no word is any dirtier then the context in which it is used. i think the term "politicly correct" is offensive because i see it as having been coined for no other reason then as an attempt by pseudo-concervatism to trivialize any kind of real morality. also i think most uses of the term "bitch" other then to describe gratuitous complaining as "bitching" carry an offensive implication of context. i think a lot of what pretends to be conservative is offensive by pretending to, but here i'm getting away from the concept of a word being offensive, almost entirely. there are a lot of thoroughly absurd word substitutions in the prevailing culture too. often either as a kind of bowdlerization, or in somecases, as seemes to be the popular reactionaryism in the romaticization of gratuitous crudeness as a substitute for honest objectivity, a kind of reverse bowdlerization. (bowdlerization = "couldn't say shit if he had a mouthful" or "must not let the children hear us talk like that") =^^= .../\...
The worst thing that anyone could ever call me is weak. It only counts if it's someone who knows me well and has realized my strength in the past. However, anytime someone who really matters calls me weak or suggests the fact it really encourages me to make changes so maybe that is the point. Words like ugly don't matter because I feel beautiful most of the time and when I don't I realize it doesn't really matter. Words like bitch and ****... ehhh... they don't hurt more then any other word. There ARE certain words I refuse to use because I don't support what they project. In general, however, words only hurt if you allow them to hurt. Hurting over a word alone is silly. It's the meaning and intention behind the words that matter.