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Originally Posted by Parallex
IMO yes it is. Calling someone a Nazi is pretty explicitly a political statement/insult while calling someone a b*tch explicitly a personal one. I consider a personal insult hurled at at a politician to be worse then a political insult hurled at same.
Leaving that aside "Nazi" (or "commie" or "fascist" or whatever politically motivated slur you prefer) is a more equal opportunity insult (I've seen female political figures referred to such).
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Men can be called a b*tch too. The same derogatory connotation applies.
Still doesn't change the fact that who determines what defines an attack or a threat is subjective, you say it in your own post that calling a female a b*tch is worse than calling someone a Nazi in your opinion.
This is all fine an dandy and I'm sure there that there will be plenty of support on either side of that opinion, but when it comes to making statements such as 'female politicians are subject to more violent threats than their male counter parts' we all have to be aware of the context behind the statement as whoever defines a problem with a subjective definition as part of it is introducing bias into the conclusion of the question.