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

[whobunkyboo.livejournal.com]

I really hope that Belinda considers a defamation suit against that hatemongering small c christian bigot!

(Ooops...did I type that out loud?)

[c9.livejournal.com]

Perfectly reasonable thing to say out loud. Both have either apologized or partly backtracked, suggesting they'd happily use the words to describe a man who offended them too. So of course that makes it OK. (rolls eyes)