The Boebert Debacle
further considerations by Sherman J regarding the comments discussion at
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/05/sotu-in-brief/

My first remark regarding the 'speech' was that I couldn't watch it, knowing how much of a liars' circus it would be. I read articles that provoked me to furious anger about Mofo Mikey xtian terrorist having brave and decent Al Green thrown out. Al Green was, as only a few others do, standing up for his constituency. The 60th anniversary of the Selma Protest March over the edmund pettis bridge, that turned to bloody violence, approaches.

It reminded me of the absolutely barbaric and one-sided way in which our failed government runs things. Two absolutely useless people disrupting proceedings in that same chamber were called to mind. As most will have noted, I usually try to express myself in strong language after taking time to think about my choice of words. However, this time, in the heat of anger, I quickly commented:
But, when margarine failure green and bobo the slut boebert were screaming during a biden speech, nothing happened to them. WTF!

Many times I have expressed appreciation and respect for the contributions of other commentors. I have always expressed respect for honestly defined ethnicities, races, sex and gender. I clearly said:
  My statement was based on the public video of her obscene sexual antics in a theater that typify her character not the fact that she is female. I try very diligently to not be misogynistic, but she has earned that label. If you read my comment carefully, you will see that I respected and honored many female congress members.

I respect the rights of people to engage in whatever relationships they desire and to express themselves in private as they deem appropriate. The 'who and what' in private is none of my business. However, when multiple public actions are seriously offensive, that is my/our business and responsibility to criticize. That applies equally to political, social as well as sexual actions.

Semantics, colloquial usage, regional and personal connotations of words vary greatly. In common usage, the term slut has been used in many contexts, often without regard to sex or sexual acts. It is often used in a political or a business sense, sometimes even in a humorous way, as well as referring to loose sexual morals. I am sorry that some commentors took offense at my use of the term.

I apologize for using that term that induced such a response. If I had not been so furiously angry, I would have taken the time, calmed down and chosen a less controversial word.

I hope that anyone who was offended will accept my apology and explanation, for I value them and my discussion relationship with them.

Sincerely, Sherman J

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