History of Feminism

Miles Archer

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79. DU used to REGULARLY and WITHOUT EXCEPTION lock posts that used the word

Sat Jan 24, 2015, 09:45 PM

Jan 2015

I'm kind of surprised that the policy has changed.

I had a post a L-O-N-G time ago when I referred to a MAN using the word...it was one of the latest Bush / Cheney atrocities...and the thread lit up, over 100 replies, lively discussion, etc etc etc...

...and the moderator at that time locked the thread and said it was "a shame" that I had to ruin such a good post with "that word." I don't know if there is still an expiration on when you can edit the post, but at that time I had exceeded it, and she suggested that "maybe I could repost the thread without that word."

People who know me can guess how I reacted. While I know some people are excruciatingly politically correct, I have NEVER posted anything here that was sexist or disrespectful to women, and having a thread locked for calling a male "Bushie" by that name is something I remember EVERY TIME I see the word used on DU.

Can't even remember the name of that mod but I would liek to think they are no longer a part of the DU community.

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(HOF THREAD!) SO is the word "BITCH" still acceptable on DU... [View all] yuiyoshida Jan 2015 OP

Admins need to step in. F4lconF16 Jan 2015 #1

Nailed it. yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #10

+1 840high Jan 2015 #18

Admins = Elvis A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2015 #36

I stand corrected - Skinner's working on the problem. A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2015 #37

... F4lconF16 Jan 2015 #44

+1... SidDithers Jan 2015 #55

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2015 #42

I would vote #1 and #3 petronius Jan 2015 #2

It's always been this way Texasgal Jan 2015 #3

Completely depends on context. cheapdate Jan 2015 #4

You have the context here BainsBane Jan 2015 #12

I'm defending language. cheapdate Jan 2015 #13

We are talking about community standards, not a "ban" BainsBane Jan 2015 #16

Why would you bother to even pose a question cheapdate Jan 2015 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author caraher Jan 2015 #48

just to piss you off mercuryblues Jan 2015 #95

results are in Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #54

Thanks for the info. cheapdate Jan 2015 #57

personally, I find the word ... acceptable on DU3 for only two reasons = Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #58

The best and simplest explaination on this thread. marble falls Jan 2015 #88

All too often, context is merely an excuse. LanternWaste Jan 2015 #96

It's a useful word...if you want to be a misognyistic asshole YoungDemCA Jan 2015 #62

Good Lord. People use the word in casual, cheapdate Jan 2015 #63

Asshole is NOT gender specific. F4lconF16 Jan 2015 #71

If you, or anyone else, wants to permanently banish the word cheapdate Jan 2015 #80

Let me say what you just said, slightly differently: F4lconF16 Jan 2015 #82

It's very different if someone is driving in traffic cheapdate Jan 2015 #83

I'm out of things to say. F4lconF16 Jan 2015 #84

Yeah, I'm a "bigot". cheapdate Jan 2015 #85

Not at all, just a bit obtuse and argumentative. marble falls Jan 2015 #89

both words are used by yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #92

I voted #3. - nt KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #5

You can't if it's a female elected official. I got censured for that in the past. TheNutcracker Jan 2015 #6

HOw is it that it can go both ways...?? yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #8

If the N-word isn't acceptable the B-word shouldn't be either. alp227 Jan 2015 #7

A good question ... yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #9

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Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2015 #41

Please provide a link yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #43

There actually was a cracker thread. marble falls Jan 2015 #90

Perhaps, but that guy was yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #91

Yes and he really needed to go. marble falls Jan 2015 #94

Bitch should only be used ChazII Jan 2015 #14

I've used the expression "life's a bitch." You sayin that's not acceptable? InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2015 #29

I'd avoid it. F4lconF16 Jan 2015 #30

Read post #30 ChazII Jan 2015 #49

not thrilled with throwing the word around... BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2015 #15

Wow...I'm coming in late to this thread, but I have to tell you that I agree whathehell Feb 2015 #130

seriously. I fucking hate it so much. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2015 #132

I know EXACTLY how you feel, and whathehell Feb 2015 #133

yes, I read it a long time ago! BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2015 #134

Not acceptable. Shame on juror2 and 7. 840high Jan 2015 #17

If I posted and called some RW male politician a Bitch ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #20

Flame bait. n/t ColesCountyDem Jan 2015 #21

Who are you to decide what is an acceptable thread in HOF? BainsBane Jan 2015 #32

A DU-er who's entitled to an opinion about a 'greatest' post, that's who. ColesCountyDem Jan 2015 #38

Welp... F4lconF16 Jan 2015 #45

"I hope you don't stick around long." A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2015 #60

This is more than a META posting yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #46

Well excuse us. sheshe2 Jan 2015 #81

Is flame bait better or worse than groveling for other people's money numerous times? LanternWaste Jan 2015 #97

Try ATA. A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2015 #123

I don't think he's gonna like the answer. JTFrog Jan 2015 #124

They should take getting blocked A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2015 #126

Indeed. n/t JTFrog Jan 2015 #127

This message was self-deleted by its author JTFrog Jan 2015 #125

Bullshit. This is a feminist group and we CAN discuss gender slurs.. whathehell Feb 2015 #131

Voted #2 sarcastically. Here's the icon just in case that's not clear why I voted that way: freshwest Jan 2015 #22

Is it ok if I call myself a bitch? I'm proud of it! mackerel Jan 2015 #23

Why are you proud of it? fbc Jan 2015 #24

It's just slang where I live. It's just another word to play with and the craic is mad! mackerel Jan 2015 #26

Of course it's ok ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #33

I oppose the use of vulgar language on DU because it reduces the level of conversation from JDPriestly Jan 2015 #25

You first :P mackerel Jan 2015 #27

My problem with the B word and other similar epithets is that they don't really mean anything JDPriestly Jan 2015 #35

I'd like to see how many DUers are upset with the word. I don't use it (anymore) because it... BlueJazz Jan 2015 #28

If I used a word that offended someone BainsBane Jan 2015 #34

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You said > BlueJazz Jan 2015 #47

All of those meanings convey a view of women as inferior BainsBane Jan 2015 #56

I understand. Color me enlightened. BlueJazz Jan 2015 #59

Can you please label this as a HOF thread? BainsBane Jan 2015 #31

fixed. yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #39

of course it is sexist, and being used on a progressive democratic board with a lot of justification seabeyond Jan 2015 #50

Many of these people are not allies, not progressives, and oftentimes, not Democrats YoungDemCA Jan 2015 #61

Sadly I am begining to see this yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #72

+1 F4lconF16 Jan 2015 #87

So is calling Dems "pussies" ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #51

yes. everyone is aware enough to know, when they make the choice to use these words, they are seabeyond Jan 2015 #52

Sexists hiding inside bigots ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #53

Sea, can't we start some kind of post in GD yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #65

yui, we have had OP after OP in GD. in Meta. in ATA. i know for a fact there was one in ATA seabeyond Jan 2015 #66

God, thats terrible... yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #68

i pretty much quit talking. i fave finally about gotten all my hide off. prior to that, i was kicked seabeyond Jan 2015 #69

I don't understand, how this can happen here.. yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #70

+1 Precisely. nt BainsBane Jan 2015 #86

here is hte hide i am talking about that luminous brought to HOF. the OP was hidden. what she was seabeyond Jan 2015 #67

why was there no alert on that posting? yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #64

There was-- it failed ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #73

That totally sucks. yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #74

It is sad ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #75

not to mention xenophobia.... yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #77

they gained control on du3, since it was set up for their success. but... thru out the net our seabeyond Jan 2015 #76

I don't know if it will help but yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #78

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DU used to REGULARLY and WITHOUT EXCEPTION lock posts that used the word Miles Archer Jan 2015 #79

Can Derek and Romaine use it on the radio? FrodosPet Jan 2015 #98

Because they use it doesn't make it right. yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #99

the poster has plenty of posts in this thread, to educate him about the harm, in the use of the word seabeyond Jan 2015 #100

You are incorrect FrodosPet Jan 2015 #102

what is being called out has nothing to do with any type of friendly social greeting. seabeyond Jan 2015 #103

Yes, please stop alienating all of the people who use "Bitch" as a friendly social greeting. A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2015 #104

I was going to say... yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #105

They'll become alienated once-friendly social greeting terrorists. A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2015 #107

Curious gcomeau Jan 2015 #101

You do understand that insulting someone yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #106

And where exactly on the forum... gcomeau Jan 2015 #108

where DO you engage yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #109

I don't. gcomeau Jan 2015 #111

blocked.... boston bean Jan 2015 #112

wow I can't even believe that was said.. yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #113

That is one of the strangest justifications for calling a woman a bitch I've ever heard ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #114

The logic is quite clear BainsBane Jan 2015 #122

and this is the attitude you suggest for a progressive, liberal, Democratic Web Site? Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #115

Very interesting I'd say. ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #116

curious, even Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #117

Even once one parses out the varied implications, and comes to a solid conclusion ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #118

yes, very odd ... I know I have come to a very solid conclusion Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #119

should this be its own thread? yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #120

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not a big fan of it, because it seems very gender-specific Skittles Jan 2015 #121

Never was liberal N proud Jan 2015 #128

Agreed..and will say more.. yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #129