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In reply to the discussion: umm.....uummm [View all]LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)IMHO using the word rape unnecessarily is not funny. Please, please think about not using it for humor.
It is time that the word was phased out, except to talk about the actual crime, the same way enlightened people here on DU are trying to phase out words like "retard" or "fag." We're better than that, aren't we?
Rape is not funny. Neither is torture. Some people are extremely bothered by use of the word where another word would do the job.
People who use this word gratuitously would probably be sensitive to it, if they had ever been raped, or known someone close who had been.
The fact that some folks get so angry about it is because they are very sensitive about this horrible crime. I can't blame them for how they feel. Maybe some appear to overreact, but how can we see inside their heads and feel the depth of their trauma?
love,
LE