Rob Schaap wrote: >Carrol Cox wrote: >> >> Doug Henwood wrote: >> > >> > Gar Lipow wrote: >> > >> > >Oh well, "asshole" remains unobjectionable. >> > >> > Why? They're importantly functional and can even give pleasure. >> > Interrogate the term's unacknowledged heteronormativity! > >I kinda hope my initial impression that Doug was having a dry smile was right.
Yup. With a bit of serious intent (to complicate the job of the language police, and to defend a much-maligned orifice). But mainly it was a joke. Doug
