As a person born out-of-wedlock, I don't resent being called a "bastard" because that's what I am. However, I do resent people who use the term to describe people who are dirty, lousey, manipulative, rotten, etc., which has nothing to do with the innocent child/adult born illegitimately at no fault of his/her own. For example on TV, House, MD (Fox) was referred to as a "manipulative bastard," Jimmy Kimmel (ABC) live used the term "dirty bastard," and Craig Ferguson (CBS) used the term three times tonight to draw laughter from the crowd. It's not funny making fun of innocent people. We've been made fun of for centuries and I, for one, think it's time we stand up and say "We resent you making fun of us!" I think we "bastards" should contact anyone (especially these celebrities) and tell them to knock it off, or we'll turn them off. I think we should eliminate the derogatory definition from the dictionary and encyclopedias. It doesn't belong; the "n-word" has finally been deleted.
2006-08-15
18:04:26
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