re: #46 LudwigVanQuixote

So political whore - a metaphor used by everyone, and understood by everyone is now taboo because you are taking the phrase literally?/blockquote>

Not exactly. “Political whore” is a pretty anondyne insult; I was talking about just calling women sluts and whores. But think about it: political whore is like calling someone a political monkey or political savage, either of which, if they were applied to Obama, would be rather obviously racist. Maybe someone, unthinking, would use that phrase, but that doesn’t make the phrase less racist.