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In reply to the discussion: Australia's Opposition Leader Just Called A C**t In Parliament [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)Here's why--you can try to explain the cultural use of a term, you can provide examples, you can provide lectures, essays, articles and snippets from television discussions on the topic, but no matter what you do, there is a subset of people here who will associate your "explaining" with "approval," no matter how often or vociferously you try to disavow any agreement with the conduct.
It's just a no-win. Those looking for a punching bag will zero in on you and excoriate you for failing to roundly condemn--and nothing more. There will be no nuanced discussion. Any expression of understanding of the milieu in which the phrase was used will be taken as cheerleading or endorsement.
Some people refuse to acknowledge that the "Bee" word has changed meaning in USA, to the point where it is no longer censored on network television IN THE MORNING.
I'm afraid Jesse Pinkman brought that word into the common vernacular and it's not going away. I don't expect the "Cee" word to make an appearance quite so easily, but once upon a time, Americans never said "at the end of the day" and now they say it all the time. Language does ebb and flow. Sooner or later, the cee word will appear on American television, cropping up like dandelions in springtime, and we'll have this discussion over, and over, and over, and over again....!!!!