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In reply to the discussion: How do *you* feel about fuckety-fuckin' fuck sprayed across DU? [View all]Laelth
(32,017 posts)I rarely curse, but allowing vulgarity has always been one of DU's hallmarks, as far back as I can remember, and I think it's important that we keep it that way because I want the forum to be open to a very wide group of people, some of whom tolerate or use vulgar language, themselves, quite regularly.
I am sensitive to the latte-sipping liberal argument. I'd like American liberalism to go back to its roots as a working-person's operation. That means it must shed its o-so-academic, and o-so-superior, and o-so-snobby image. Much of that image may be well-deserved.
People who are starving and lack medical care don't give a shit what language we use. If Democrats want real people to vote for them, they need to be focused on bigger problems than the language people use.
-Laelth