I apologize to Jerry Lewis…apparently calling someone a fag is OK.  Denis Leary granted an interview to The Advocate  promoting his book Why We Suck.  Denis’ explanation as to why he uses the word:

Well, because I also have a chapter called “We’d Hate You Even if You Weren’t Black.” I don’t believe in the power of words. My parents came from Ireland, where the word cunt is literally a word your mother and father would use to describe the weather or the car: “That cunting car won’t start!” And I come from a Catholic background where the nuns were always telling you, “Don’t do this, don’t say this,” so anytime anyone tells me I shouldn’t say something, my reaction is, “Why not?” So when I was writing a book, I wanted to make sure I got all those words in there.

So what do you think?  Is he right?  Should PC be abolished?  And why doesn’t my cunting spellcheck recognize “cunting” as a valid word?

54 Responses to “It’s A Cunting Rainy Day Today”

1. Alli says:

   October 27, 2008 at 9:45 pm

   As someone from Ireland – I’m not sure that the ‘people say cunt all the time in Ireland’ argument is valid. Yes, people say cunt more often, but they are generally aware or its offensiveness. The severity of its offensiveness is generally used as emphasis. And cunting is not a word I’ve ever heard. How you make a verb from cunt?

   Cursing in general is more common, and I think is generally used for emphasis. Sometimes situations warrant cursing.
   But it does sound vulgar no matter how its used, that’s why its taboo.
   I agree that words can be meaningless – but the reason why these words are taboo is because they have very specific meanings that are not suitable for polite company. And also the reason why you can’t just turn them into verbs cos you feel like it.

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2. Grace says:

   October 28, 2008 at 4:27 am

   Torie is right.

   Words have invested power, not inherent power, but it is power nonetheless. Whichever words are deemed swearwords in your culture activate a different part of your brain (your basal ganglia) from other words, which causes them to directly prompt emotions such as anger, fear and shock. This is why words have such power.

   For this reason, I think that we should embrace the power of swear words by using them at times when we *want* to use language as a weapon. If you use them too much at other times, you devalue your language and leave yourself without a weapon.

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3. IndieA says:

   November 6, 2008 at 6:20 am

   I’m sorry i’m a little late on this but is someone holding a gun to peoples heads? if you don’t like beet or wendie why the hell are you reading this blog?

   and cunt is a fantastic word…i think the fear of the word is just a bunch of misogynistic bullshit, embrace the cunt! bring it back from the shunned lands of PC…

   and seriously, someone said they didn’t really like something beet said so they beet-bashed. what would your mother say? remember? if you can’t say anything nice don’t say it at all? now you just sound like an ignorant douche

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4. Laura M. says:

   November 24, 2008 at 6:07 am

   Sometimes I have a tendency to not be able to sleep and I’ll read all the posts on here all the way back to the last time I couldn’t sleep and did aforementioned catching up. So, I’m a little late to this party. However, I have to add my two cents.
   Elle, if you are looking for your so-called ‘class,’ you’ve come to the wrong place. Doesn’t anybody remember Beet’s tampon story? After that, I don’t think a little swearing should offend anybody here. Come on, this is a celebrity gossip blog, where discussions of which famous women flashed their vaginas to waiting paparazzi this week abound.

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