For Women in Weiner Scandal, Indignity Lingers

[Valmy]

That word is not remotely the equivalent to dick   Oh wow. Dick is pretty tame.

It is about 100x dirtier. Cock is closer.

It is unbelievable offensive when used in any context.

[derspiess]

I make it a point never to use the word 'cunt' but I'm a little surprised by the reaction here.  Fetch the smelling salts!

[Valmy]

I make it a point never to use the word 'cunt' but I'm a little surprised by the reaction here.  Fetch the smelling salts!

It is no big deal. I am just trying to help out the non-native English speakers. I was not even going to say anything until garbon pointed it out.

You make it a point for a reason. I do as well. Not because I pass out every time somebody says it but rather no good can ever come from saying it.

[Josephus]

Funny how a thread about a weiner evolves into a discussion about a cunt.

[Jacob]

I make it a point never to use the word 'cunt' but I'm a little surprised by the reaction here.  Fetch the smelling salts!

It is no big deal. I am just trying to help out the non-native English speakers. I was not even going to say anything until garbon pointed it out.

You make it a point for a reason. I do as well. Not because I pass out every time somebody says it but rather no good can ever come from saying it.

It's a bit of a dialect thing, seems to me. It does seem to carry the strongest reaction in American English.

[CountDeMoney]

You make it a point for a reason. I do as well. Not because I pass out every time somebody says it but rather no good can ever come from saying it.

I dunno, man.  It gets people jobs with Cal.

[Razgovory]

I make it a point never to use the word 'cunt' but I'm a little surprised by the reaction here.  Fetch the smelling salts!

It is no big deal. I am just trying to help out the non-native English speakers. I was not even going to say anything until garbon pointed it out.

You make it a point for a reason. I do as well. Not because I pass out every time somebody says it but rather no good can ever come from saying it.

It's a bit of a dialect thing, seems to me. It does seem to carry the strongest reaction in American English.

It's like we have our culture over here.

[dps]

Many leftists consider powerful men propositioning their underlings or whatever as basically rape because of the power differential. Many conservatives are big on traditional morality for politicians despite their recent support for Trump.

Sort of like many of those leftists gave Bill Clinton a pass.  But then again, you don't have to be a leftist to find it offensive the way Bill apparently treats women.

To be fair to the leftists, I think a lot of them simply didn't believe the allegations against Bill Clinton, whereas AFAIK, no one doubts that Donald Trump is a cad at best.  Frankly I'm disappointed that more of my fellow conservatives don't have a major problem with him in that respect.

[Valmy]

Yeah until the Monica Lewinsky thing came to light, after he was re-elected mind you, most Democrats did not believe he was a slimeball. So it never became a major factor in any of his political campaigns. But I don't think there is any way he could have pulled that off today.

[Ed Anger]

I make it a point never to use the word 'cunt' but I'm a little surprised by the reaction here.  Fetch the smelling salts!

And it's usually me dropping the C word.

[Valmy]

Just because something is incredibly taboo does not mean it isn't used all the time

[CountDeMoney]

Yeah until the Monica Lewinsky thing came to light, after he was re-elected mind you, most Democrats did not believe he was a slimeball. So it never became a major factor in any of his political campaigns. But I don't think there is any way he could have pulled that off today.

I don't recall many people not believing he wasn't a slimeball.   

[Valmy]

Yeah until the Monica Lewinsky thing came to light, after he was re-elected mind you, most Democrats did not believe he was a slimeball. So it never became a major factor in any of his political campaigns. But I don't think there is any way he could have pulled that off today.

I don't recall many people not believing he wasn't a slimeball.   

Really? But he felt their pain.

[The Brain]

Yeah until the Monica Lewinsky thing came to light, after he was re-elected mind you, most Democrats did not believe he was a slimeball. So it never became a major factor in any of his political campaigns. But I don't think there is any way he could have pulled that off today.

I don't recall many people not believing he wasn't a slimeball.   

[dps]

Yeah until the Monica Lewinsky thing came to light, after he was re-elected mind you, most Democrats did not believe he was a slimeball. So it never became a major factor in any of his political campaigns. But I don't think there is any way he could have pulled that off today.

I don't recall many people not believing he wasn't a slimeball.   

Really? But he felt their pain.

People knew he had cheated on Hillary, but I don't think they were aware of that he was a serial philanderer, and they certainly weren't aware of the aspect of it that you referred to as "powerful men propositioning their underlings or whatever".