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/r/politics mod: Calling Hillary a c*nt is a-okay, but don't you dare call Bernie a k*ke (self.GamerGhazi)

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[–]CaelrieNew Mod, Same Great Oppression! 11ポイント12ポイント  (12子コメント)

You know that "cunt" is an insult. Why is it an insult? What is it you're calling the other person when you use it?

[–]Red_River_Sam 0ポイント1ポイント  (11子コメント)

It's like calling someone a dick. You are comparing them to genitals.

[–]CaelrieNew Mod, Same Great Oppression! 4ポイント5ポイント  (7子コメント)

But when you call a man a cunt, the insult is that he's acting like a woman, because acting like a woman is insulting. Misogyny.

[–]CressCrowbits 5ポイント6ポイント  (1子コメント)

I got into a really shitty argument about the useage of this term on srsdiscussion a while back so dont really want to retread old ground here, but the useage and connotations of the word are HUGELY different in English speaking countries outside the US.

But when you call a man a cunt, the insult is that he's acting like a woman, because acting like a woman is insulting. Misogyny.

Not in the UK and Aus at all. It is literally just the 'strongest word'. Why? There must be a long and complex cultural history behind that, but it's meaning in this context is long detached from it's reference.

Please, the rest of the world is not America. I wont use the word on US based sites like this, but I wont have my own languaged policed based on different cultural references.

Further example, in Finland the word 'vittu' basically means the same, and is used as a general expression of annoyance much in the same way 'fuck' is in english speaking countries, by men and women equally. Should an American tell them to stop?

[–]Red_River_Sam 5ポイント6ポイント  (4子コメント)

If I call a man a dick am I saying that he is acting like a man which is an insult? When I call someone a cunt I am saying they are acting like a cunt, it is interchangeable with shit or dick. Maybe in America it is a gendered insult, but in my experience it is no more a gendered insult than dick is.

[–]Often_Sarcastic☭☭Cultural Marxist☭☭ 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

because there cannot possibly be any sexist historical context behind words no siree

[–]CaelrieNew Mod, Same Great Oppression! 7ポイント8ポイント  (1子コメント)

If I call a man a dick am I saying that he is acting like a man which is an insult?

You know that insult doesn't mean "acting like a man". In fact, there pretty much IS no one-word insult that means "acting like a man", because that's the way slurs work. Acting like a man is seen as a GOOD thing.

[–]Sareed 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

You know it seems kind of hypocritical to complain about American centrism when your entire argument is you shouldn't adapt to the world because it's just how your culture is.

[–]AngryDM 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

I'm calling you selfish and privileged then.

[–]Red_River_Sam 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

Why is using male genitals as an insult okay but female genitals as an insult not okay?

[–]AngryDM 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

Did I say the first was okay to begin with, necessarily?

Second, like most privileged people from a comfortable upbringing, you're assuming that men and women have it so equal that the slang is also equal in usage and intent.