kath (8,644 posts)
History of the use of the word "whore" on DU
For quite some time, the word “whore†has been used in a NON-SEXUAL context (i.e., NOT criticizing someone’s sex life - which is a whole other kettle of fish) to describe A)politicians of all genders, B)media personalities of all genders, and C)people who seek the limelight (“attention whoresâ€) of all genders. When applied to politicians the CONTEXT (which matters) is usually referring to politicians seeking money from corporations and banksters.
It gets used quite frequently here on DU, in those non-sexual CONTEXTS, against the above-named groups of people.
To illustrate, entering the word "whore" in the DU "site search" function reveals these, just in the first 7 pages of the search:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Whore&sitesearch=democraticunderground.com&gws_rd=ssl#q=Whore+site:democraticunderground.com&start=0
Rush Limbaugh...Fully Owned Whore of Big Business?
My My Wolf the Media Whore Blitzer
Obama the vote-whore with "ex-gay" at his side
Michelle Malkin: I am not a (paid) whore (this is the thread title. here are some posts in the thread:
20. It is a total waste.
I will never forgive this whore and her pimps for sending my only child to die.
10. well yes but
I think the difference is are they paid specifically to whore for an issue; I agree it is a very fine line since regardless, she does earn her pay being a GOP whore. There is no way these whores can believe half the drivel they write.
7. Well maybe she's not getting paid by the Bushies to whore for them
but she still makes a good living from it.
Prescott Bush was a Nazi-Whore, but his father Samuel was Worse
Decline to Blog for Free, Get Called a Whore
Listening to Dreier whore for BUSHCO, when will he be OUTED?
Paula Zahn - Huge Whore - Interviewing Jane Fonda - Now
Tucker Carlson is a whore. Plus post in this thread: 6. Everyone with more than one brain cell knows he's a whore. nt
KOCH-WHORE Scott Walker That's not sexualized at all? Really?? What do any of you think of when you hear the actual term "coke whore??"INSULTS Bernie Sanders By Suggesting He Isn’t A Real Presidential Candidate
My cat is a ****ing attention whore
Proven Climate Whore Willie Soon: "Too Much Ice Is Really Bad For Polar Bears"
Pictures of Judy Woodruff long before she was a fascist Bush whore????
Who is the biggest whore among U.S corporations?
Mike Malloy - Wayne LaPierre Is A Whore
Jackie "Whore" Chan Gets Professional Spirit Award
A list of Famous Attention Whores
Media Whore Diane Sawyer Casts Stones at Madonna
True or False: Cats are the whores of the pet world
Rick Perry: The Best Little Whore In Texas (quoting the title of a Rolling Stone article)
I've Become a Lexis-Nexis Points Whore
Howard Kurtz, Media WHORE
Aasif Mandvi of "The Daily Show" hilariously demolishes Foxbot Koch whore re: Obamacare
Rep. Grayson calls lobbyist "K Street Whore" on radio
TYT: "The Best Little Whore House on Wall Street"
Is the Whore Media reporting about Al Gore being cleared of sexual assault?
Michael Bloomberg, bankster whore
Pataki is a Whore ( no offense to sex industry workers intended)
Then again, what modern day Republican isn't a whore?
Breaux-Lott Leadership Group. PERFECT. A Dem whore and a Puke whore teaming up to lobby.
Giuliani. Whore.
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The above gives a DU history of the usage of "whore". Going forward into the future: Is “whore†a word that should be forever banned from DU, even when used in a non-sexual CONTEXT about the 3 above-named groups of people, as discussed above? Should a special exception be carved out, such that the word can be used against everyone in those 3 groups (again, **NOT** in a manner critical of their sex lives) *EXCEPT for female Democratic politicians*?
(note to group Hosts – I posted this here, desiring a broad, general DU discussion about the use of this word at DU, not to get into crap going on in other forums (and hoping that others can avoid doing so))
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026986431
JoePhilly (22,254 posts)
1. If you call a female democratic presidential candidate ...
... a "whore" on this site, your post should be hidden 7-0, and your account flagged for review. A-OK though if the person has an R behind their name. No biggie.
When something like that survives a DU Jury, it suggests that this site has become a ****ing joke.
So much for the history lesson.
Become? Forgive me, Mr. Primitive, but that suggests that it wasn't before.
DURHAM D (21,236 posts)
2. This ...
^ And this person has a homosexual Hilary logo as it's avatar. Is Hilary being a a whore for the gays, maybe?
JoePhilly (22,254 posts)
10. Yup ... apparently it's ok to call Hillary ...
... a "whore".
Hey, I just did. #SorryNotSorry
Warpy (83,686 posts)
11. Context is everything.
If there is no context, yeah, it needs to go because it's purely a sexual slur and has no place on any sort of reasonable discussion board.
However, if it's used in the context of selling one's heart and soul out to a corporate or plutocratic bidder, that is an appropriate non sexual, non pejorative use of the word, which in that context conveys the worst sort of sell out. For instance, I'd have no problem with anyone who said Walker was whoring himself for the Koch brothers.
That's the problem when you start getting into colloquial English, words you might consider bad also have uses that convey some very precise meaning that only uncomfortable language will do.
Oh FFS! Stop trying to pretend you are smart, warped one. No matter how you use it, it's going to be sexually charged because that's the taught language, and it's engrained in people's minds for centuries. I can't even believe I'm debating this crap.
Gormy Cuss (29,881 posts)
43. Like the contextual difference of calling a woman a whore and calling a man or institution one.
W was called a chimp frequently when he was in the White House but referring to the current residents that way should not be tolerated, especially here. DU allegedly has community standards after all.
Haha. Oh, you little stinker, you.
MADem (113,647 posts)
69. Unless the woman is in the sex industry, calling a woman a WHORE is sexist hate speech.
There's no defense for it. It doesn't meet MY "community standards" and I'm not the only one.
Do learn to understand context, indeed--calling a woman a whore never ends well.
Pro Tip: Don't do it. In GD-P, or anywhere.
You know, because if she's in the sex industry, you don't have kinder words out there to use like "Starlet," or anything... Sexist bitch...
What do you whores think?
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