Comments on: Mirth and Hatred http://newcontrarian.com/2007/10/03/mirth-and-hatred/ Just another Newcontrarian.com weblog Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The New Contrarian - Palin and the Sanitization of Language http://newcontrarian.com/2007/10/03/mirth-and-hatred/comment-page-1/#comment-247 The New Contrarian - Palin and the Sanitization of Language Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:33:00 +0000 http://www.newcontrarian.com/?p=113#comment-247 <p>[...] taboo’d word more negative connotations than it may otherwise have had. I wrote about this almost three years ago with regards to “cunt” and feminism, and I largely stand by my musings. Do we really [...]</p> […] taboo’d word more negative connotations than it may otherwise have had. I wrote about this almost three years ago with regards to “cunt” and feminism, and I largely stand by my musings. Do we really […]

]]> By: the new contrarian http://newcontrarian.com/2007/10/03/mirth-and-hatred/comment-page-1/#comment-8 the new contrarian Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:21:24 +0000 http://www.newcontrarian.com/?p=113#comment-8 <p>[...] for women having equal rights and being treated respectfully (while preserving my rights to use the c-word in fits of pique) as much as the next socially liberal guy. But seriously, my feminist friends, you [...]</p> […] for women having equal rights and being treated respectfully (while preserving my rights to use the c-word in fits of pique) as much as the next socially liberal guy. But seriously, my feminist friends, you […]

]]> By: Maria http://newcontrarian.com/2007/10/03/mirth-and-hatred/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Maria Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:33:10 +0000 http://www.newcontrarian.com/?p=113#comment-7 <p>Funny stuff, D. That Hitch review was a good one. (Ugh, but did you read his latest half-pompous/half-schmaltzy essay in <em>Vanity Fair</em>? Barf.)</p> <p>I agree with you on the "cunt" issue—in principle, at least—yet the word hardly has the mouth-feel of an expression of amazement or awe, even in this lively passage. The hard "c" and "t," the monosyllabic thrust of it... as a phrase, "cunts for fucking" sounds about as full of wonder and mystery as "eyes for stabbing."</p> <p>In any case, cunts aside, the real reason I commented is to tell you that "having relaxed a bit about the whole pud-pulling thing" is the best clause I've read all day.</p> Funny stuff, D. That Hitch review was a good one. (Ugh, but did you read his latest half-pompous/half-schmaltzy essay in Vanity Fair? Barf.)

I agree with you on the “cunt” issue—in principle, at least—yet the word hardly has the mouth-feel of an expression of amazement or awe, even in this lively passage. The hard “c” and “t,” the monosyllabic thrust of it… as a phrase, “cunts for fucking” sounds about as full of wonder and mystery as “eyes for stabbing.”

In any case, cunts aside, the real reason I commented is to tell you that “having relaxed a bit about the whole pud-pulling thing” is the best clause I’ve read all day.

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