It's never OK to use a word that connotes a negative generalization about a minority group.

How professional.

Why not go with "Teabaggers" instead? They hate being called Teabaggers, even though they dubbed themselves that before anyone else.

female dogs?

because sometimes these hateful, horrible, rotten-to-the-core righties just need an old-school beat-down.

Who cannot complain of political incorrectness of it.

Or some other sexist slur that refers to males?

Instead of referring to RWers with a nasty word that literally means female dog, but which is commonly used as a generalized misogynistic slur to insult and denigrate women, a slur that infers numerous derogatory connotations primarily targeting women, why not use a male slur to refer to RWers, if it is so imperative for us to use gender based slurs?

It's just not logical.

After all, a very substantial majority of right wingers are male.
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Out of 435 members of the House, I believe that just 17 are Republican women. Of 100 sitting senators, I think just four are Republican women.

but I laughed when I heard that's what he said. My first reaction/the first thing I said was 'how you like us now m'fer's'--seriously that's exactly what I said. I have a visceral hate for the teanuts, like I've only had for a few other people.

I apologize to any that I offended by laughing. I know the the *b* word is offensive to many.

The word 'bitch' however has a more complicated set of meanings, some of which are insulting to me.

I appreciated it for what it was - a spike the ball, victory tweet.

But I understand your position.

Don't know why, but to me it's overkill to forbid it, however I respect it is not allowed on DU.

Men get called it now and it's funny.

I think that changes things a bit.

as the Anthony Wiener debacle.

it doesn't bother me much either. I respect it's not allowed on DU and that it does offend others. I could absolutely see me saying what Patrick Gaspard said.

Being PC doesn't tamp down the Repug bitches one bit

And WE have guns too! (This is not sarcasm, I am a flaming radical liberal dem as well). Dana ; )

Not offended by it, I often use that term in the manner he did with my friends, but I would never use it in that context professionally.

why do democrats always want to apologize for being offensive? more power to patrick gaspard. say it again. i'm a woman of some years, and i am not offended. do you honestly think they would care if a rightie said the same thing.

This is unprofessional.

A lot of folks' heads here would explode!

There is no double standard.

Misogyny is ok if you're a liberal. (e.g. Maher, Moore)

Or is it 1. There's no talking about DU.

of the word hypocrisy.

the B-word in any context (other than as a verb) is like nails on a black-board to me.

The Republicans threw out decorum, politeness and mannerly dignified behavior YEARS ago. They are boorish thugs, almost to a person. One of them has been known to pick his nose and spit in public like a pig (sorry piggies) like a slob.

But, beyond decorum, from a "worker" point of view, I personally would not want to lose myself like that.

yet full of meaning.

There is no widespread misogyny on DU.



Maybe if we say it enough times, we'll start believing that 'bitch' is an acceptable word for people to use as an insult, and it will magically become no longer an anti-woman slur. Ah, the power of magical thinking.

Been working on replacing the fence and found that the old posts were such pieces of shit after a couple good jerks back and forth they snapped off about 8-10" down in the ground, until I got to post #7 or so..

That one was in there good, I was jerking it back and forth - back and forth, snap like the others you bitch LOL

Then I heard my neighbor who I didn't know was behind me ask why I was cussing out a post



Of course the damn thing then broke about a foot up from the ground, snapped right by a knot. Guess I'll jerk it out of the ground with my truck

when Jesse Pinkman uses it to refer to anyone he thinks he's better than, both male and female. For what it's worth, to me it sounds like he might have actually been quoting the Jesse Pinkman character when he used the term "bitches" here.

although he went back and forth between using it in a gender-neutral and gender-specific way (as he does in the Rick James sketch).

even in reading your explanation i cant "hear" it as people who are whining. doesnt come off like that at all, to me.

in this context, the b-word refers to somebody, or a group of somebodies, who is dominated by somebody else. Gaspard is declaring himself the pimp, or the alpha dog, and that these others are his beaches.

In that context it is no more appropriate than if the decision had gone the other way and the Executive Director of the RNC had tweeted "It's unconstitutional ni****s".

But overall, I approve.

Bake

Nope, not sexist in the least bit. I don't see how anyone could possibly construe it that way.

Oh... - in case that was needed.

Though I hate the word and am "surprised" at the poll results, it is the impetuousness of the action for someone in this person's role that grates the most.

DU doesn't exist apart from culture, and society is still drenched in misogyny.

What grates the most for me is that this is framed as being problematic more due to the person's role, and not simply because it's a misogynist slur.

Imagine treating racist slurs that way.

I certainly agree with you and despise that sexist word. And I hope there is the presumption that it is sexist in the criticism of the man's role, because it is the sexism that makes the statement inappropriate, but I did evade framing it that way. I was trying for a different angle, but, yes, I can see that being a sensitive issue...

Also, I am "surprised" at the results because I mixed up the order in my mind and thought the 'inappropriate' was winning until I read a post to the contrary.

Sorry that my attempt at objective analysis drifted into being, itself, sexist.

it's just indicative of the situation we are in at the moment, misogyny-wise.

Note that this is an example of misogyny, though, not sexism. Sexism involves a bias against either men or women. Slurs which insult people by implying they're like women are misogynist.

Between this tweet and the other one he let loose ("Take THAT, m***f***ers!&quot , it was abundantly clear that he was aiming at political rivals, and not any specific gender. Even so, I see it as indefensible because a representative of a political party in the public eye should not be speaking like that in public.

I don't know anyone who uses the phrase in its gendered context. There is more than a little irony in its use as well.

I've heard guys call other guys "bitch" and have even heard women call men "bitches"...it was disorienting for me at first, because it was definitely a slur exclusively against women when I was growing up.

A little swagger and a snap of the finger.

Or not. I don't really care.

would have been better from my seat in the discussion. "bitches" isn't appropriate in professional settings.

I could care less if he said something like that.
Bush was known to have flipped the bird a few times.
Sure it is unprofessional but I could care less since it is a twitter account. Not that I pay much attention to that any how.

written up, possibly canned. The DNC wants me to donate $$$$ so some dumbass can tweet stupid shit? I'll pass.

but I guess our political class has nothing to lose.

On one hand, I rather dislike the use of "bitch" applied to people (as a verb, however...)

On the other hand, I hear him saying it in my head, like Dave Chappel in his "Real Hollywood Stories; Basketball with Prince" sketch, and it cracks me up.

I'm going to go with the second option of the poll, 'just cause either way, it is unprofessional - and it's not a hot mic moment like the Big Fucking Deal...

Not a clear choice for me. Unprofessional. The only thing that swayed me that yes, it was okay, was that it was a tweet. So for a tweet, I say who cares.