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[Downwinder]

1. And drop the "Dick" part.

While you are at it. It is a commode or toilet rather than a John.

[CTyankee]

2. Yup. I decided, as a Feminist, that I would drop"dick" because the derogatory female

term, the "C" word, was so despicable, that I wanted to be consistent.

That is all.

[Texasgal]

3. I've never understood the meaning

behind sexist invectives on this board and I guess i never will.

[Cali_Democrat]

4. Ummm....

And stop calling each other assholes, cocks, shitheads, feminazis, motherfuckers, racists, misandrysts, ratfuckers, and all of that other stuff that does nothing but get blood boiling?

People are none of these things.

No

There are racists out there and even right here on DU. I will call people racist when I see it.

[Warpy]

8. I will call the POSTS racist when I see them

Sure, they were made by stone bigots, but getting them to modify bad behavior is often the best thing we can do.

And I just read a dilly that didn't use a single pejorative but caused many counter posts wielding the famous DU clue by four.

[oneofthe99]

5. What about poopy head can we still say poopy head

[Warpy]

9. I cuss like a longshoreman

and I suppose that will eventually get me banned here once the word police win the war.

[VanillaRhapsody]

6. Have you had your feelings hurt lately?

because I remember some of your more recent posts......

You didn't seem to care about anyone else's feelings then.....you are not exactly in a position to make this demand considering those....

[MannyGoldstein]

29. Point them out

Make me smarter.

[Cleita]

10. All I have to say is that I'm amazed at the approval

of suppression of language that has spread here on DU. It leads to suppression of ideas and opinions, censorship and other abuses. But carry on. It's how a word is used and the context, not the word itself that should be of concern. Never mind. Many here already are calling me a rabid female dog under their collective breaths because they are afraid to say the word, not to me, but their disapproving peers.

[ancianita]

11. Agreed. Even talking about it does nothing but suck us into a 'fog of war' temperament. Civility.

Courtesy. The Golden Rule. Thanks.

[mokawanis]

12. It's not just the use of offensive words

it's the willingness of some to mock and ridicule people they disagree with. Taunts and insults aren't the makings of vigorous debate.

I'll add this - derailing threads and sniping really undermine discussions. When people jump into a thread and attack others, while ignoring the topic at hand, they're doing everyone a disservice.

[Mr.Bill]

13. Is Morans still okay?

Seriously, I totally agree with the op. K&R

[DeSwiss]

14. K&R

[center][/center]

[Cryptoad]

15. sounds like you need to start hangin with a better crowd......IYKWIM

[passiveporcupine]

16. I personally don't care if we are talking about other DUers, or conservatives or liberationists...

If you talk to them like they are the enemy, guess what, that is what they become, in your mind and thiers.

[zeemike]

17. Posting here has become dangerous.

And without a complete list of things you cannot say it is just a matter of time before you offend someone.

The fault dear Manny is not in the words but in ourselves.

[KauaiK]

18. I agree

the crass method of discussing issues is depraved and without any semblance of intelligence.

[sheshe2]

27. That would most defiantly apply to Op's

calling a sitting Democratic President a POS. Therefore I completely agree with you.

I agree
the crass method of discussing issues is depraved and without any semblance of intelligence.

there was definitely no semblance of intelligence there....yet the crowd cheered on and on and on. Woo Haaa, rec rec rec~ Sad that.

[NBachers]

19. I'm still wondering about douchebag, though- What's the verdict on douchebag?

There are cases where, in my own humble opinion, douchebag is appropriate. Not necessarily to describe another DU'er; maybe in reference to individuals outside of Democratic Underground for whom this invective would be applicable.

Spell check suggests douche bag, or douche-bag, but not douchebag.

[bettyellen]

20. Um, no one was calling fellow DUers c*&ts or d*#ks, but thanks anyway!

Mostly what happened here, was people offended by slurs used and calling the slurs bigoted.

I know kept your distance, but figured since you wrote an OP about this "problem", someone should explain the actual problem.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

21. I see you have never spent an evening with an insurance agent.

[CreekDog]

22. we call everything else what it is

why this special dispensation on intolerance?

please.

[LWolf]

23. Wow. What a bright idea.

It would make teaching my students not to call people names a hell of a lot easier if they didn't learn to do so from the other adults in their lives. As a matter of fact, if adults practiced simple civility to one another, and taught it to their children, I wouldn't HAVE to do so for them.

[fredamae]

24. Thank you. n/t

[840high]

25. K/R Thank you

[DrewFlorida]

26. Great post, this is the one thing about DU I hate, I'm glad to see someone else pointing this out!

Many times I have posted about an issue with some level of ignorance (no arrogance, no malice), and I have been inundated with abusive arrogance, rather than intelligent information. While I am well informed on many issues, there are others I don't have a full understanding of, which is the original reason I began coming to DU. Some how I expect more from a political base which hangs it's hat on empathy and tolerance.

[kardonb]

28. Idea

I could not agree more with you !!! How about also not using the eternal F-word , it becomes meaningless and just shows poor skills at expressing yourself . English is such a rich language . Just think of Shakespeare , he could express every human emotion without resorting to bathroom language .