A new member of the forum has a user name that includes the word “cunt.” I think it’s different in the UK, but “cunt” is one of the most offensive words in American English and the worst thing you can call a woman. I think it’s use shows disrespect for our community and contempt for women, although I’m certain that is not the new user’s intent.
I sent a message to the user expressing this opinion. I also sent a similar one to @jamal. Jamal responded and does not share my concern.
Curiously enough, I considered it inappropriate towards Emmanuel Kant’s person rather than women or this community.
I just thought: an edgy user teasing a sacred name.
Definitely misogynistic and offensive in the US.
Seems unreasonable to deem it as not going against the following from the Community Guidelines:
Nothing sabotages a healthy conversation like rudeness:
This is a non-issue, as far as I’m concerned.
If you find that word offensive, that’s on you.
I am a reasonable person. It isn’t offensive, hate speech or anything remotely of the kind. Don’t be so parochial.
I’ll agree with D.H. Lawrence. It’s puzzling that “cunt” should be offensive.
A cunt is an amazing thing.
It’s just the Norman prejudice against good anglo-saxon that is at play here. On both sides.
I’m not offended. I’m angered at the contempt it shows for women—which the forum claims won’t be tolerated.
stop being a dick
It only shows contempt on the assumption that “cunt” is somehow disdainful. I like cunts.
Given that @ImmanuelCunt apparently thinks there is a joke here, they are presumably assuming contempt towards cunts. They are being a dick, rather than a cunt.
Of course, if they happen to have a cunt, the whole framing would be different. Ironic or self-deprecating, perhaps.
In any case, it’s not a very funny name.
This affords the opportunity to consider some other odd locutions.
Like saying to someone you despise, “get fucked”. Fucking is, if done well, quite pleasant, so it’s an odd thing to wish on one’s enemies.
There might be a hint in “Fuck you!”, as in “I will fuck you”. The classic example is from Gaius Valerius Catullus, §16, “Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo”. The Romans were obsessed with dominance - hence their empire, presumably - and the mark of a man was dominance, taking the “active” sexual role. Certainly a misogynist attitude. They didn’t much care who they fucked, or how, so long as they were not the one being fucked.
The etymology has become detached in modern use.
If you listen to German speakers pronounce the name it sounds exactly like that, which is perhaps part of what the user is playing on.
How about MenstruatingSemenVomitJones as a user name? I mean those are the fluids of life, except for the vomit. The Jones is just because the man happens to be Welsh.
According to yougov.net survey from 2025 following is the breakdown in the US:
Note that it’s number one on the list.
Once again from the Community Guidelines:
Please treat this discussion forum with the same respect you would a public park. We, too, are a shared community resource—a place for reasoned discussion, philosophical inquiry, and sustained conversation.
How parochial.
This is a Scoots forum, laddy; ye dina ken, ya eejit.
You can tell by the name of the owner…
No strong feelings myself, so I asked my (U.S.-born) wife whether the name would offend her. She replied, “It depends on whether they act like a cunt or not.”
I thought about asking her to expand on that, but the answer was too good to ruin!
Very sound philosophical argument.
A word cannot be “offensive language”.
A person might be offended by “stop being a bitch”, but the same word in an entirely different context “let’s party bitches!” is not only not offensive, but endearing.
Language is entirely context-dependent. The people that get offended by words — no matter how they are used — are the least likely to be interested in language.
Yup. It’s all fun and giggles until it’s a racial slur.
I’ve written an entire essay on why that’s not a boundary point fwiw LOL. Got a 92 on it as well.
It’s a play on words and when i started at my firm, I was reading CPR. My boss walked passed my desk, and asked me how to pronounce the author’s name with a big, wide smirk.
@WeSee as you’ll note, this is subjective. A “Reasonable” person would understand this term to differ as between plenty of countries. @Banno and I are downunder. Here, “sup, cunts” is a complete normal, acceptable part of life unless you’re in a professional setting. Can’t just import US morality into a global arena, now can we?
Not just detached, but warped.
Until about 500 years ago derivatives of kunta were not considered obscene. Indeed, there were many a street in the UK called Gropecunt Lane. I’m sure you can guess why…