AT A RECENT CLIMATE RALLY, MANY OF THE PROTESTER’S SIGNS HAD A CLEAR MESSAGE FOR PRIME MINISTER SCOTT MORRISON.
Mike Welsh from mockeryofshockery.com asks is the C word taboo or cool?
Several placards clearly featured the word FUCK but a couple went hard (depending on your point of view) featuring the contentious C word to express their obvious low opinion of the PM.
In 2015 three protesters at an Anti Homophobia rally in Sydney were charged by police for yelling “fuck off” and “fuck Fred Nile” aimed at Christian Democrat leader Fred Nile. But later a judge dismissed the charges deeming the “F” word was as no longer offensive.
But is the “C” still contentious?
From under my rock I was (until recently) firm in the belief that use of the C word (widely used as an insult to express utter contempt for someone) was still taboo and restricted for a very small section of society.
A female millennial suggested to me that the casual use of the word is “more about breaking down the double standard that it’s ok for men to use the word but not “lady like” for a woman to use it’.
If I walked through the heart of any Australian city holding aloft a sign suggesting the PM of the day-or anyone else for that matter- was a See You Next Tues would/should I be arrested?
The most common argument for the casual use of the “c” word is that it’s about ownership.
One protester had a double sided banger message for ScoMo but as far as I’m aware she was not arrested.
So is the C Word cool, taboo or only applicable in certain situations?
Mike Welsh is a Canberra based writer and photographer.
This article first appeared at https://mockeryofshockery.com/
And has been reprinted with permission.
double sided banger message for ScoMo
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