The Rude Pundit ought to just steer clear of sexist/homophobic

[nadinbrzezinski]

152. My advise, given the nature of the beast

and I mean it, is to avoid the whole thing,

I read RP from time to time. I do not go out of my way to find the columns, but this idea that his choice of words are so offensive, it is a matter of who they are offensive to. If they are that offensive, either confront RP, or avoid it altogether because he is not going away

Oh and truth be told, I read at times some folks who also have first amendment rights, who make RP look like a boy scout. I definitely will NOT link to those places here. But as part of the job I find myself reading those sites from time to time, and after wards I have the definite urge to run, not walk, RUN, to the shower.

but if he is so damn offensive, given that Nolabear posts those links here regularly, it is easy to avoid it. The tools are there.

And from the results on this thread, I do not think she is making much headway. Language is one of those particular things that either we have a mass banning of it, or people will use at times what offends you... and at that point you can confront the author, (and in this case it will go nowhere), or you can give the author no traffic... it is the nature of the internetz

I much prefer to have RP and those sites I have mentioned be completely out there to be found, but will NOT link to, present and alive and offending... than not have them, by government fiat. There are places in the world that do mass collective word bans... that is the other choice truly.

By the way, the same argument made by the OP has been used by many school districts to ban far less offensive works of literature, like "to Kill a Mockingbird" and "Huckleberry Finn." Hell, the latter we have a new PC version that removed things like the word Nigger from it. Given when Sam Clemens wrote that book...

So I will go back to my advise. She can use the filters the site gives her, trash the threads or permanently hide them. That is also a choice you have under the first amendment. You do not have to be subjected to that language if it is such a problem.