[hellinahandcart]

I've never seen is used by a woman and usually the target is a woman

*I* am a woman, and at the moment I am tempted to use it left and right. If the term hadn't become overused to the point of complete ineffectiveness over the past three years, I would be using it. A lot.

And "target"? "Feel safe"? Sorry, but this sounds like an attempt to play the gender card.

[sauropod]

On no. It hasn't lost its effectiveness at all ;-). Just look at this thread. The wheat is fairly jumping off the chaff as a friend of mine is wont to say...

[hoosiermama]

The difference is you are tempted but didn't. I've been tempted, but don't. Please go to the threads and ask a few questions.....See what you get. I'm not playing the gender card, just stating some facts that need to be looked into. Currently I can name 25 women who feel they have been attack unjustly by the Bushbot term and have retreat to their own "sanity island" to get away from the Bashers.....The tragedy is they are not taking part in all the threads and their minds are lost to the discussions

"If the term hadn't become overused to the point of complete ineffectiveness over the past three years,"

Couldn't agree with you more! So why do some continue to use it? Have you sat back and looked at when and how it is used? I have.

Do you know what the term "invalidation" means? Bushbot, is being used as a term of invalidation. Pulling the race card, We would never allow anyone to use the "N" word on the thread, but often "Bushbot" is being used to create the same results......to invalidate opinions and keep some "in their place" Just an observation.....Be critically aware of my thoughts the next time you see it used.