[lbo-talk] 'American kids, dumber than dirt'

[John Thornton]

Doug Henwood wrote:
> On Oct 31, 2007, at 11:52 AM, JBrown72073 at cs.com wrote:
>
>   
>> Comforting to know it was not original to you, but it's still  
>> disturbing,
>> though not puzzling, that when groping for a metaphor for the worst  
>> sort of human
>> one can think of, cunt is what comes to this guy's mind.
>>     
>
> Well yeah, but "prick," "dick," (both male) and "asshole" (gender- 
> neutral) are pretty synonymous, though "cunt" admittedly has greater  
> shock value.
>
> Doug

I couldn't have said this better myself but I can equal it (hopefully).
Maybe I should read all the responses in a thread before posting my own 
response.

John Thornton