History of the use of the word "whore" on DU [View all]
For quite some time, the word “whore” has been used in a NON-SEXUAL context (i.e., NOT criticizing someone’s sex life - which is a whole other kettle of fish) to describe A)politicians of all genders, B)media personalities of all genders, and C)people who seek the limelight (“attention whores”) of all genders. When applied to politicians the CONTEXT (which matters) is usually referring to politicians seeking money from corporations and banksters.
It gets used quite frequently here on DU, in those non-sexual CONTEXTS, against the above-named groups of people.
To illustrate, entering the word "whore" in the DU "site search" function reveals these, just in the first 7 pages of the search:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Whore&sitesearch=democraticunderground.com&gws_rd=ssl#q=Whore+site:democraticunderground.com&start=0
Rush Limbaugh...Fully Owned Whore of Big Business?
My My Wolf the Media Whore Blitzer
Obama the vote-whore with "ex-gay" at his side
Michelle Malkin: I am not a (paid) whore (this is the thread title. here are some posts in the thread:
20. It is a total waste.
I will never forgive this whore and her pimps for sending my only child to die.
10. well yes but
I think the difference is are they paid specifically to whore for an issue; I agree it is a very fine line since regardless, she does earn her pay being a GOP whore. There is no way these whores can believe half the drivel they write.
7. Well maybe she's not getting paid by the Bushies to whore for them
but she still makes a good living from it.
Prescott Bush was a Nazi-Whore, but his father Samuel was Worse
Decline to Blog for Free, Get Called a Whore
Listening to Dreier whore for BUSHCO, when will he be OUTED?
Paula Zahn - Huge Whore - Interviewing Jane Fonda - Now
Tucker Carlson is a whore. Plus post in this thread: 6. Everyone with more than one brain cell knows he's a whore. nt
KOCH-WHORE Scott Walker INSULTS Bernie Sanders By Suggesting He Isn’t A Real Presidential Candidate
My cat is a fucking attention whore
Proven Climate Whore Willie Soon: "Too Much Ice Is Really Bad For Polar Bears"
Pictures of Judy Woodruff long before she was a fascist Bush whore????
Who is the biggest whore among U.S corporations?
Mike Malloy - Wayne LaPierre Is A Whore
Jackie "Whore" Chan Gets Professional Spirit Award
A list of Famous Attention Whores
Media Whore Diane Sawyer Casts Stones at Madonna
True or False: Cats are the whores of the pet world
Rick Perry: The Best Little Whore In Texas (quoting the title of a Rolling Stone article)
I've Become a Lexis-Nexis Points Whore
Howard Kurtz, Media WHORE
Aasif Mandvi of "The Daily Show" hilariously demolishes Foxbot Koch whore re: Obamacare
Rep. Grayson calls lobbyist "K Street Whore" on radio
TYT: "The Best Little Whore House on Wall Street"
Is the Whore Media reporting about Al Gore being cleared of sexual assault?
Michael Bloomberg, bankster whore
Pataki is a Whore ( no offense to sex industry workers intended)
Then again, what modern day Republican isn't a whore?
Breaux-Lott Leadership Group. PERFECT. A Dem whore and a Puke whore teaming up to lobby.
Giuliani. Whore.
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The above gives a DU history of the usage of "whore". Going forward into the future: Is “whore” a word that should be forever banned from DU, even when used in a non-sexual CONTEXT about the 3 above-named groups of people, as discussed above? Should a special exception be carved out, such that the word can be used against everyone in those 3 groups (again, **NOT** in a manner critical of their sex lives) *EXCEPT for female Democratic politicians*?
(note to group Hosts – I posted this here, desiring a broad, general DU discussion about the use of this word at DU, not to get into crap going on in other forums (and hoping that others can avoid doing so))
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