep pushing this impression, the weak, shrinking violets those who constantly try to paint them that way with this nonsensical focus on trivia. I rarely see them speak about the real problems women are facing around the world though.

[WI_DEM]

5. Chick? is she a fowl?

[DURHAM D]

6. Sounds to me like she was trying to warn the Generals

that the Khawam family are professional grifters.

[HooptieWagon]

13. It does appear that she was.

Unfortunately, she had her own skeletons in the closet.

[atreides1]

14. That worked out well!

She would have been better off voicing her concerns to Mrs. Petraeus, and leaving it at that. But her heart was in the right place, she just wasn't using her brain this time!

[TwilightGardener]

7. She is indeed a nutty chick.

[sadbear]

9. +1

Get off your high horses.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. "Chick"?

You do know that "chick" is generally considered to a be sexist term? If you didn't before, you do now. Please change your thread title.

[snooper2]

36. but they are sooooo cute!

don't you just want to snuggle wuggle wuggle this little guy, or girl...(not sure of sex from picture) Actually, Dirty Jobs had an episode on chick sexing, all manual

[RC]

48. If "chick" is a sexist term, then so is "woman".

How do you feel about "female"? That defines a persons sex also.

And then there are our first names. Most of us have gender identifiable first names. You know like Nancy, Betty, Mary, Michelle, Joyce...
Or for the men, George, Leroy, Clarance, Warren, David...
Are these names being sexist also?

[dorkzilla]

10. I'm a woman, my girlfriends and I call each other chick. nbd <eom>

[DonRedwood]

31. favorite wine store up in Portland

[dorkzilla]

40. Great name and just in time!

I have to go to Portland in 10 days on business...i'll know where to go! Thanks!

[RC]

11. Now you've done it

Way to derail your own subject of the OP. You used a word on the Word Police's no-no list, got them all riled up again.
Nothing else will exist in this thread now, except for the outrage of that oh so naughty and disgusting word.

[datasuspect]

37. bad words make identity politics jesus cry!

stop making identity politics jesus cry!

WORDSSSSSS1!!!!!!!!!1111

[MineralMan]

12. Thank you for editing your title.

[Happyhippychick]

15. Guess I picked the wrong week to use my user name!

[dorkzilla]

18. LOL!!!!!

It's all good, chick...I don't understand what the fuss is all about. As i said, My gf's and I --all liberal feminists--call each other chick.

[Happyhippychick]

21. I don't get it either but maybe it's a case of "it's okay for women to call each other chicks but

not okay for guys to do it". Whatever, I'm not a word police person for the most part.

[dorkzilla]

24. Me neither...

but I've got a mouth like a truck driver, or at least my language is peppered with expletives. Its nbd here in NY (we have it down to a fucking science) but I had to really watch it when I lived in California. People's jaws dropped! After a while colleagues would just say to anyone unfamiliar with my colorful language "she's from NY" and people would laugh and say "oh, okay".

That's not an equivalent, I know, but I was pointing out my "meh" attitude about words for the most part.

[Warpy]

28. I know I moved from Boston (potty mouth capital) to NM

with considerable trepidation. I shouldn't have worried, nurses are garbage mouths all over the country.

I thanked the first nurse who dropped the f-bomb in front of me, several in rapid succession, in fact, and told her now I could relax.

[dorkzilla]

41. I knew there was a reason I've always felt so fucking comfortable in Boston!

But I am laughing because it seems NM has gotten to you...you went 3 sentences without using one vulgarity.

[Warpy]

44. I actually use it far less than I inspire it.

However, when provoked, I can peel paint off a wall. In fact, I once made a longshoreman blush and tell me that's the worst thing he'd ever heard out of anybody's mouth.

[Amaril]

42. Same here

"Chick" has been a part of my lexicon for years, and "chica" is a term of endearment that I use when addressing my closest female friends.



Never knew I was being sexist against my own sex by doing so.

[Warpy]

27. Yeah, the word police hate slang used sarcastically

In fact they seem to hate most words.

[sabrina 1]

54. Lol. I love your user name. Perfect timing! n/t

[monmouth3]

16. I saw a picture of her at her brother's house. She was standing in the kitchen with a glass of wine

in her hand. Now, she knew reporters, photographers were out there, she purposely stood there.

[Gin]

26. 2 posers.....both in full view of cameras and acting like its business as usual

one drinking wine and the other looking out the window.....again......knowing the cameras are waiting for them.

Poser 1 and Poser 2

[DonRedwood]

33. welcome to DU!

[monmouth3]

43. Thanks Don, been here for ages but had to re-register. Enjoying this mess..LOL....n/t

[datasuspect]

35. i have a box of unclutched pearls i can let go super cheap

plus, we got a fresh shipment of Dr. Ambrosius T. Claywater's mineral essence, it helps to stifle the "vapors" should you get them.

plus they wake you up if you have fainted from faux outrage.

[Auntie Bush]

39. McC doesn't want Susan Rice ... he wants John Kerry because then Dems would lose a Senate seat.

Not too political is he?

[RC]

45. You could have changed it to

"bird". That what the British use. I don't think that is on the PC Word List yet.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

46. Thank you for changing the OP

Now the people who don't give a shit about the subject otherwise can move on to other things to get angry about.

[Mme. Defarge]

51. Chicken!

Just kidding.