Slog - Comments on Bitch Slapped?

Comment by elswinger

elswinger — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:33:23 -0800

Shouldn't cunt be outlawed before bitch? Pick your battles people.

Comment by FL

FL — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:35:28 -0800

Darlene Mealy is such a bitch.

Comment by lostboy

lostboy — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:36:10 -0800

One of my best friends--female--and I frequently toss around "bitch" in its slave/subordinate sense, always in jest and usually in self-mockery.

When my girlfriend and I argue about which one of us is the "number 1 girlfriend" of our friends' 5-year old, I occasionally pop off with, "Bitch, you best keep your grubby paws off of my man!" followed by some assertion of my superior hotness. This amuses her greatly.

The N.Y. city council clearly doesn't appreciate the life-enriching qualities of the word.

Disclaimer: I am neither female nor black, and I am definitely not hot.

Comment by Levislade

Levislade — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:47:36 -0800

Wow, that's ridiculous. The word even shows up in the new Harry Potter book, for crying out loud!

Comment by and

and — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:50:00 -0800

i think they are just trying to get rid of gayspeak. next they'll take away fierce.

Comment by Dee in SF

Dee in SF — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:54:45 -0800

I was surprised to see that BITCH magazine wasn't mentioned in the article as being potentially affected by the ban on the word bitch. How silly.

Comment by 1984 - G. Orwell

1984 - G. Orwell — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:06:16 -0800

"It's the one thing they can't do. They can make you say anything - anything - but they can't make you believe it. They can't get inside you." Bitch.

Comment by Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:11:10 -0800

The word is sexist... but why not place a heap of importance on the last real feminist issue: the pay gap.

Comment by Dave Coffman

Dave Coffman — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:14:08 -0800

That bitch in NY seems to have forgotten the 1st amendment. I don't like the n-word and find it fairly offensive, but I don't like the word "queer" either since in my mind it describes nothing but seems to get attached to everything.

For me, I'd love to see the word "tinkle" banned, along with the number 11. It's such a horrible number.

Comment by Mike in MO

Mike in MO — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:38:41 -0800

They better not ban "cunt". I would be rendered speechless...

Comment by monkey

monkey — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:52:55 -0800

They can try to ban any word they want but the constitution of the United States says I can say "bitch" "nigger" "cunt" "fart swallower" "Barbra Streisand" and any other word I want, all I want.

In your FACE, Councilwoman Darlene Mealy of Brooklyn!

Comment by Dianna

Dianna — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:31:01 -0800

Remember when New York had guts, had character, had peep shows. How have we moved to banning words in less than 20 years?

Comment by Joe

Joe — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:30:04 -0800

All I can say is:

Bitch, please...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6Bqf23u-40