{"id":4271,"date":"2009-03-25T23:50:01","date_gmt":"2009-03-25T18:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3324"},"modified":"2009-03-25T23:50:01","modified_gmt":"2009-03-25T18:20:01","slug":"dont-diss-eunuchs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/dont-diss-eunuchs\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Diss Eunuchs"},"content":{"rendered":"

PTI reports<\/a> that Uddhav Thackeray has called Manmohan Singh “a eunuch”. The Congress has called this “perversity of the highest order”. Well, I have just one question here:<\/p>\n

What’s wrong with eunuchs?<\/p>\n

I’m serious. Why can’t a eunuch be a good prime minister of India? We’ve had non-castrated men in the job, and most of them sucked. We had a woman, and she was a disaster. Why should being a eunuch be a disqualification? Indeed, why should that label be used as a pejorative?<\/p>\n

While I’m at it, one more question—since the Congress has clearly made a list of perversities, and calling someone a eunuch is one “of the highest order”, what are other perversities in that order? And in lower orders? For edification, one really wants to know.<\/p>\n

(Link via email from Rajeev Mantri.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PTI reports<\/a> that Uddhav Thackeray has called Manmohan Singh “a eunuch”. The Congress has called this “perversity of the highest order”. Well, I have just one question here:<\/p>\n

What’s wrong with eunuchs?<\/p>\n

I’m serious. Why can’t a eunuch be a good prime minister of India? We’ve had non-castrated men in the job, and most of them sucked. We had a woman, and she was a disaster. Why should being a eunuch be a disqualification? Indeed, why should that label be used as a pejorative?<\/p>\n

While I’m at it, one more question—since the Congress has clearly made a list of perversities, and calling someone a eunuch is one “of the highest order”, what are other perversities in that order? And in lower orders? For edification, one really wants to know.<\/p>\n

(Link via email from Rajeev Mantri.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,15,4,23,17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nDon\u2019t Diss Eunuchs - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/dont-diss-eunuchs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Don\u2019t Diss Eunuchs - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PTI reports that Uddhav Thackeray has called Manmohan Singh “a eunuch”. The Congress has called this “perversity of the highest order”. Well, I have just one question here: What’s wrong with eunuchs? I’m serious. 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