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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWell the gloves are off and it's about fucking time:
Since Orangina used the word fucking in his shitpost on Lie Social, MSNOW has gone over the top using profanity.
And I couldnt be happier: it is about fucking time that we got MAD AS HELL and stopped pussyfooting around with these motherfuckers who are trying to destroy the whole goddamned country. I have said for ten fucking years that the Republican candidates for President stood there and smiled like stupid bastards while the shithead was destroying their records, their families, and their wives looks, for Chrissake. If only one had opened his or her mouth and let him have it both barrels he would have been decimated.
As Rocky Balboa said to Clubber Lang Go for it.
senseandsensibility
(25,090 posts)about how the Dems are using too much profanity? Just a couple of days ago? I mean, after trump's infamous Easter message with the F-bomb? I thought I saw something about that.
PCIntern
(28,428 posts)I was related by marriage to one of their executives and posted my story about him some time ago. He was an officious prick.
BattleRow
(2,513 posts)And THAT was just ONE of his more endearing qualities...
paleotn
(22,342 posts)CountAllVotes
(22,230 posts)Everywhere I read and listen, every one is saying the word FUCK now.
Is this appropriate now?
I can remember the day I'd be confined to my room if I used this type of language.
I guess it is just AOK these days.
PCIntern
(28,428 posts)So who am I to contradict that stable genius?
CountAllVotes
(22,230 posts)mr715
(3,672 posts)... sorry... I had to
calimary
(90,219 posts)Wounded Bear
(64,401 posts)the kind you would see in college level libraries. Not necessarily in more "children" oriented editions.
buzzycrumbhunger
(1,974 posts)Ooops
or not. I saved this video on youtube ages ago and it seems its now age-restricted. Bullshit! Such a versatile word!
Goonch
(5,200 posts)
usonian
(25,705 posts)Yes. I know.
I am reminded of a joke I read about Arthur Marx. Can't find it right now.
He was asking an uncle for sugar.
"Pass the sugar, you sun of a bitch"
Father Groucho had to remind him of his manners.
After being duly admonished, Arthur asked politely:
"PLEASE pass the sugar, you son of a bitch"
That said, in proper Bostonian: Screw these bastids to hell.
I do miss Boston, but not the weather, as a lightning storm runs through the Sierra Nevada foothills, bouncing electrical power up and down. Three times lately.
I am typing as fast as I can. (POST RIGHT THIS INSTANT)
Skittles
(171,991 posts)it is AMAZING what offends some people and what does not.........
MLWR
(1,044 posts)What I do find offensive is racial, religious and ethnic slurs.
I see those as two entirely different things.
paleotn
(22,342 posts)Boomerproud
(9,306 posts)CountAllVotes
(22,230 posts)It is plain inappropriate.
I'm listening to some woman on MSNBC and every other word is FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK.
This is indicative of a poorly educated individual that lacks the ability to state what they think they are addressing.
It reeks of stupidity and yes, exactly, the SHOCK value of it has worn off!
It is plain stupid now. STUPID!
efhmc
(16,758 posts)WizumbODaSage
(24 posts)...but context is STILL important. Trump lovers like how he smashes boundaries but this really won't work for DEMS... not for journalists, not for Chris Murphy. They will still play a double standard. I get that people are angry and fed up but ultimately the ADULT still has the upper hand and expressing yourself as a mature adult should be the USUAL way to express ourselves .. though alone in front of the TV is a free fire zone!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
CountAllVotes
(22,230 posts)I do not have cable TV and I do not have a phone.
I find it here: https://usnewson.com/watch/msnbc-live
liberalla
(11,138 posts)I've tried 2 or 3 other streaming live but they are stop and start, and cover the screen with ads and stuff. This one goes smoothly!
CountAllVotes
(22,230 posts)It comes in great on my Windows 7 desktop that is still chugging along!
Glad you found this to be useful.
chowder66
(12,327 posts)In fact, a study by psychologists from Marist College found links between how fluent a person is in the English language and how fluent they are in swearing.
The former - verbal fluency - can be measured by asking volunteers to think of as many words beginning with a certain letter of the alphabet as they can in 1 minute.
People with greater language skills can generally think of more examples in the allotted time. Based on this approach, the researchers created the swearing fluency task. This task requires volunteers to list as many different swear words as they can think of in 1 minute.
By comparing scores from both the verbal and swearing fluency tasks, it was found that the people who scored highest on the verbal fluency test also tended to do best on the swearing fluency task. The weakest in the verbal fluency test also did poorly on the swearing fluency task.
https://www.sciencealert.com/swearing-is-a-sign-of-more-intelligence-not-less-say-scientists
mr715
(3,672 posts)paleotn
(22,342 posts)I am quite educated, thank you very goddamn much, and know exactly what I'm trying to convey. Your point? Is there a point somewhere?
mr715
(3,672 posts)Betty Boom
(449 posts)Its a word that has great power for emphasis. It can be used as every part of speech. Knowing how and when to use profanity appropriately is an art. Not everyone can do that and even on my ears, it can sound vulgar at times. But to make a blanket statement that the use of profanity implies lack of education is complete and utter nonsense.
vanamonde
(243 posts)Well, fuck, fuckin' Dick Cheney told Leahy to 'go fuck himself' on the fucking floor of the fucking senate, so I don't know why the fuck we waited so long to add the fuckin' word 'fuck' to our fucking government's fucking vocabulary.
/sarcasm
popsdenver
(2,355 posts)The MAGAot Voters will not see him saying Fuck, on Fox....... ....but Fox news will broadcast any foul language by Dems for all his Quasi Christian followers.....
But I am glad to see someone get upset, more than the normal "concerned letter" BS......
BidenRocks
(3,322 posts)Aussie105
(7,988 posts)But we have added 'couch fucker' to the list.
paleotn
(22,342 posts)Those who find it offensive should look inward, not at me.
Iggo
(49,954 posts)Ive always been for that.
EndlessMaze
(87 posts)Calling trump a pedo puto is quite satisfying.
underpants
(196,728 posts)The lawsuit to keep them federally funded is ongoing.
They cut through their soft analysis to state the painfully obvious now.
BaronChocula
(4,607 posts)back on news shows. She doesn't pull punches or F-bombs.
Joinfortmill
(21,290 posts)Exp
(976 posts)Blue_Roses
(13,895 posts)There's just something that makes saying "Fuck" feel so good! It's like when you stump your toe on the coffee table, who really thinks of "oh no" or "ouch". No, I'm way past that and my "Southern Hospitality manners". It's got to be a good ol' FUCK!
I think you got to hit Trump back with what he's giving. He doesn't understand anything else. Oh, hell, he doesn't understand anyway...
Orrex
(67,189 posts)But Trump swears like a drunk toddler and our housebroken, obsequious media can't be bothered.
Cha
(319,372 posts)BurnDoubt
(1,782 posts)After Mario Savio Liberated Language.
And Im really disgusted by how these assholes have dragged down my favorite words.
Martin Eden
(15,675 posts)We can excoriate him with powerful statements without emulating his profanity, stooping to his level.
PCIntern
(28,428 posts)😂😂😂😂😂😂
That worked out real well.
Torchlight
(6,891 posts)engaging in cursing is not emulation of his character any more than drawing a breath is emulation of his biology.
oldsoldierfadingfast
(295 posts)the Latin that I studied 70 yrs. ago, 'fucare' is the Latin term from which we get the word 'fuck' and it means 'to sow seeds',
No matter how we say it, we need to be spreading the 'seeds of democracy' any and everywhere we can.