Would a man be called a whore?

[c9]

...well, yes. When I was eight. Brian Mulroney said of Bryce Mackasey, a former Liberal cabinet minister and hanger-on, who was named an ambassador: "There is no whore, like an old whore."

Additionally, Paul Wells (Maclean's columnist) tells me the crowd he was with when Scott Brison defected made use of that word and worse.

But I guess it comes down to this: how fucking sad is it that we need to use that kind of insult to describe someone we disagree with on social or economic policy?

As I wrote back to Wells, "I hope I lose my naivete soon, it's distracting."

Comments

[saviolo.livejournal.com]

Hee... I remember how upset you were the day Brian Mulroney resigned.

[c9.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't get it. I have a weird attachment to the status quo. I miss Jean Chretien too. And worst of all, I *know* I'll miss Paul Martin, because that moron Harper will be getting sworn in.