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infidel621

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107. I didn't use it... I asked why you said it was so inappropriate...

Fri Dec 15, 2017, 07:17 PM

Dec 2017

I made the 'bitter' comment due to the way people seem to often over-react on posts here on DU and this as an example. YOU decided to associate the term bitter with the original slur I didn't even say. Try rereading things without jumping to conclusions that there is some malicious purpose behind my post and attempting to justify your outrage.

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Holy shit... Ann Coulter is one bitter, old spinster... [View all] DetlefK Dec 2017 OP

While she is awful, I've long felt discriminated against because I'm single. n/t Kirk Lover Dec 2017 #1

Me too. & "BITTER OLD SPINSTER" Can the OP be more inappropriate/derisive towards women? REALLY? hlthe2b Dec 2017 #4

Probably. How was this so inappropriate? infidel621 Dec 2017 #18

If you don't know how demeaning it is to refer to an unmarried woman as a "bitter old spinster" you hlthe2b Dec 2017 #41

He/She doesn't belong here, that's for sure. Aristus Dec 2017 #71

I use it precicely because infidel621 Dec 2017 #79

Stereotypes RandomAccess Dec 2017 #67

Thank you for the explanation infidel621 Dec 2017 #80

Well, I'm sorry you found my explanation offensive RandomAccess Dec 2017 #85

I wasn't being sarcastic infidel621 Dec 2017 #88

You say you see the term in geneology and thus assumed it was fine. You surely also see the 'N' word hlthe2b Dec 2017 #95

Seriously? infidel621 Dec 2017 #102

You insult half the population here with a disgusting slur and then complain that you are questioned hlthe2b Dec 2017 #104

I didn't use it... I asked why you said it was so inappropriate... infidel621 Dec 2017 #107

I'm VERY sorry I misunderstood your tone and meaning RandomAccess Dec 2017 #115

You're activating BS detectors all over this board. Are you telling us you really didn't know that.. brush Dec 2017 #153

Very very odd to find it used for women as young as 20. I find that doubtful. Tipperary Dec 2017 #90

Indeed it was not. I'm not buying his explanation while deriding those of us who he has offended. hlthe2b Dec 2017 #97

I don't give a shit what you buy infidel621 Dec 2017 #103

We all know you don't give a shit.. hlthe2b Dec 2017 #105

When did I defend it? I never even used it. infidel621 Dec 2017 #108

I just read that.. sub thread with you being attacked. pangaia Dec 2017 #154

He wasn't defending it. RandomAccess Dec 2017 #120

that term has been a slur (like the "c" word) for women since my Late Mother was a young woman hlthe2b Dec 2017 #125

I am very well aware of the offensive history of the word RandomAccess Dec 2017 #128

I doubt you are older than I & I am DONE apologizing when I am derided or otherwise verbally abused hlthe2b Dec 2017 #133

LOL -- well bully for you! RandomAccess Dec 2017 #148

I'm not trying to be harsh with you, RandomAccess, but to explain. hlthe2b Dec 2017 #150

Okay RandomAccess Dec 2017 #163

I agree that it's sexist and unacceptable, but it's really not on the level as the "c word" whathehell Dec 2017 #182

Welcome to DU. cwydro Dec 2017 #111

I think it is pretty obvious what that posters agenda is. No need to worry. Tipperary Dec 2017 #110

We're talking about old census records -- RandomAccess Dec 2017 #117

We will have to disagree on this one. It is good to know you are another who embrace that term. Tipperary Dec 2017 #121

OFFS RandomAccess Dec 2017 #122

Link to a census record that uses that word, please. Mariana Dec 2017 #155

I don't do census records RandomAccess Dec 2017 #161

I know. Spinster? Wow, flashback to the days when women were defined by their marital status. Tipperary Dec 2017 #38

It's incredibly inappropriate and liberalhistorian Dec 2017 #76

OMG UT_democrat Dec 2017 #129

You were looking for the site where creepy old sexist terms are accepted? They're out there. Squinch Dec 2017 #140

I was? UT_democrat Dec 2017 #156

You seem to be ridiculing the objection to the creepy old sexist term, which would suggest Squinch Dec 2017 #159

I agree. Ugh. DesertRat Dec 2017 #158

I could be far more inappropriate and derisive towards Ann Coulter. moriah Dec 2017 #189

No one here has anything but total disdain for Coulter, but there are plenty of descriptors hlthe2b Dec 2017 #190

As both a feminist and a lover of the artistry of the English language... moriah Dec 2017 #191

I've felt discriminated against because I don't have kids. MGKrebs Dec 2017 #5

Well I understand they are expensive and I really don't even oppose a tax credit, Kirk Lover Dec 2017 #22

I do a lot of expensive things that don't get a tax credit! MGKrebs Dec 2017 #29

Those kids will be paying your social security jberryhill Dec 2017 #30

I'm not saying that. If you read again you see I don't oppose a tax credit. Kirk Lover Dec 2017 #33

-single folks don't get breaks on anything- jberryhill Dec 2017 #56

I'm not speaking about raising kids and parenting and costs. I thought my posts made it clear that Kirk Lover Dec 2017 #165

I'd love to see politicians grilled on just why they feel single people and those brewens Dec 2017 #44

It is the right wingers who say treestar Dec 2017 #54

Disagree The Mouth Dec 2017 #113

Someone else's children will pay into Social Security and the stock market/ Sophia4 Dec 2017 #57

You all (well not all) are missing the real point and are fixating on the child care shit Kirk Lover Dec 2017 #166

Marriage saves a lot of money. Sophia4 Dec 2017 #192

Kids pay for our old age *need to subsidize them MaryMagdaline Dec 2017 #42

I agree... but that isn't the issue for most of us on this subthread. I don't begrudge child credits hlthe2b Dec 2017 #55

Coulter is the one making the nasty characterization, really jberryhill Dec 2017 #58

Did you read the OP? Really? Damn some here just DON'T get it. Misogyny and bigotry lives hlthe2b Dec 2017 #60

THAT is what YOU want to defend jberryhill Dec 2017 #63

As the other poster said, you just do not get it. That is a damn shame. Tipperary Dec 2017 #64

YES, I want to defend women against derisive misogynistic comments from "supposed" progressive hlthe2b Dec 2017 #65

nice pearl clutch . stonecutter357 Dec 2017 #186

Ahh, good more misogyny. Not surprised at you. But now you've shown your ..... to everyone hlthe2b Dec 2017 #188

I do. I wonder what the op calls single men? I find this really sad to see that here. Tipperary Dec 2017 #62

Unfortunately I sometimes give a pass when it MaryMagdaline Dec 2017 #72

I don't think it has anything to do with her age The Mouth Dec 2017 #114

Yeah but that is different than a child tax credit on your income tax. MGKrebs Dec 2017 #59

I'm married, but that didn't happen until I was in my mid-forties liberalhistorian Dec 2017 #75

Fuck off, Ann (n/t) PJMcK Dec 2017 #2

Fuck off, Ann and Kochs? Child tax credit leaves less for them Hortensis Dec 2017 #84

Oh Ann, come on, you are only 56 you have plenty of time to find a mate snooper2 Dec 2017 #3

Why do so many rich want to play victim? delisen Dec 2017 #16

that's just a completely pathetic tweet...even if she's being sarcastic steve2470 Dec 2017 #6

Bitter and nasty, mean & heartless Kimchijeon Dec 2017 #7

Ayn Coulter Roland99 Dec 2017 #8

good one! treestar Dec 2017 #35

She may actually have a valid point. procon Dec 2017 #9

You could flip it around the other way. Parents go to the trouble and expense of raising pnwmom Dec 2017 #109

people make a choice to become parents or not. procon Dec 2017 #118

Ann tarred single people that way -- I didn't. I think it's the opposite, based on the single people pnwmom Dec 2017 #147

You know what? I think she unintentionally let down her guard for once. DFW Dec 2017 #10

I agree and I hope she was being authentic steve2470 Dec 2017 #20

She doesnt have an authentic Gabi Hayes Dec 2017 #144

I think that was my favorite post ever Gabi Hayes Dec 2017 #145

If it makes her suffer a smidgeon of what she causes to others to suffer then I'm glad lunatica Dec 2017 #26

Ah, the "Wolf Trap" syndrome. Dave Starsky Dec 2017 #36

I have a less painful solution DFW Dec 2017 #47

lol nt steve2470 Dec 2017 #52

The "Double Wolf Trap" PJMcK Dec 2017 #81

Who cares what Ann Coulter thinks. MineralMan Dec 2017 #11

Well ann if you didnt eat your young you too could be a happy family Fullduplexxx Dec 2017 #12

Lol, but impossible to imagine that last. Hortensis Dec 2017 #87

Bitter old spinster sounds like some regressive RW judge bullshit. Pls edit this crap. bettyellen Dec 2017 #13

It sounds like when women were labeled by their relationship to men. Tipperary Dec 2017 #39

She should move to a Libertarian Utopia. That's right, Libertarianism is unworkable bullshit fantasy TheBlackAdder Dec 2017 #14

Oh for fucks sake. No single people, you are not being picked on. Voltaire2 Dec 2017 #15

totally agree steve2470 Dec 2017 #17

The decision to have children is the parent's choice. procon Dec 2017 #40

Agreed. I have no children and would MaryMagdaline Dec 2017 #45

You don't hate children and the people who have them. Mariana Dec 2017 #49

I don't think they comprehend what's happening, Hortensis Dec 2017 #92

Being desperately single and lonely is bad enough Blue_Tires Dec 2017 #19

If she was married, her spouse would be living an empty life of desperation. onenote Dec 2017 #21

haha! nt steve2470 Dec 2017 #23

The sPirIT of KGOP republican "KONzervativE kompASSion" Achilleaze Dec 2017 #24

It's no wonder she's single. TheCowsCameHome Dec 2017 #25

Stop your whining and go adopt a kid so you can get your credit lunatica Dec 2017 #27

Post removed Post removed Dec 2017 #28

Yes dispense with the old spinster crap snowybirdie Dec 2017 #31

If she is living a life of "quiet desperation" get the red out Dec 2017 #32

Oh please, we do not treestar Dec 2017 #34

I dislike her, but... Mike Nelson Dec 2017 #37

Revealing the real reason some people in US dont want to fund societal good - jealousy. suffragette Dec 2017 #43

Well, Ms. Coulter, you reap what you sew. You have sewn hatred your entire life and madinmaryland Dec 2017 #46

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2017 #74

I don't think sow's want to be compared to Ann Coulter... madinmaryland Dec 2017 #78

You reap what you sow. You have sown hatred your entire life. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #82

Goddam grammer nazis. madinmaryland Dec 2017 #93

Not grammar. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #96

Kelsey Grammar is a goddam moron. madinmaryland Dec 2017 #100

The English word is "grammar" but the actor's surname is "Grammer". Jim Lane Dec 2017 #132

She gets really frustrated sewing "Great Again" over and over on those hats. Wait, that's rzemanfl Dec 2017 #106

LOL! PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #131

How about "grumpster" for us single old men? Bradshaw3 Dec 2017 #48

GET OFF THE LAWN, YOU GODDAM KIDS!! madinmaryland Dec 2017 #101

Who's this "we", Coultergeist? JHB Dec 2017 #50

Explains her negativity and cilla4progress Dec 2017 #51

Here's my Twitter reply to Coulter: MineralMan Dec 2017 #53

Simply put, she lacks compassion vlyons Dec 2017 #61

Call the waaahhhmbulance. muntrv Dec 2017 #66

I just want to make sure you don't miss this -- RandomAccess Dec 2017 #68

Thank you. I'm sick of the misogyny here, Coulter is no excuse. bettyellen Dec 2017 #69

Yes, so many people (and not just men!) have the attitude RandomAccess Dec 2017 #73

I thought you were being harsh! But now I see you were being fair. Baitball Blogger Dec 2017 #70

Yet, not a peep about her ilk who want women to be nothing but breeders pushing out tons of babies. GoCubsGo Dec 2017 #77

her attempt at sarcasm... handmade34 Dec 2017 #83

I was just going to say, am I the only one who thinks she's being sarcastic? betsuni Dec 2017 #86

I think she is, also steve2470 Dec 2017 #119

I agree with you. Jim Lane Dec 2017 #134

Spinster??? cwydro Dec 2017 #89

I do feel for her. tavernier Dec 2017 #91

the OP is from Germany steve2470 Dec 2017 #94

The OP has had numerous responses educating him cwydro Dec 2017 #99

thank you for the kind words, appreciated steve2470 Dec 2017 #123

And youre appreciated too. cwydro Dec 2017 #142

How do you know the OP has even seen it?? RandomAccess Dec 2017 #124

Ann needs a puppy. Or something. Initech Dec 2017 #98

She could always get herself a puppy and then find joy DFW Dec 2017 #167

It is pathetic that many here are more concerned MicaelS Dec 2017 #112

Wow are you seriously writing this? Really? This is an educational thread for me. Tipperary Dec 2017 #116

Give him time and he'll whip out the ole "c" word. Not all men are progressive here (or respectful) hlthe2b Dec 2017 #135

It's impossible to underestimate the disrespect some who post here have for women. Squinch Dec 2017 #137

Damn, but youre so right. cwydro Dec 2017 #143

Lol UT_democrat Dec 2017 #138

Im single and my life is not at all empty. Oneironaut Dec 2017 #126

Hate to break it to you Ann n2doc Dec 2017 #127

She is one NASTY piece of work. BigDemVoter Dec 2017 #130

About the several posts saying that no man would want Ann Coulter Jim Lane Dec 2017 #136

Holy shit... You seem really comfortable using a creepy and monumentally sexist term... Squinch Dec 2017 #139

At one time, spinster just meant unmarried woman treestar Dec 2017 #141

My husband's parents' 1956 marriage certificate says that. Mariana Dec 2017 #160

In the 60s in America there was this show the Dating Game treestar Dec 2017 #171

Quite correct. See this article DFW Dec 2017 #169

I once got to tour Noah Webster's home in Connecticut treestar Dec 2017 #173

When she was in school, they didn't have computers DFW Dec 2017 #175

Yes, I remember those days treestar Dec 2017 #176

She didn't even go to school in the USA DFW Dec 2017 #178

"abroad" ha! treestar Dec 2017 #180

That depends on what you consider "good." DFW Dec 2017 #185

Assign any negative term to her and it fits Awsi Dooger Dec 2017 #146

It may be a bit un-feminist of me treestar Dec 2017 #174

Back in the Day I said Wolf Frankula Dec 2017 #149

You've been in middle school for a LONG time!! malchickiwick Dec 2017 #179

Ann Coulter doesn't do anything "quietly" jmowreader Dec 2017 #151

That's exactly what i thought. Mariana Dec 2017 #162

Fake sadness for sympathy to cover her cheap ass ayn Rand ways lunasun Dec 2017 #152

I ain't mad at you... LuvLoogie Dec 2017 #157

Post removed Post removed Dec 2017 #164

I'm mostly pissed she steals from Thoreau blogslut Dec 2017 #168

An over-the-top word for an over-the-top tweet from an over-the-top person. DetlefK Dec 2017 #170

She is probably going thru Holiday depression... kentuck Dec 2017 #172

True. I had this divorced friend who always treestar Dec 2017 #181

I laughed. yardwork Dec 2017 #177

Hmm..Funny one doesn't hear about "bitter old bachelors" whathehell Dec 2017 #183

Sexual orientation may be biological, BUT Vogon_Glory Dec 2017 #184

lots and lots of pearl clutching in this thread . stonecutter357 Dec 2017 #187