moriath

Generally I think the kids should be off limits, too, except that Bristol has legitimately been in the spotlight on her own recently. She's gone on her own to abstinence-only fundraisers and the like making herself a public figure. But Letterman's joke was still tasteless. I haven't seen any sort of commentary about the Obama girls except "omgSOCUTE."

Slut cannot be the same as asshole. Asshole doesn't have sexual connotations, nor is it gendered. If slut, as it is currently used, can't be shorthand for "despicable, lowlife person" because it isn't applied to both genders, so it can only be shorthand for "despicable, lowlife woman."