I'm disappointed in Beto for continuing this cussing routine of his - link

[Alhena]

“Well, shit,” O’Rourke responded, hours later, tearing into candidates he said are “triangulating, poll-testing, focus-group driving their response,” adding that “Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell pretending to be interested in something that is literally a life-or-death issue … is simply not enough.”

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/17/buttigieg-beto-gun-control-2020-1501024

I originally thought the media was being unfair with Beto by suggesting that he was trying to revive his campaign by cussing. I gave him the benefit of the doubt that his dropping the "f bomb" in connection with the mass shootings was organic and unplanned. But now that he keeps on doing it, it's pretty clear that the media was correct.

Beto is in danger of becoming a meme candidate at this point. Not because of his policy positions, but because this apparent strategy of his of dropping in a cuss word into his policy discussions is a transparent and sad ploy for attention. I had really hoped for better from him.

[Thekaspervote]

1. I still think he has a bright future... just needs to stay in the game for the long haul

He’ll get it!!

[Lisa0825]

2. It's not a new thing for him, not specific to his Presidential candidacy.

He cursed occasionally during his senate campaign also. I don't give a shit if he cusses. He is not my candidate of choice this go-round (though I was fully on-board for his last campaign), so he should be his authentic self, IMO. If that means cussing, fucking go for it!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

3. I fuckin' love it!!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!! or
Elizabeth & Bernie 2020!!
Either way, welcome to the revolution!!!

[Hassin Bin Sober]

5. It's the only thing I like

[SamKnause]

39. I'm with you fucking 100%.

[world wide wally]

4. Shit, I don't care

[crazytown]

6. Think of the children

think of the children bleeding to death from the injuries caused high velocity ammunition, because the ambulance services are overwhelmed by the sheer number of wounded.

What kind of triangulated, poll-tested, focus-group driven language is appropriate here? What words suffice when MAGAts want your children to grow up without a daddy?

When it comes to gun violence, Beto can fucking tell it like it is.

[jcgoldie]

7. Beto is owning the narrative on gun control

He is keeping that issue in the forefront. His message is passionate, it is overdue, it is bold, and it deserves appreciation. If all you hear are a cuss words, then that sounds like your problem.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

42. He sure is... good for him!!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!! or
Elizabeth & Bernie 2020!!
Either way, welcome to the revolution!!!

[dalton99a]

8. We are in an existential crisis. Our situation is dire and our enemy is evil.

I don't care what language people use to describe the enemy or mobilize our troops.

[Duppers]

11. Zactly.

[JI7]

9. he is angry so let him do what he is doing. why not just be happy

about your candidate being the frontrunner.

it's not like beto is saying these things as a way to attack others.

it's anger over what trump McConnell and others like that are doing.

what you posted was not even that that serious. why get upset over something like that.

[emmaverybo]

10. He's heart-felt and all, but the cussing is so 60's college-drop out white boys reading R Crumb. I

have a pet peeve about it. Around the house fine, but...

[Raine]

13. That's the way I feel too

I'm a filthy talker but I keep it at home where it belongs and control my mouth in public.

[cwydro]

38. I agree.

I remember in the early days of his campaign a woman with children at one of his rallies asked him why he had to curse in front of children.

He apologized and promised to clean it up.

Guess that didn’t stick.

[Maru Kitteh]

12. I don't care about his cussing. I care that he seems to be using it as a "schtick"

I think Beto has the potential to be amazing, but I think he still needs some seasoning.

[Raine]

14. I guess he uses it for the "shock" value but

it's getting old and tiresome.

[liskddksil]

29. What's getting old and tiresome is kids fearing for their lives every time they walk into school

and the cowardly and spineless politicians in both parties who've done jack shit in the last 30 years to stop this.

[Raine]

34. Well Ok

I guess we'll see how well the language works for him in the end.

[liskddksil]

36. We're surging in several polls taken since the debate.

Beto is the leader on this issue and has reset the terms of this debate and made even just a ban on future sales of weapons of war the mainstream moderate position.

[aikoaiko]

15. He needs to cuss because his policies are not getting him anywhere.

His extreme gun confiscation policy helped him rise from 2.3% to 3.0% but he is sliding back to 2.8% on the national polls.

He’s done and doesn’t have anything else except cussing. It is his schtick.

[JI7]

16. Republican Mayor agrees with Beto on Ban

Link to tweet

[aikoaiko]

19. He's hot in Clearwater. lol

[liskddksil]

25. Its a buy back not confiscation. If we can't get the facts correct on a Democratic discussion forum

we have no legs to stand on in the war on the truth. And since you decided to take cheap shot, there's been about 4 national polls conducted since the debate, all but 1 showing Beto having increased support since the debate.

[aikoaiko]

27. I'll let Beto's words speak for themselves: 'Hell Yes, We're Going To Take Your AR-15

A rose is a rose. Requiring them to be turned in the government under penalty of law is confiscation.

The use of the term buyback is to conflate it with voluntary buyback programs.

I'll let Beto's words speak for themselves: Beto O'Rourke: 'Hell Yes, We're Going To Take Your AR-15'

And yes, Beto did see an increase in polling. 2.1% to 3% temporarily.

[LonePirate]

30. If there is anything extreme happening, it is the continued slaughter of Americans with guns.

Extreme problems sometimes require extreme solutions. Mandatory gun buy backs and confiscations are minor compared to another school or grocery store or church filled with corpses from the latest massacre. I sure hope the vast majority of DU recognizes Beto’s gun policies as the sensible policies that they are.

[aikoaiko]

32. By why do something so extreme when a different approach worked?

Homicides with legally owned machine guns went to new zero after the requirement to register them through the NFA in 1934.

[PDittie]

17. "His extreme gun confiscation policy"

Well, there you have it.

[aikoaiko]

20. It's even more extreme than the way we handled machine guns.

When machine guns were being used too much in criminal homicides we registered them and it worked. We didn’t confiscate them.

It’s indefensible to say that semi-auto rifles are somehow more dangerous than machine guns that we have to confiscate them.

[Joe941]

18. Agreed.

There are a couple guys at work who also have... shall I say a limited vocabulary with ever other word cussing. Not the sharpest tools in the shed. It doesnt help one's perception.

[MrsCoffee]

22. Lol.

Some of the smartest people in the world have been fluent in cussing.

But interesting perception you try to paint there.

[Joe941]

24. Hey I'm just saying.... lol.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

21. Welp, we're at the "Old Man Yells At Clouds" level of political analysis.

Of any problems I have with Beto, this is the bottom of the list. Actually, it's not on the list, because I don't fucking care.

[QC]

23. When he did that I was so shocked my monocle fell out

and shattered on the floor!

Shattered, I tell you!

[njhoneybadger]

26. Jesus does this circular firing squad ever take a break

[LonePirate]

28. If someone driven to swearing because of the fucked state of this country bothers you, then tough

We all need to be angry about the state of our country. If Beto swears about it to help process this situation and to make people pay attention, then he should continue swearing.

[JanetLovesObama]

31. If you don't like to hear FUCK and SHIT

don't listen to him. The young people adore him.

[liskddksil]

33. This! nt

[Newest Reality]

35. I like it!

It is time to get past the idea of putting so much emphasis on words being "good" and "bad", as per our childhood. Much of that is based on class issues and elitism from the past, along with a good dose or religious moralism about cursing.

That's mature to me and I think Beto is bold in making that point. We are all adults, I hope, and can make the distinction between words and actions and how much difference that alone can make.

My only caveat is, (concerning expletives) don't wear them out. We need them for the emphasis they provide.

[Gothmog]

37. I do not care if Beto cusses

Beto can cuss if he wants to

[Sinistrous]

40. I hope you can

pry your fingers from around that string of pearls.

[Politicub]

41. As Sondheim wrote in Gypsy:

“Kid, you gotta have a gimmick
If you wanna get ahead.”

Using salty language is Beto’s flair.