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Sorry, didn't see that John O'Brien had already made the point I was trying to make. On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 1:51 PM John Edmundson <johnedmunds...@gmail.com> wrote: > Also, you can't spin slinging the word cocksucker at someone as an insult > as ""I'm sorry I shouldn't -- there's some > people who get offended when I say 'cocksucker' in a derogatory way. I > love having my > cock sucked. And I respect all cocksuckers." Does he really think we're > going to believe that when he uses the term as a pejorative, we're going to > think, ah, right, he's just letting us know how much "respect" he has for > the person? > > I agree that language choice is not the highest priority issue at the > moment but he called his political opponents slags, whores and faggots I > think he'd raise a few eyebrows and rightly so. Choice of words always > matters. > > Cheers, > John > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 1:18 PM Louis Proyect via Marxism < > marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > >> ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** >> #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. >> #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. >> #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. >> ***************************************************************** >> >> On 3/31/20 7:42 PM, J.B. Nicholson via Marxism wrote: >> > Around 16 minutes into https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX3DDvrbPmM he >> > addresses this choice of language from himself. He said, "I'm sorry I >> > shouldn't -- there's some people who get offended when I say >> > 'cocksucker' in a derogatory way. I love having my cock sucked. And I >> > respect all cocksuckers.". I remain unconvinced that petty namecalling >> > and ugly language is the important take-away message as people lose >> > their lives during this pandemic and now stand to lose their income and >> > homes (maybe even more) even if they live, all while seeing their >> > self-described "progressive" Congressional representatives and >> so-called >> > "progressive" media support the largest business bailout without a >> fight. >> >> This is a curse used against man, not women. Dore knows this but evades >> its obvious meaning. Dore is a two-bit shock jock whose politics are >> coming from the same general area as Chapo Trap House and targeting the >> same market. A few years from now when this Sandernista crap has passed >> its shelf life, we'll look back at Jacobin, DSA, Joe Rogan, Jimmy Dore, >> A. O-C and wonder what the fuck was wrong with the left at the time. Put >> briefly: careerism. >> >> _________________________________________________________ >> Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm >> Set your options at: >> https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/johnedmundson4%40gmail.com >> > > > -- > The law locks up the man or woman > Who steals the goose from off the common > But leaves the greater villain loose > Who steals the common from the goose > -- The law locks up the man or woman Who steals the goose from off the common But leaves the greater villain loose Who steals the common from the goose _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
