I have been so happy to see the incredible support for women after the vile insults and double downs hurled by Rush Limbaugh at Sandra Fluke. That's part of the reason why this comment, where someone called another female kossack a c-nt, really threw me for a loop. Perhaps worse than that, eight people uprated that comment, knowing exactly what it meant and who it was referring to. One commenter even confirmed it by saying that he/she stood by it. Some of the same people who applauded calling a female kossack a c-nt also can be seen elsewhere on this blog condemning the slut comments by Limbaugh.
It has been almost a full day since the comment was posted, so the person who wrote it and the people who supported it have had plenty of time to apologize or withdraw recs and they haven't. I've never written a diary like this before but as the hours went by I found that I could not just stand by and watch this happen without saying something about it.
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by Floja Roja on Sat Mar 03, 2012 at 04:01:45 PM EST
Everyone in that thread knows who the commenter is referring to -- a female kossack in good standing who the commenter happens to be very angry with (mentioned in another comment). Not only that, the female kossack in question is an excellent person. I know her well. Many of you know her. She does not deserve this and she isn't even guilty of the thing that she is being accused of in that comment. But even if she was, it's no reason to hurl such a vile epithet at her. I want to make something else very clear too -- she had nothing to do with my writing this diary. She did not request it and did not ask anyone to do anything in response to this attack on her. These are my words. This was my decision and my decision alone.
As I said, I've never written a diary like this before and feel more than a little uncomfortable doing so now. But after seeing all of the outrage at the despicable words used by Rush Limbaugh, I was so happy to see people standing up for women. And then as the hours passed and more and more people stood up and applauded calling a fellow female kossack a c-nt by recommending that comment, I could not believe it. It's mean. It's the height of hypocrisy to condemn the slut comments and to support this. I am sickened by it.
This is the worst possible thing you can say to a woman, IMHO. It's like a kick in the gut. It demeans and insults and hurts. It is never justified IMHO and no matter how much you dislike a woman or how angry you are at a woman there is no excuse for calling her a c-nt or applauding your friends when they do it.
UPDATE: A few people in the comments have asked if this was reported to the admins. I know of at least two people who sent messages to the admins yesterday and today.
UPDATE2: One other person has told me of a message sent to admins. So I know of three reports to the admins about this.
UPDATE3: One more person in the comments mentioned that she had sent it in so that makes four since yesterday.
UPDATE4: Two links from the comments. This is what has happened in the past when that epithet has been thrown at a female kossack here:
http://www.dailykos.com/...
http://www.dailykos.com/...