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TreasonousBastard

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8. As you may have noticed...

Reply to Cleita (Reply #5)

Wed Jul 22, 2015, 08:19 PM

Jul 2015

a lot of words commonly used in the media and the various arts, not to mention general conversation, are verboten around here.

FWIW, on a discussion group of a more or less scientific group I'm involved with, someone complained mightily about the use of "fellowship" as excluding women. Out of general interest, I asked about this in a women's forum here and four out of five responders had no problem with it. One even mentioned she's on a list called a "feminist fellowship".

I am dismayed when the objection to a word overwhelms the actual meaning behind the usage of that word.

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MY INITIATION AS A WHORE [View all] Hestia Jul 2015 OP

IBTL. TexasTowelie Jul 2015 #1

Isn't it cool that this hasn't been locked? That's why I put it in Good Reads. :) Hestia Jul 2015 #15

If the author of the piece is willing to call herself a whore TexasTowelie Jul 2015 #17

Interesting but I don't think this will last long here. Cleita Jul 2015 #2

You just like to CYA. Not fooling anyone. William769 Jul 2015 #3

But the author didn't call OUR leading candidate for President one. George II Jul 2015 #6

Neither did I or the OP. Cleita Jul 2015 #10

You mean a real, live, actual, honest-to-something-like-a-god... TreasonousBastard Jul 2015 #4

It also seems to be commonly used in media. Randi Rhodes and Cleita Jul 2015 #5

Not in reference to the most admired woman in the world. George II Jul 2015 #7

This thread has nothing to do with Hillary Clinton. Cleita Jul 2015 #9

As you may have noticed... TreasonousBastard Jul 2015 #8

It happens with regularity here among a certain clique. Cleita Jul 2015 #11

Exactly! It's getting caught up in minutia, which detracts and time sucks. It's someone who Hestia Jul 2015 #14

and when did this start and who started it? I leave for a couple of days and come back Hestia Jul 2015 #16

Having lost good whore friends ismnotwasm Jul 2015 #12

Did you read the article to the ending? Hestia Jul 2015 #13