Comments on: Only my friends can call me a ‘Ho’ http://www.topicaljuice.com/2007/09/05/only-my-friends-can-call-me-a-ho/ What's Juicy Now Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:18:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Deb http://www.topicaljuice.com/2007/09/05/only-my-friends-can-call-me-a-ho/#comment-14 Deb Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:53:46 +0000 http://www.topicaljuice.com/2007/09/05/only-my-friends-can-call-me-a-ho/#comment-14 I do agree with you that Don Imus was railroaded, I have heard and seen much more offensive words and behavior by Howard Stern and he is incredibly popular. I believe in free speech but do the rest of us have to hear offensive things?? It should be freedom of speech without offensive language written in the constitution but in those days they didn't have all of our made up words. I just call my friends "Girlfriend" and I use it so much I have started calling my cat "girlfriend" when I talk to her. I do agree with you that Don Imus was railroaded, I have heard and seen much more offensive words and behavior by Howard Stern and he is incredibly popular. I believe in free speech but do the rest of us have to hear offensive things?? It should be freedom of speech without offensive language written in the constitution but in those days they didn’t have all of our made up words. I just call my friends “Girlfriend” and I use it so much I have started calling my cat “girlfriend” when I talk to her.

]]> By: Trisha http://www.topicaljuice.com/2007/09/05/only-my-friends-can-call-me-a-ho/#comment-13 Trisha Wed, 12 Sep 2007 01:16:55 +0000 http://www.topicaljuice.com/2007/09/05/only-my-friends-can-call-me-a-ho/#comment-13 Hi Rebecca - thanks for dropping by! I have to admit that my best friend (and two sisters) and I did the same thing, also with affection, never giving it much thought. But when the incident with Don Imus occurred, and caused such uproar, it made me think about it as well. Although I'm not a fan of his (I have always found his shtick to be offensive), I really felt he was railroaded by hypocrisy. Because I believe that you can only follow one path - you either find them offensive and don't use them, or use them and don't find them offensive, the girls and I made a pact to stop using them. Now we just call each other "sissy" (short for sistah/sister). :) Hi Rebecca - thanks for dropping by! I have to admit that my best friend (and two sisters) and I did the same thing, also with affection, never giving it much thought. But when the incident with Don Imus occurred, and caused such uproar, it made me think about it as well. Although I’m not a fan of his (I have always found his shtick to be offensive), I really felt he was railroaded by hypocrisy.

Because I believe that you can only follow one path - you either find them offensive and don’t use them, or use them and don’t find them offensive, the girls and I made a pact to stop using them. Now we just call each other “sissy” (short for sistah/sister). :)

]]> By: Rebecca Thorman http://www.topicaljuice.com/2007/09/05/only-my-friends-can-call-me-a-ho/#comment-12 Rebecca Thorman Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:41:10 +0000 http://www.topicaljuice.com/2007/09/05/only-my-friends-can-call-me-a-ho/#comment-12 Hm. Interesting. My best friend and I call each other names all the time, endearingly of course. We've known each other for such a long time that it's a safety zone when we're together and we can laugh at things that might in fact be hypocritical. I wonder if you're right and we are encouraging the stereotype/slur by using certain words with ourselves... thank you for making me think! Hm. Interesting. My best friend and I call each other names all the time, endearingly of course. We’ve known each other for such a long time that it’s a safety zone when we’re together and we can laugh at things that might in fact be hypocritical. I wonder if you’re right and we are encouraging the stereotype/slur by using certain words with ourselves… thank you for making me think!

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