Pansy?
inmytree
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I'm not sure what to make of this:
http://www.americablog.com/2008/04/videohillary-laughs-while-nc-governor.html#disqus_thread
We previously informed you that North Carolina Governor Mike Easley used the word “pansy” in his Hillary Clinton endorsement. Said Easley, “[Mrs. Clinton] makes Rocky Balboa look like a pansy.”
One reader sent us a note on this poor word choice, which we’d like to share:
You might point out [to your] readers that one would use that term, say, when chasing a gay guy with intent to harm. Or, say, not hiring him. Or maybe not letting him rent an apartment in one’s building.
I expect more from her. She’s no dummy. She knows exactly what that word means.
Considering the Senator’s silence, we get the impression that she simply doesn’t care. And this is a gay ally?
http://www.americablog.com/2008/04/videohillary-laughs-while-nc-governor.html#disqus_thread
We previously informed you that North Carolina Governor Mike Easley used the word “pansy” in his Hillary Clinton endorsement. Said Easley, “[Mrs. Clinton] makes Rocky Balboa look like a pansy.”
One reader sent us a note on this poor word choice, which we’d like to share:
You might point out [to your] readers that one would use that term, say, when chasing a gay guy with intent to harm. Or, say, not hiring him. Or maybe not letting him rent an apartment in one’s building.
I expect more from her. She’s no dummy. She knows exactly what that word means.
Considering the Senator’s silence, we get the impression that she simply doesn’t care. And this is a gay ally?
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That being said, the way she has been picking through every syllable uttered by Barack Obama looking for something to twist and distort into some kind of scandal, i think folks should let her have it for a few days and make her life a little tougher because of it, but it's still ridiculous.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pansy
Main Entry:
1pan·sy Listen to the pronunciation of 1pansy
Pronunciation:
\ˈpan-zē\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural pansies
Etymology:
Middle English pancy, pensee, from Middle French pensée, from pensée thought, from feminine of pensé, past participle of penser to think, from Latin pensare to ponder — more at pensive
Date:
15th century
1: a garden plant (Viola wittrockiana) derived chiefly from the hybridization of the European Johnny-jump-up (Viola tricolor) with other wild violets; also : its flower
2 ausually disparaging : a weak or effeminate man or boy busually disparaging : a male homosexual
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
so you think it's ok to use anti-gay slurs...?
interesting...
please. make a list of the hundreds of words i'm sure you consider an anti-gay slur and give it to me so i can wipe my ass with it. this is fucking ridiculous. Pansy is used all the time not referring to gay people. how do you know he was using it as a slur here? how do you know he wassnt using it to describe a whiny, overly sensitive little prick who happens to not be gay?
I don't even see it as that or even if it can be defined as an anti-gay remark in some instances...I don't think that's how it was being used here. It's a stretch.
I called my brother a pansy for whining about a tattoo...It wasn't an anti-gay slur. It was because he was acting like a baby.
Are you okay with Wright's remarks? All of them?
Interesting....
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Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
whoa...relax, lady...
it's going to be ok...
this thread is not about wright....it's about the governor of NC...
hey, I'm just sharing information so people can make a informed choice...
No! political correctness must be fought with all available savagery!!!!! Its a cancer on society! goddamnit....i hate it... shit....
ok i'm done.
and a type on monkey... Chim Pansy
Hail, Hail!!!
and I brought up Wright as being more of an issue than the word pansy...just passing along an opinion.
I really hope people aren't making any decisions based on the use of the word pansy but to be honest, it wouldn't surprise me.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
Any idiot with an opinion on a politician thinks he is engaged in political debate. He is not. He is just another idiot with an opinion on a politician.
But, because it is one T.V.... it MUST be an issue because of the fact that it is on T.V.
Clue: If you haven't the faintest idea on how your government is supposed to work... you are not engaged in political debate. It is called 'Gossip'.
Hail, Hail!!!
My Great-Grandmother was named Pansy Pearl W. and she was a VERY strong woman. She was revered by her entire family and we haven't been the same since her passing more than 10 years ago.
Word of warning: Grandma Pansy could bring any one to their knees with just a tug of their ear. I don't dare use her name as a slur.
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