Colbert has no regrets: Late-night host defends controversial Trump Putin c*ck holster joke

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56. True. We need to be more creative with our insults.

I remember using the word "cocksucker" as an insult when I was a teenager. As I matured, I realized that the insult was predicated on the idea that the act is demeaning and reserved for gay men and for women. Then I realized, for men that is a pleasurable activity in which their partner (man or woman) is giving to them.

I am guessing that Colbert was thinking that in using that as a slur, he was pointing out that Trump was being subservient to Putin, but you are completely correct that the implication is that the act of fellatio is somehow "beneath" other sexual acts and that people who perform it are lesser than those who it is performed on.

I think that it can be difficult to eliminate insults that we grew up hearing. Things like the aforementioned "cocksucker" or "retard", "that's gay", "you run/hit/throw... like a girl", are all insults that demean people by comparing them with completely normal people that are considered "inferior" in some way. We have to become more creative in how we criticize and insult each other. It should not be at the expense of women, gay people, and disabled people.