The Onion Goes Too Far (or The C Word)

I'm not a fan of the word Cunt.

Inga Musico wrote a book in 1998 called Cunt: A Declaration of Independence. I hated it. That's another blog topic.

This Sunday, satirical masters at the Onion put out a tweet calling the 9 year old Best Actress Nominee Quvenzhane Wallis a Cunt. The tweet read, in part: "Everyone else seems afraid to say it, but that Quvenzhane Wallis is kind of a ... "

Calling a 9 year old girl a cunt isn't funny. Where is the satire in that?

The post was removed an hour later and The Onion issued an apology.

Wendell Pierce called for The Onion to identify the author of the tweet- "Let him defend that abhorrent verbal attack on a child. You call it humor I call it horrendous."

For a really great response to this inexplicable tweet check out this post from Bitch Media contributor T.F. Charlton.

The Onion's hurtful Tweet