She has a point. Standard line of American left is the word "cunt" used as an insulting epithet is misogynistic. It's not just an insult, there's splash damage. Even if you think history of racism means it's not equivalent to the Barr thing, why such a vast disparity in reaction?https://twitter.com/conservmillen/status/1002308507805405187 …
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The argument that it was said by a woman doesn't seem relevant here. It wasn't an attempt to reclaim the word, it wasn't used ironically - it was a just a slur. The truth, of course, is people's hatred of Trump drives their reaction here.
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Yeah, but they probably don't think that they think about it in those terms. My guess is most would tell themselves there were genuine and pertinent differences between the cases that justify the wide disparity in reaction.
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