No Sluts on Ricochet
Claire Berlinski, Ed. ·
March 6, 2012 at 2:24am
Rob, I don't care if everyone else is talking about it. We simply do not use that word on Ricochet. We propose to pretend this national disgrace isn't happening.
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Dec '10
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maureen dirienzo: We were Alinsky'd.
Now let's focus on the next Breitbart we're going to inflict. · 27 minutes ago
Ditto
Aug '10
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Isn't there something about censoring "s--t" that reminds us all of Winston Smith's friend in George Orwell's "1984"? We're talking about a word that can be found in "The Pilgrim's Progress" and in Shakespere's works. Why are we being nudged to put it on the level of the Cword or the Fword? I don't think it's insignificant that we are.
But Whiskey Sam, I do have a problem with "bastard". I agree with my grandmother who said : "There are no illegitimate children. There are only illegitimate parents." Kids can't control how they're conceived.
Edited on March 6, 2012 at 6:27amJun '10
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"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily." -- Charles, Count Talleyrand
"She's been on more laps than a restaurant napkin." -- Walter Winchell
"She's descended from a long line her mother listened to." -- Gypsy Rose Lee
Jul '10
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And thus, we must waste a hundred words describing Bill Clinton where one could have summed up the man in full for eternity.
Nov '10
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I don't mean to nitpick but Rush's comments were not based on him hearing Sandra Fluke's "testimony". Rush's comments were based on a Cybercast News Service article he referenced....the headline which read:
Sex-Crazed Co-Eds Going Broke Buying Birth Control, Student Tells Pelosi Hearing Touting Freebie Mandate
I heard Rush's remarks when he initially made them. His use of the word slut made my head snap. I do think it was a mistake to get that vulgar. I also do accept what Rush said today....that he let down is discipline and became a bit like many of the talkers on the left.
Personally, I think the CNS story, the story on which Rush based his opinion, was overly titillating.
Hee....I said titillating.
Oct '10
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Rush apologized, and I think we should put this issue behind us.
May '10
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Thank you, Claire. And after seeing Ms. Fluke's testimony, I'm convinced the issue isn't the first amendment. It's the twenty-first amendment.
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Obama's First Amendment assault in "reproductive health" fancy dress is the issue. Conservatives are the target. We have been frozen and polarized. Alinsky's disciples have used Rush's faux pas to personalize the matter. Rule #12 in full flower.
Meanwhile, $3 billion is added to our sovereign debt each day; underemployment is high and unremitting; Iran is nuclearizing apace amidst an evolving Arab Winter; Fast and Furious remains unpunished and underreported; Solyndra and the Chevy Volt have not stopped the Obama administration's cash-for-contributions venture capitalism; and EPA is hollowing out America's industrial core.
Time to thaw and get back to business, while there's still time.
Nov '10
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Fluke also advocated mandatory employee coverage of sex change operations.
I mentioned above that Ms. Fluke's being attacked for implied sexual promiscuity was the wrong angle, and was only guaranteed to open its proponents to subject changing scorn and ridicule. Ms. Fluke is an opportunist, and the more we discuss her, the more she wins. Calling her a slut was a waste of time and energy. It looks like there was so much more to her that was legitimate grounds to go after her for.
Edited on March 6, 2012 at 6:29amNov '10
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dreamlarge
I don't mean to nitpick but Rush's comments were not based on him hearing Sandra Fluke's "testimony". Rush's comments were based on a Cybercast News Service article he referenced....the headline which read:
Sex-Crazed Co-Eds Going Broke Buying Birth Control, Student Tells Pelosi Hearing Touting Freebie Mandate
Hee....I said titillating. · 49 minutes ago
Thanks for the clarification, though I am surprised he had not heard any of it. I listened to some coverage of it on my drive home that night. Of course, it was filed under the line..."you aren't going to believe this.", so maybe its national news worthiness had not yet bloomed.
And Hee Hee indeed. You did say "titilating!"
Dec '11
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George Savage:
Time to thaw and get back to business, while there's still time.
One cannot possibly argue with this meritorious point!
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Let's all aspire to be Prospero, not Caliban, and let's none of us confuse our talents with Shakespeare's.
Nov '10
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Hey, Claire. You used it in your title so who are you to condom ... er, condemn ... your fellow main-feeder?
Nov '10
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Dana Loesch gets it right: "Where's my presidential phone call?"
I'm astonished to see conservatives in damage control here. As Loesch points out there is something far more worth talking about in this issue than whether the girl is a ... er .. sorry, I'm not as brash as Claire and Rob. The point is that this is a true Breitbart moment. The point is the reaction on the other side, and what it reveals. That should become the story. Conservatives are so stupid, only a few days after AB dies and we're forgetting the lessons he taught us? It's not a time to be silent, it's a time to point out what ensuing events say about the Democrat-Media Complex.
Re: No Sluts on Ricochet
Claire Berlinski, Ed.
Let's all aspire to be Prospero, not Caliban, and let's none of us confuse our talents with Shakespeare's. · 2 hours ago
Moreover, the CoC is the admittedly arbitrary and custom-bound rule of politesse for making everyone feel comfortable and convivial.
Shakespeare was painting on a far broader canvas and with far higher purpose for his language. I have not the slightest hesitation in deploying language much better salted than “slut” but I wouldn’t do so here, whether Billy Shakes used it or not.
I mean, John Donne and Andrew Marvell use a word that looks dyslexically like bilbo, but I’d be insane to think I wouldn’t go to the CoC Lubyanka if I started slinging that around, however aptly.
Let’s not avoid “slut” when appropriate (rarely given its Anglo-Saxon power), but let’s not sluttishly disport with it because it’s topical. It comes off tacky.
Oct '11
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I for one am glad the left righteously reminded us knuckle dragging, sloped-browed, misogynist, right wingers, that it's wrong to use demeaning/insulting gender specific slurs... Now off to watch ABC's hit new show Good Christan Bit--- (hey, come to think of it that word is used in a lot of classic literature too.)
Mar '11
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I only know one other word for a canine female. Rappers use it a lot. Is it more acceptable?
Seriously, it's a trick of the left to declare words off limit in order to frame the debate in their terms. While conservatives should try not to descend into bad taste they should not submit to a blanket ban on any part of the language.
May '10
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What a rich language we have in English! A profusion of polysyllabic, erudite Latin-derived vocabulary along with tons of strong, blunt, earthy-sounding Anglo-Saxon grunts.
Sep '11
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Claire Berlinski, Ed.
Let's all aspire to be Prospero, not Caliban, and let's none of us confuse our talents with Shakespeare's. · 3 hours ago
Forgive me if I've mistaken humor for an insult, but saying that the vocabulary of Shakespeare should be allowed on Ricochet is not the same as "confusing our talents with Shakespeare's."
Edited on March 6, 2012 at 12:36pmDec '10
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Son of a Beach
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