The other day I was reading comments about Sarah Palin in an article here. I do not like Sarah Palin. She is ignorant, racist and hateful. However, there was something that really bothered me about the comments that people posted.
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People were calling her a whore. Now, I do not know what her sex life is like nor do I care but I do find that the word whore is very offensive when used on anyone. Just as the n word is offensive for blacks, the r word for native Americans, I feel that the word whore is just as offensive and belittling of women. It is time it becomes the W word. It is unacceptable for men or women to refer to another woman in that way. If we want to be different and more powerful in our message, we must stop the name calling or we lower ourselves to the level of those who use offensive terms on anyone they don't agree with.
Our message is made more powerful when used gently and with respect to the other side. Profanity and name calling takes away from our message. It is time to separate ourselves from the gutter and begin to raise others up with respectful arguments. As I said above I have no liking for Sarah Palin. Her rhetoric is made up of lies and spite but calling her the w word says more about you than about her. It is time we stop using words like that.
A whore is someone who has sex with partners outside of marriage. How many of us would fit that definition, whether male or female? It is a disgusting word and should be dropped from our language along with all those other belittling words. Lets change the culture of our messages by showing respect to everyone whether we agree with them or not.