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Originally Posted by Almamida
You conveniently left the explanation of "hysterical" where meeera was in her right in explaining the misogynistic root of this word.
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A root which in no longer remembered by the vast majority. Ask the average person about medical treatments for "female hysteria" and most will give you a blank look. Do you care that at one time, the word cattle was used for domesticated quadrapeds as a generic term? That the current usage referring solely to bovines is a relatively recent change? Or even that the root for the word comes from chatel or katil as in personal property?
Do you care that the word Inuit means "people" with the implication that non-Inuit are not people? Oddly, the PC term now used for gypsies is Roma which also means people.
Would you feel offended if I used the term "16 mile an hour tits" in a post?
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Originally Posted by Almamida
If it was that fun, maybe you should check your privileges.
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For me, a good portion of the fun is in watching how some people will attempt to twist other peoples' posts to conform to their world view not to mention the attempted political correctness by the spiritual descendants of Dr. T. Bowdler. I must admit I do find a certain amount of amusement when someone uses "rightfully offended" in a sentence.
As for privileges? I might feel touched if I had even a shred of belief that you might know me well enough to be able to make even slightly informed judgments. All things considered, the likelihood is that you lack the information to make an informed judgment and so are offering an opinion which is worth diddly squat.