Jeremy Stangroom

So how are they then even remotely similar?

How is using a misogynistic slur, which has a long history of being used to silence and intimidate women, and which forms part of the linguistic weaponry ubiquitously employed by the alt-right, remotely similar to using a racist slur? Seriously, that's your question?

You can't seem anything *remotely* similar? This is Feminism 101. I could provide a reading list. You do understand how the word "cunt", when deployed in this sense, forms part of the language of sexual violence? I mean this stuff should be obvious.

The fact that Bee is a woman doesn't magically erase the structural and systemic nature of this kind of language. Of course, it would be worse if she were a man, but it's absolutely the standard feminist line that you shouldn't use the word "cunt" in that sort of context.

The fact that she’s a woman matters profoundly. I guarantee that everyone would be shocked if, say, John Oliver said the same thing. Just like there are different norms re: what white vs. black people can say to black people.

You argue based on some feminist theory; I’m arguing based on actual prevailing norms and people’s moral intuitions, which use the identity of the speaker as a crucial factor in evaluating racially or gender charged language.

And also, you're a guy. And you hate Trump. Maybe that's why you think feminist theory isn't really so important here. The fact that people have been saying this stuff for at least 40 years - well, not to worry. Is that your position? (Are you enjoying explaining all this to me?)

Plenty of women are saying the same thing. My sample is obviously not scientific, but the vast majority of women I know - including staunch feminists - hold more or less this position.