Language As Power
MichaelW on Feb 15 2008 at 1:46 pm | Filed under: Around the Web
InstaPunk on Jane Fonda, Matt Damon, power, privilege and the last dirty words. The key ‘graph (edited to be SFW):
Here’s the thing. Women don’t “hate” the word ‘c***’ any more than black people “hate” the word ‘n*****.’ Apart from real articulate speech, these are the last two words of power in our language. They’re both words used by people who inflict their power on others by posing as victims. They’re both words that are used proudly by the supposed victims with each other to heighten the potency of their grievances: Feminists ‘celebrate’ the supposedly hateful C-Word in events like Penn State’s ‘C***fest,’ while blacks use ‘n*****’ as an ethnic privilege to demonstrate their politically correct advantage over white people in the culture wars. In short, women love the word ‘c***,’ depending on who says it and under what circumstances. And black people love the word ‘n*****’ the same way.
(via Instapundit)
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