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In reply to this comment by reallyboredofcollege:
Hey Twiddles [... really long series of comments]
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Understand that I was not or am not trying to insult you, single you out or require you to explain yourself. I take you at your word for the way you reacted. And I am not personally insulted by the word cunt. Some people are however and I am tired, bored and dismayed at the amount of vulgarities deployed on this site on a daily basis. I could have easily said the same thing in perhaps a dozen other recent threads. My ire is directed at so many people that just click and vote without thinking or providing other view points.

While you may not come here to earn points the system never the less awards them. This sets up a system designed to get people to incorporate shock value or humor where not always appropriate in my view. There have always been people here who've used vulgarities and insults. I may have even let my emotions get the better of me from time to time. Believe me, I am no saint and swear under my breath frequently. But if I have nothing better to say than so-and-so is a cunt, as a personal rule I try to keep my mouth shut.

and why are you bored of college?? You're in some of the best years of your life, man! Enjoy the freedom. There will be days pinning for them when you're staring down the barrel of a 30 year mortgage.

Seriously there's a mood going on around here lately. Perhaps folks are a bit easier on the offensive than normal.

To answer your question though.. You're right when you said the other words didn't have enough kick to them. That one is effective if you want to offend a lady these days. The reaction is not so much the word, but the generalization of what she did as being particularly female.

I'm not usually PC, so maybe I'm being a little hypocritical being offended.

In reply to this comment by reallyboredofcollege:
>> ^swampgirl:
::sigh:: Never mind RBofC. I've reached my threshold for controversy today. Curse away.


I don't intend to. Nor was that intended as a troll (if I'm using the term correctly). Like I said, I'm sincerely interested in what the ladies have to say. If you feel like responding tomorrow, a week from now, or a month from now, please do.

I can't offer you any alternatives, sorry.

What I did want to offer ,'though, is that the downside of the commenting system here, is that when comments like yours get rotated to the front page, I think they mis-represent the community to the tens of thousands of visitors who pop in to check it out, each day.

Yes it is off-putting to read throw-away comments like that and I would hazard to guess that for a female visitor to come by and see that on the front page, she probably wouldn't bother hanging around. If that happens often enough, it can only be to the detriment of this site. Balance is the only way to greatness.

In reply to this comment by reallyboredofcollege:
I knew someone was bound to say something. I agree it can be off-putting, and I never use it, but I couldn't think of a strong enough word for this situation. I feel like other words like bitch, asshole, douchebag, fucker, etc don't have any kick anymore. When this word is used, people know you mean business. And I definitely wanted to mean it when I heard her suggest it would be a good thing if someone killed Obama.

Anyhoo, that being said, I'm all ears for suggestions of other words. I thought about saying bitch, but for the reasons stated above, it didn't have enough punch. I can't think of any other word, gender-neutral or not, that does.

In reply to this comment by persephone:
I would ask that you please try to find other ways of expressing your distaste for this woman. That way you won't be putting the women on this site off-side, by using derogatory terms that are commonly used against women.

In reply to this comment by reallyboredofcollege:
This woman is why we invented the word cunt.

I would ask that you please try to find other ways of expressing your distaste for this woman. That way you won't be putting the women on this site off-side, by using derogatory terms that are commonly used against women.

In reply to this comment by reallyboredofcollege:
This woman is why we invented the word cunt.