So, on the heels of banning the N-word, another New York City Council member named Darlene Mealy is pushing to ban the B-word and the H-word.
What a cunt!
This word ban thing is getting so out of hand. 20 out of 51 Council members have signed the resolution. Accck! Forget the most obvious reason not to ban the word, which is that pesky First Amendment thing. Forget even that “bitch” and “ho” have meanings other than a chick who is pissing you off or balling your friends.
But if we’re going to ban those words then shouldn’t we also ban prick, and jerk, and slut and every other word out there that is insulting to somebody? Why don’t we just ban meanness altogether? God help us that we are headed in that direction. My feeling is, if somebody says something derogatory to you, then should just man up and take it (or, in this case, bitch up and take it).
Also, what about those women who like the fact that they are bitches; the women who own it, who wear t-shirts or sport bumper stickers that say things like All American Bitch or Bitch Goddess or whatever? So now we’re going to criminalize their chosen identity?
And what about Elton John’s “The Bitch is Back.” If Mealy has her way will radio stations be forbidden to play it?
Actually, the answer to both questions is no. The resolution is not legally enforceable. It’s more of a resolution for show, you know, like wallpaper that looks like bricks. Still, I’m just so tired of people trying to tell other people what words they can and can’t use that it makes me ill in the stomach. What’s going on with New York that they elect idiots like this? If New York goes along with this I’m gonna move back there just so I can move away from it in disgust again.