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In reply to the discussion: Rude Pundit Appreciation Thread [View all]zeemike
(18,998 posts)85. But the word police have already won.
And that is obvious because you have to use a letter to refer to it instead of the word.
And there are others too...like the B word and more to follow...perty soon every letter of the alphabet will be covered as those who find offense in such things find more and more to be offended by...there can never be an end to it.
It is almost like some people want us to live up to what the right wing says about us, that we are the intolerant ones and seek to be as repressive as they say we are.
Both left and right have their authoritarians that wish to control things...and we make a mistake if we follow them.
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You'd think at an "Underground" those wouldn't be issues. But I guess we're a "tea party"...
villager
Jun 2014
#5
sorry, nothing seems to stop her. She is like the Terminator of right wing bile.
yurbud
Jun 2014
#58
I mostly agree. the "c word" is the only insult that comes close to having that impact
yurbud
Jun 2014
#57
I think the N words power was not that it was used indiscriminatly but the context like
yurbud
Jun 2014
#72
If you are trying to make the point I think you are trying to make, you're splitting hairs
stevenleser
Jun 2014
#158
Coulter being called "the c-word" is nowhere near as bad as her behavior that precipitated it
Orrex
Jun 2014
#28
If you are offended, then trash the threads. Plez dont try to censor what we read. nm
rhett o rick
Jun 2014
#137
It's a long time and a rare occasion, but Coulter I think was the first woman I referred to C word
2banon
Jun 2014
#141
Thank you for referring to it as the "c-word" as opposed to using the actual word.
Nye Bevan
Jun 2014
#171
The man is ELOQUENT in his own way! And when is the truth "tasteless and over the top"?
zwyziec
Jun 2014
#19
This. Any occasional small issue I might have with his choice of language is well balanced
nomorenomore08
Jun 2014
#107
He's also brilliant and one of the first media pundits who considered Women's Issues important.
BlancheSplanchnik
Jun 2014
#44
Apparently some here can't differentiate between rudeness/vulgarity and bigotry.
redqueen
Jun 2014
#95
His last piece on Liz and Dick Cheney was spot on because "The Rude One," like ....
Botany
Jun 2014
#86
I don't talk like TRP. I don't write like TRP. But I agree with TRP in his descriptions of this
WinkyDink
Jun 2014
#96
Add me to the list that reads his column every weekday, and is sad on weekends when there is none
Moliere
Jun 2014
#108
I'd love see a cussing contest between Rude and the Dickbot, then shut him off.
rickyhall
Jun 2014
#110
It's a poor game when one can't express thoughts cogently without resort to juvenile profanity.
randome
Jun 2014
#124
And he is vile to all the 'right' people! Love the Rude One, always have, always will.
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#127
TRP always starts his threads "The Rude Pundit:" If people can't handle the content, don't click!
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2014
#164