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Luminous Animal

(27,310 posts)
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 01:55 AM Jun 2014

When Hillary is the candidate (and I've little doubt that she will be).

Who is okay with the following;


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I am okay with calling her a b***h because calling women b****s is on TV.
0 (0%)
I am okay with calling her a c**t because c**t is groovy in Britain is Australia.
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This is a push pull. Are you out of your mind?
1 (100%)
My cat's breath smells like cat food.
0 (0%)
I think we should be able to say words like n****r and f*****t
0 (0%)
Not allowing words like n****r and f*****t is a good thing.
0 (0%)
Not allowing words like b***h and c**t . Wait, what? FREEDOM!
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Not allowing words like n****r and f*****t Wait what? FREEDOM?
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When Hillary is the candidate (and I've little doubt that she will be). (Original Post) Luminous Animal Jun 2014 OP
Don't worry. She won't be RobertEarl Jun 2014 #1
Hedging my bets. Luminous Animal Jun 2014 #2
Best wait... RobertEarl Jun 2014 #5
If Hillary is the NOMINEE, I'll vote for her. Spider Jerusalem Jun 2014 #3
And you will be okay when the right calls her a b***h? Because we are allowed on DU to call women Luminous Animal Jun 2014 #4
They'll call any Democratic nominee names, regardless of who it is. Spider Jerusalem Jun 2014 #6
So looking forward to those DUers defending calling women b***h and taking umbrage when Hillary is. Luminous Animal Jun 2014 #7
Spider Jerusalem is not in that crowd BainsBane Jun 2014 #11
Never claimed otherwise. Not by a long shot. Luminous Animal Jun 2014 #12
I would honestly have hoped... Spider Jerusalem Jun 2014 #19
I asked. Specifically. Would you be okay with calling Hillary a b***h because this board allows Luminous Animal Jun 2014 #20
What some members of this forum think is acceptable is not necessarily what I find acceptable. Spider Jerusalem Jun 2014 #21
Still did not answer a simple question. Luminous Animal Jun 2014 #22
It isn't my fault if you can't comprehend what you read. Spider Jerusalem Jun 2014 #23
My cat's breath smells like cat food. Luminous Animal Jun 2014 #24
You know what word I'd like to see not used so fucking much? Warren DeMontague Jun 2014 #8
bored? BootinUp Jun 2014 #9
Could we actually hold the primaries? BainsBane Jun 2014 #10
Can I call Hillary a b***h? I would't but according to DU TOS, I can. Luminous Animal Jun 2014 #13
Not according to TOS, but according to juries you can BainsBane Jun 2014 #14
TOS does not bar misogynist language. Not by a long shot. Luminous Animal Jun 2014 #16
No, it has a vague reference to bigotry based on gender. BainsBane Jun 2014 #17
A clot? I know she had a brain clot, but that's still not very nice. InAbLuEsTaTe Jun 2014 #25
I didn't realize that f*****t has five asterisks in it. TexasTowelie Jun 2014 #15
Sometimes my cats think they are helping me out when I am typing. Luminous Animal Jun 2014 #18
Blaming it on the cats? TexasTowelie Jun 2014 #27
I would hope that if and when ... NanceGreggs Jun 2014 #26
 

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)
1. Don't worry. She won't be
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 02:05 AM
Jun 2014

6 years ago many had little doubt, just as you now. You'll learn.

Doubt is a good thing to have when it comes to the Clintons.

 

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)
5. Best wait...
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 02:20 AM
Jun 2014

Back eight years ago Obama was hardly even known outside Chicago.

Hillary ain't betting on it. She hasn't even said she's running, or walking.

 

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)
3. If Hillary is the NOMINEE, I'll vote for her.
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 02:12 AM
Jun 2014

If I have any substantiative disagreements with her positions and policies I'll focus on those, in the primary, while supporting whomever I believe to be a better candidate. And I don't see attacks on Hillary (or Elizabeth Warren, or any other potential female candidate) on the basis of gender as being any more acceptable than attacks on Obama on the basis of race.

Although she was inevitable before, and look how that turned out; I wouldn't be putting money on a Clinton primary victory, just yet.

 

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)
6. They'll call any Democratic nominee names, regardless of who it is.
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 02:24 AM
Jun 2014

My being okay with it or not won't stop it.

 

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)
19. I would honestly have hoped...
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 03:37 AM
Jun 2014

that you'd be able to suss out what "I don't see attacks on the basis of gender as any more acceptable than attacks on Obama on the basis of race" meant. Is it not obvious?

Luminous Animal

(27,310 posts)
20. I asked. Specifically. Would you be okay with calling Hillary a b***h because this board allows
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 03:48 AM
Jun 2014

calling women b*****s.

 

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)
21. What some members of this forum think is acceptable is not necessarily what I find acceptable.
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 03:57 AM
Jun 2014

And I've commented elsewhere on other threads regarding how reactionary I find many of the attitudes expressed here on issues of gender and race. See for instance the arguments about "white privilege" and sexual objectification and many other things besides. Personally? I'm kind of appalled at the number of people who, with all apparent sincerity, claim that discussion of women's issues and racial issues "makes DU suck" and is "divisive". Because the white male perspective is apparently supposed to be the default, and issues that affect women, people of colour, and LGBT are of secondary importance and can be worried about at some hypothetical future point.

BainsBane

(53,012 posts)
10. Could we actually hold the primaries?
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 02:47 AM
Jun 2014

Before deciding the election is over? As for language, I think this weekend pretty much answered that.

BainsBane

(53,012 posts)
14. Not according to TOS, but according to juries you can
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 03:02 AM
Jun 2014

If fact, you would be heralded as a champion of free speech for doing so. Not as much if you called her a c...t though. That is way more free-speechy.

BainsBane

(53,012 posts)
17. No, it has a vague reference to bigotry based on gender.
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 03:16 AM
Jun 2014

Which the admins. say cover it, but clearly juries don't think so.

Luminous Animal

(27,310 posts)
18. Sometimes my cats think they are helping me out when I am typing.
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 03:25 AM
Jun 2014

While I appreciate their effort to contribute to political discourse, I don't always catch their misspellings while dodging their buttholes, tails, paws, and ears.

NanceGreggs

(27,813 posts)
26. I would hope that if and when ...
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 04:48 AM
Jun 2014

... Hillary becomes president, she will concern herself with the affairs of the nation, rather than what she is called.

As for what I am "okay" with, it is of no consequence whatsoever.

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