[Ads-l] sexist "crazy"

[Benjamin Barrett]

Good find. Perhaps “crazy bitch” comes from this, not the other way around.

FWIW, the link says it’s from "When Will Jesus Bring The Pork Chops?” Based on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Will_Jesus_Bring_the_Pork_Chops%3F <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Will_Jesus_Bring_the_Pork_Chops?>), it’s probably the audiobook version.

Benjamin Barrett
Formerly of Seattle, WA

> On 20 Mar 2016, at 11:58, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> https://youtu.be/VCGMInJ7jYE
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> Don't know where it's from
> On Mar 20, 2016 2:43 PM, "Benjamin Barrett" <mail.barretts at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Subject:      Re: sexist "crazy"
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>> I didn=E2=80=99t see that prevalent in a few Google searches I tried. =
>> Perhaps =E2=80=9Casshole=E2=80=9D. BB
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>>> On 20 Mar 2016, at 11:34, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>>> Didn't George Carlin say that women are crazy but men are stupid?
>>> On Mar 20, 2016 2:17 PM, "Benjamin Barrett" <mail.barretts at gmail.com> =
>> wrote:
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>>>> This was news to me. Could it be a clipping from =3DE2=3D80=3D9Ccrazy =
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>>>> bitch=3DE2=3D80=3D9D?=3D20
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>>>> Surely there must be a similar sort of word used to describe how men =
>> act =3D
>>>> as a way to blame them for the breakup.
>>>> =20
>>>> Benjamin Barrett
>>>> Formerly of Seattle, WA
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>>>>> On 20 Mar 2016, at 05:54, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>>> =3D20
>>>>> I think of two things. First, there is the meaning of "hysterical", =
>> a =3D
>>>> word
>>>>> with a firm gender bias.
>>>>> =3D20
>>>>> Second, there is this:
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>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/01/dont-call-women-crazy_n_6201580.h=
>> =3D
>>>> tml
>>>>> =3D20
>>>>> DanG
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>>>>> On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 8:05 AM, Jonathan Lighter =3D
>>>> <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>> =3D20
>>>>>> Donald Trump has called Megyn Kelly "crazy."
>>>>>> =3D20
>>>>>> Donald Trump has resumed his gratuitous obsessive-compulsive =
>> blasting =3D
>>>> of
>>>>>> Megyn Kelly. And according to CNN media correspondent Brian =
>> Stelter:
>>>>>> =3D20
>>>>>> "Lately he's been calling her 'crazy,' which some people would =
>> think =3D
>>>> is a
>>>>>> sexist reference. There is a meaning of 'crazy' when applied to =
>> women =3D
>>>> that
>>>>>> is different than when applied to men. We all kind of know that in =
>> =3D
>>>> society.
>>>>>> When he says 'crazy Megyn Kelly,' it certainly has a specific =3D
>>>> connotation."
>>>>>> =3D20
>>>>>> Q.: Huh? *I* don't know it, "kind of" or otherwise. Crazy means =3D
>>>> crazy.
>>>>>> First we were assured that "moist" is one of the most offensive =
>> words =3D
>>>> in
>>>>>> English.  Now this.
>>>>>> =3D20
>>>>>> Elucidation, please.
>>>>>> =3D20
>>>>>> JL
>>>> =20


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