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It’s a Female Dog, or Worse. Or Endearing. And Illegal?
The New York Times ^ | August 7, 2007 | Michael Grynbaum

Posted on 08/07/2007 12:15:05 PM PDT by alvindsv

The New York City Council, which drew national headlines when it passed a symbolic citywide ban earlier this year on the use of the so-called n-word, has turned its linguistic (and legislative) lance toward a different slur: bitch. The term is hateful and deeply sexist, said Councilwoman Darlene Mealy of Brooklyn, who has introduced a measure against the word, saying it creates “a paradigm of shame and indignity” for all women. But conversations over the last week indicate that the “b-word” (as it is referred to in the legislation) enjoys a surprisingly strong currency — and even some defenders — among many New Yorkers. And Ms. Mealy admitted that the city’s political ruling class can be guilty of its use. As she circulated her proposal, she said, “even council members are saying that they use it to their wives.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism
KEYWORDS: bitch; erotion; govwatch; kinky
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To: ravingnutter

Backed by:

Ronery, I’m so Ronery........


41 posted on 08/07/2007 12:37:39 PM PDT by Red Badger (All I know about Minnesota, I learned from Garrison Keilor.............)
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To: mewzilla

“even council members are saying that they use it to their wives.”
Says a lot about their city council, then, don’t it?

Indeed, what else are they doing as a group?

The whole world wonders....


42 posted on 08/07/2007 12:38:32 PM PDT by Badeye (You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
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To: Red Badger
Did it take Viagra?....It is over 200 years old.........

It puts erotion in ebasket.

43 posted on 08/07/2007 12:39:23 PM PDT by SlowBoat407 (There's more than one way to burn a book. - Ray Bradbury)
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To: alvindsv

First amendment anyone? I guess that is as dead along with the so called “n” word. Will rappers stop using it or, more to the point, will blacks as a group stop using it on each other? I would say any ban of this sort is unconstitutional.


44 posted on 08/07/2007 12:49:22 PM PDT by calex59
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To: alvindsv

insouciantly:
“Mr. Bowles, in salmon seersucker and a purple polo, appeared amused . . . “
and said use of the word insouciance caused his naughty bits to become tingly with erotion.


45 posted on 08/07/2007 12:57:42 PM PDT by tumblindice (Buck Turgidson here! Ready to ruck up, buck up and work with some textures and earth colors.)
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To: alvindsv

No Whitebread


46 posted on 08/07/2007 1:06:35 PM PDT by bannie (The Good Guys cannot win when they're the only ones to play by the rules.)
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To: alvindsv

No more Elton John and Stevie Nicks songs which contain this word?


47 posted on 08/07/2007 1:10:06 PM PDT by xp38
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To: xp38
Hillary Clinton: Potty Mouth?

What's Hillie gonna do?

48 posted on 08/07/2007 1:14:44 PM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: Red Badger

Excuse me, you mean Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (first and most famous)


49 posted on 08/07/2007 1:27:34 PM PDT by PinkDolphin (To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites; moderation is for monks....Heinlein)
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To: PinkDolphin

Yes I Know they did it first, but it was covered by the Temps and the Supremes almost simultaneously........


50 posted on 08/07/2007 1:31:31 PM PDT by Red Badger (All I know about Minnesota, I learned from Garrison Keilor.............)
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To: Red Badger

The only way a name can hurt anyone is if that person gives the namecaller the power over them to let it hurt.

Just another way for the socialists to try and keep the maximum number of people self identifying as victims.

nobody’s bitch here


51 posted on 08/07/2007 1:59:48 PM PDT by crazyshrink
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To: crazyshrink

A former Staff-NCO that I used to work with in the USMC, who could not stand profanity, had a sign on his desk:

Profanity is the sound of an IGNORANT MIND trying to express itself......


52 posted on 08/07/2007 2:05:06 PM PDT by Red Badger (All I know about Minnesota, I learned from Garrison Keilor.............)
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To: alvindsv

I am partial to calling idiots drivers “sons of bitches” and “son of a bitch!” is one of my favorite exclamations when I’m startled or surprised. I like using it as a verb-”shut up and quit yer bitchin.” But “bitch” as noun, alone? Don’t use it much, if at all.


53 posted on 08/07/2007 2:05:17 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY (Hey! Must be a devil between us)
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To: SlowBoat407

*giggle*


54 posted on 08/07/2007 2:19:57 PM PDT by Salamander (And don't forget my Dog; fixed and consequent.......)
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To: alvindsv

Don’t be niggardly with the vocabulary, please.


55 posted on 08/07/2007 3:35:35 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken (Seldom right but never in doubt)
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To: Lazamataz
a different slur: bitch. The term is hateful and deeply sexist, said Councilwoman Darlene Mealy of Brooklyn,

What a bitch.

More of a grinch (but I didn't think "Grinch")

56 posted on 08/07/2007 5:28:59 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (The Simpons already did it!)
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To: Lazamataz

LoL...


57 posted on 08/07/2007 5:36:37 PM PDT by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
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To: SlowBoat407
"It puts erotion in ebasket."

LOL!


58 posted on 08/07/2007 6:16:33 PM PDT by boop (Trunk Monkey. Is there anything he can't do?)
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To: VeniVidiVici

They would “pitch a bitch!”


59 posted on 08/08/2007 12:26:17 AM PDT by xc1427 (It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees...Midnight Oil (Power and the Passion))
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To: GATOR NAVY

What about a son-of-a-bitching greyhound bitch? ;)


60 posted on 08/08/2007 12:28:48 AM PDT by xc1427 (It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees...Midnight Oil (Power and the Passion))
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