Comments on: Petraeus scandal: Jill Kelley ran a bogus cancer charity

By: cdh1971

cdh1971 — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 06:13:00 +0000

Your comment brings to mind the “Filthy Speech Movement”, which was a part of the Free Speech Movement.

(My reply here, is late to the party, however, while cleaning out the zombie tabs, I read your comment, felt moved to reply.)

By: regeya

regeya — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 03:37:00 +0000

Let’s not go into hysterics.

By: blueworld

blueworld — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:52:00 +0000

Another vote against “CrazyVaginaStan.” If she was a dude, what would we say? “CrazyPenisStan” just doesn’t work, and that raises a red flag for me. Does her vagina cause her unbalanced actions?

By: dustyj

dustyj — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:25:00 +0000

CrazyVaginaStan is really nice in the Spring but come winter, watch out!

By: HorseIsAHorse

HorseIsAHorse — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:23:00 +0000

They do sell the stuff that, if you sniff enough of it, makes your brain that way.

By: RedShirt77

RedShirt77 — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:45:00 +0000

One could argue that refined and dignified humor is the least funny.

By: RevelryByNight

RevelryByNight — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:39:00 +0000

I’ve wondered about the same thing. I’m a queer, progressive blogger-type who spends too much time on tumblr, where people tend to get pretty riled up about casual slurs. “Lame” is the one that strikes me the most right now.

Because I’m able-bodied, I have no right to tell people what they should and shouldn’t find offensive. However, it’s pretty amazing at how pissed people get at words like “lame” which I don’t think has been used to describe anything but horses since the 19th century.
(see also: “dumb”)

I’ve heard similar arguments about derogatory words that refer to the “intellectually inferior.” Retarded is the most obvious, but I’ve seen people get pretty annoyed at the casual use of the words “stupid” “weak” “dense” “derp” etc. etc. etc.

My question, which you’re addressing blueelm, is why not redefine our relationships to the words, instead of forbidding their usage? Crazy means illogical and unaware of potential outcomes, which seems like a perfectly cromulent word.

(And for the record, queer means “weird” and I’m totally cool with that.)

By: cdh1971

cdh1971 — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:24:00 +0000

Yes, I agree that not liking low-brow crap ‘comedy’ can get a person labelled as humourless, but how does this relate to my comment?

I don’t think disagreeing with R. Dominguez accusing Xeni of being ableist and sexist because she called this Jill Kelly character ‘crazy’ somehow makes me a fan of ”…the lowest-brow and least funny types of comedy…” or of Daniel Tosh.

In fact, I had to look up Tosh before I replied because I’m not too familiar.

Please help me understand your reasoning.

By: RedShirt77

RedShirt77 — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:20:00 +0000

It is really amazing where sleeping with generals will get you. I wonder how many women were in the harem.

By: wysinwyg

wysinwyg — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:31:00 +0000

Always interesting to me that people who dislike the lowest-brow and least funny types of comedy are “humourless”. Presumably Daniel Tosh fans have the greatest and most refined senses of humor on the planet.

By: TooGoodToCheck

TooGoodToCheck — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:22:00 +0000

If this is what Petraeus & Allen do for fun, they must find Afghan tribal politics positively serene by comparison

By: billstreeter

billstreeter — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:25:00 +0000

Yes and the “honorary” part was completely lost on her. She thought she actually had diplomatic privilege. That’s kinda like thinking that an honorary doctorate means you can practice medicine.

By: Nathan Hornby

Nathan Hornby — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:42:00 +0000

Something tells me that was a precoital promise that was never really delivered.

By: awjt

awjt — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:38:00 +0000

Or actually teach kids how to learn, rather than cookie-cutter enforce school districts to make 51% of them pass a standardized, multiple choice exam.

By: Andreas Beer

Andreas Beer — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 11:16:00 +0000

Con artist.

By: cdh1971

cdh1971 — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Right on. Spot on.

Prozac! Prozac for everyone!

By: cdh1971

cdh1971 — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 07:47:00 +0000

The humourless will find offence everywhere because they crave the high…it’s like a disease.

By: cdh1971

cdh1971 — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 07:36:00 +0000

Well, your post sure sounds like a plate full…

By: cdh1971

cdh1971 — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 07:08:00 +0000

Be careful for what you wish brother…

Ecuador is a decent place to be an expat, though myself, I’m leaning towards Columbia.

In Ecuador, if you venture in to the wild bush, the worst than can happen to you is a poison arrow, or dart, or perhaps snakebite, disembowelment by wild animals or death from exposure.

CrazyVaginaStan, you risk your rabbit, your dick or your rod or your Johnson.

By: Cowicide

Cowicide — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 06:42:00 +0000

I’m so glad we send so much of our money to these types of folks in the military instead having a single payer system for health care in this country. Fantastic.

By: Marc Mielke

Marc Mielke — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 05:45:00 +0000

What a terrible person! Now I really don’t blame Paula Broadwell — I’d be insulted too if THAT was my romantic rival!

By: Halloween_Jack

Halloween_Jack — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 04:25:00 +0000

I’m getting the feeling that she’s on the same order of the famous-for-fifteen-minutes White House party crashers.

By: acerplatanoides

acerplatanoides — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 04:19:00 +0000

I’ve long found cholostomy-bag to be a great substitution for other -bags I might refer to.

By: John Maple

John Maple — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 03:36:00 +0000

I’m plenty crazy but no one said anything. I must not be on the “No Fly” list.

By: John Maple

John Maple — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 03:34:00 +0000

I owe you dude. Thanks.

By: arbitraryaardvark

arbitraryaardvark — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 03:07:00 +0000

Being an honorary consul is a good gig, especially if you like going to parties with generals. I met a guy who was a consul to Colorado from one of the Scandinavian countries. It’s one of the items on my to do list, to become an honorary consul for one of those tiny sinking pacific island nations. It doesn’t pay and confers no powers, but you do get a cool license plate.

By: Funk Daddy

Funk Daddy — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 03:03:00 +0000

You’ve got it! Frauds, cons and descendants of latin-speakers can try to be offended, but they would fail!

By: Jardine

Jardine — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 02:56:00 +0000

Xeni has a vagina, so it’s cool.

By: blueelm

blueelm — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 02:55:00 +0000

Frauduconilonia!

By: Funk Daddy

Funk Daddy — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 02:54:00 +0000

Good one, damn close, but speakers of farsi can feel free to be offended at your usage.