Post Prints Comic That Refers to Nancy Pelosi As A "B---h"

By: PM
Published On: 11/22/2006 1:55:05 PM

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The conservative leaning cartoon Prickly City uses the common phrase "Payback's A Bitch" but alters the final word and substitutes Pelosi.  (The phrase is so well known there's even a movie with that title).

Bitch is an extremely insulting word.  Wikipedia defines it thusly: 

In colloquial use, the word bitch is often employed insultingly to describe a woman as malicious, spiteful, domineering, intrusive, unpleasant or sexually promiscuous;

The Post routinely refuses to run single strips it considers offensive.  Strips are carefully examined before running.  (I know this because I follow Gene Weingarten's Tuesday chat and the topic of offensive comics comes up on occasion.) I guess the Post thinks women are fair game for slurs.

Comments



Oh, how I dislike this strip (Hugo Estrada - 11/22/2006 2:14:44 PM)
I have no problem with conservative humor. If the joke is good and thoughtful, I often laugh along conservatives, even if they are making a joke at the expense of liberals.

But this strip is not thoughtful. It is the Rush of comic strips. It just babbles back mindless hatred about liberals.

During a period of time when there was a Republican scandal on a weekly basis, Stantis, its author, went philosophical, and turned his strip into an okay version of Peanuts, making comments about the small things in daily life.

Right before election, he got the memo that he should start attacking Pelosi. So his Peanuts-like comments ended.

The coyote, which is supposed to be the 'liberal' imbecil, often expresses conservative thoughts... like in this strip, for example! The girl and the Coyote are so much Stantis himself, that he can't keep them in character.

Learn more about the author:
http://www.amunivers...



I wondered about this strip (PM - 11/22/2006 3:46:47 PM)
I read it when it started but gave up on it because it seemed mean-spirited.  I'd glance at it occasionally, and noticed during one period it was getting neutral and making a few decent points -- I guess that was during the scandal period you mention.

Thanks for the insight on the strip.



Sexism continues to rule.... (mosquitopest - 11/22/2006 4:18:50 PM)
Amazing isn't it that there really hasn't been a sexist slur hurled at the many males who have committed major blunders and abuses of powers.

I guess "prick" comes the closest but I haven't seen that one hurled at leaders.

Barbara Streisand and other strong competent women in their fields are often referred to as "bitches."  Anytime a woman stands up to men as an equal insecure "boys" pull out the "bitch" word....

Buzz...Buzz...



Never Been a fan of WaPo and (tidewater_roots - 11/22/2006 5:23:48 PM)
not amused about my Congressperson being subjected to this inappropriate ridicule. Screw them.


And here's a British slur against women and Pelosi (PM - 11/22/2006 5:43:34 PM)
http://news.independ...

Here's the headline: 

Pelosi turns on one-time ally in Democrats' 'catfight in Congress'


Pelosi (Terry85 - 11/22/2006 6:26:31 PM)
"not amused about my Congressperson being subjected to this inappropriate ridicule. Screw them."

Uhm.....she is in a public "light" if you will, and she is going to be subject to things far worse than this.  Who cares what some stupid comic strip in the WaPo says anyway...



He could easily substitute Dole for Pelosi (Pain - 11/22/2006 6:34:22 PM)
...or maybe he is selectively forgetting Lizzy's terrible behavior on Meet the Press several weeks back.


Someone in Chicago agrees (KCinDC - 11/22/2006 8:59:02 PM)
here


It's not about women; (libra - 11/22/2006 9:18:04 PM)
it's about *Pelosi*, though, I suppose, he could have used "Hillary" with equal self-satisfaction (and Kate Harris or whatshername Cubin with more accuracy ).

Now, I want to see a comic strip with Mean Jean Schmidt-for-brains -- stuff like that is supposed to be "fair and balanced", no?



Three words (DanG - 11/26/2006 1:03:13 PM)
Take A Joke