"Fucktard"

[Queersetti]

As long as I have been posting at Lit, people have used "fucktard" as the go-to insult. In fact, you could probably say it was sort of the official, all purpose GB term of dismissal for stupid or uninformed posters. I've probably used it on the GB hundreds of times.

The other day, I received a PM from someone, not a regular poster, but a reader who I have had a number of good conversations with. He pointed out to me that I had just read someone the riot act for using "Gay" as an insult. He explained to me that he had a loved one who was developmentally disabled, and pointed out my hypocrisy in objecting to the misuse of "gay", while casually insulting other, unoffending persons, with my thoughtless use of "fucktard".

My first reaction was to think "Oh, nonsense, it isn't meant as an insult to anyone other than the fucktard I said it to. And besides, it's a Lit tradition."

But I thought about it some more. The people who use "gay" as an insult probably aren't thinking that they are insulting me, or other gays. But they are, nonetheless.

And as for tradition, well, saying "faggot" is a tradition for some people.

"Nigger" is a tradition. "Kike", "Spic", "Chink" are traditions.

He was right.

This is the last post where you'll ever see that word from me.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

You rang?

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

In my whole life, in all my days, in all the places I lived and traveled, outside of Lit, I have never, ever heard the term fucktard. Hell, it wasn't until the 70s that we would say fuck and not to the 90s that most people would even utter it in public. It might be nice if we rolled back the clock on that one.*

Is it the 'tard he's complaining about?

If it is, then he has the problem, a problem of epidemic proportion in this country in which people look for ways to be offended in order to tell other people how to think, act and live.

"It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
CS Lewis





* It OFFENDS me...

 

[Liar]

So the "tard" part implies "retard".
Can I still say "bastard"?

 

[Queersetti]

In my whole life, in all my days, in all the places I lived and traveled, outside of Lit, I have never, ever heard the term fucktard. Hell, it wasn't until the 70s that we would say fuck and not to the 90s that most people would even utter it in public. It might be nice if we rolled back the clock on that one.*

Is it the 'tard he's complaining about?

If it is, then he has the problem, a problem of epidemic proportion in this country in which people look for ways to be offended in order to tell other people how to think, act and live.

"It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
CS Lewis





* It OFFENDS me...

You are free to have your ethics, and I to have mine.

 

[Busybody]

Queer...you can tell your buddies to can the shit of TEAHADISTS and TEABAGGERS as well

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

You are free to have your ethics, and I to have mine.

I can respect you if you won;t use it because of the word fuck.

To follow up on Liar's comment, does it offend you if I note that gay people tend to fard themselves immaculately?

 

[Liar]

Queer...you can tell your buddies to can the shit of TEAHADISTS and TEABAGGERS as well

Because it's offensive to tea?

 

[Queersetti]

So the "tard" part implies "retard".
Can I still say "bastard"?

Yes, that is how he, and apparently many other people see it. It's a portmanteau of "fucking retard".

As for "bastard" I don't know. That's a good question. But I'd say that it has a distinct meaning that has nothing to do with cognitive ability, so I suppose that's different.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Queer...you can tell your buddies to can the shit of TEAHADISTS and TEABAGGERS as well

Is that an attempt at coherent?

 

[Busybody]

STFU...Ree






































































TARD

does it count if the words aren't connected?

 

[Busybody]

on a different note

everyone should stop the shit of IM OFFENDED

grow the fuck up....who cares

 

[Queersetti]

I can respect you if you won;t use it because of the word fuck.

To follow up on Liar's comment, does it offend you if I note that gay people tend to fard themselves immaculately?

I didn't know we farded ourselves at all.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

RETARD doesn't even have anything to do with cognitive ability any more!

We had that term whitewashed out of the lexicon by the early 80s.

Now it only means to slow progress...,



Its original definition.

 

[Busybody]

RETARD doesn't even have anything to do with cognitive ability any more!

We had that term whitewashed out of the lexicon by the early 80s.

Now it only means to slow progress...,



Its original definition.

that's a NIGGARDLY definition

a BLACK mark on you, have a drag on a fag

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

I didn't know we farded ourselves at all.

The guy I lived with did.

He loved pageants (and drama)...

Called himself, you might like this, Taco Belle (he was from Mexico).

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

that's a NIGGARDLY definition

a BLACK mark on you, have a drag on a fag

Oh good...




Coherent.

 

[subdued_passion]

Why do you guys even bother with guns when words seem to kill y'all the way they do?

 

[Liar]

We clearly need a list of fucktard alternatives here, in the interrest of preserving the sacred decorum of the GB.

Dipshit, moron, fuckwit, ignoramus, dummy, asshat... add your own.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Why do you guys even bother with guns when words seem to kill y'all the way they do?

It ain't killing anyone here so far other than the OP.



If I want him dead, I ain't gonna cross tongues with him...

 

[Queersetti]

I probably should have known better than to post this in the morning.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

I probably should have known better than to post this in the morning.

Because in the evening, you would have gotten replies from people who think "just like you?"

 

[subdued_passion]

We clearly need a list of fucktard alternatives here, in the interrest of preserving the sacred decorum of the GB.

Dipshit, moron, fuckwit, ignoramus, dummy, asshat... add your own.

So you're biased against the intellectually challenged? Got it.

 

[Queersetti]

Because in the evening, you would have gotten replies from people who think

FYP..

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

So you're biased against the intellectually challenged? Got it.

For the record...



I treat BunnySlippers politely.