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In reply to the discussion: To the Fuckety Fuck Squad -- Congratulations on your success! [View all]Response to planetc (Reply #341)
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Profanity is a valuable literary element. Its overuse by the FSS is akin to OCT meeting at Chipotle.
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2014
#130
Yes, you said it the same as I feel. I don't mind profanity, but how often does one want to hear it
RKP5637
Jun 2014
#147
Fuck yea. Trash word is there for a reason but people like to fucking complain anyway ...FFS.
L0oniX
Jun 2014
#20
Good idea. Posts with gratuitous "fucking" in the title rarely have anything of substance to say. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2014
#174
Yes. Priorities. Civil language goes hand in hand with civil behavior and diplomacy.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2014
#197
I don't propose sanitizing DU. I propose that writers learn how to write expressively.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2014
#202
That's all you got, really, emotion. "Bernardo, your post is pure bullshit. Fucking bullshit."
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2014
#216
And your posts and those of the OP are full of imagination and brilliant writing?
merrily
Jun 2014
#249
OK you got it. The real [point] is about boring and poorly written posts.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2014
#252
"When writers (like you?) are out of reasoned arguments they make posts that are personal attacks."
merrily
Jun 2014
#255
You wrote "And your posts and those of the OP are full of imagination and brilliant writing?" nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2014
#258
Why do you defend that which you don't use? There is no prolific profanity in your posts.
A Simple Game
Jun 2014
#298
My mother told me never to use her as an excuse for my behavior after I hit age 8.
merrily
Jun 2014
#193
No actually. I haven't. Backtracking now on your mother's insult to working Americans
riderinthestorm
Jun 2014
#297
Henry Miller and Anais Nin (and dozens of other famous writers) must have been terrible writers
anneboleyn
Jun 2014
#97
It's not the word. It's the lack of imagination behind its popular usage.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2014
#200
Let me ask you something... If I'm speaking to people who only understand fuckety-fuck,
ChisolmTrailDem
Jun 2014
#223
Of course she did. What else was she going to say to teach you how she wanted you to talk?
ChisolmTrailDem
Jun 2014
#229
Why should you assume that the people you are communicating with only understand
Skidmore
Jun 2014
#263
You missed what I said. At the bar, they cuss like sailors. They're not only not interested
ChisolmTrailDem
Jun 2014
#268
You let others dictate how you talk and then try to fit in so you can curry favor with them?
nolabels
Jun 2014
#330
In that case, you will just have to accept the fact that some of us just don't give a fuck
Jamastiene
Jun 2014
#111
You get it. And I don't hide or need to hide anybody's posts on any forum on any website. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2014
#222
Actually, I predict that "This." or "^THIS" or "Thisthisthis" has only 6-12 mos left, max.
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2014
#276
Because it was the title of the debate in 1965, as broadcast on television
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2014
#302
Thank you for saying it so clearly. The dominance of the TFFS is the reason I don't recommend DU.
freshwest
Jun 2014
#14
So why are you here if there is very little of what matters to you in real life?
notadmblnd
Jun 2014
#45
Interesting Close to 43,000 posts, yet you feel unable to recommend DU to others?
merrily
Jun 2014
#188
James Baldwin's work was hugely controversial, sometimes banned due to gay content
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2014
#325
So, if I am reading you right, you are saying that you feel people are wrong and bad when they
Squinch
Jun 2014
#44
Sure, nothing wrong, ... but very little right, either. It's basically noise and
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2014
#225
Democrats' rhetorical style here is supported by recent research. Deal with it. The Baldwin example
ancianita
Jun 2014
#19
You claim to not use vulgar terms in your OP, but then actually use the term "Negro".
NutmegYankee
Jun 2014
#23
LOL, sorry for the non comment here, but I literally started laughing my ass of reading that
Dragonfli
Jun 2014
#77
The issue isn't about "fuck" and "shit" -- It's more likely about gender slurs
whathehell
Jun 2014
#266
I can understand the argument about using swear words as a substitute for an actual vocabulary.
nomorenomore08
Jun 2014
#59
"Vulgarity" and "knowing how to use the English language" are not mutually exclusive.
nomorenomore08
Jun 2014
#57
I have always loved fucking fainting couches and that one is fucking lovely example.
merrily
Jun 2014
#208
"Profanity is and (sic) attempt of a weak mid (sic) to express itself forcibly...."
NealK
Jun 2014
#140
At one time it was considered the mark of a gentleman to swear for 5 minutes without repeating.
hobbit709
Jun 2014
#88
This whole controversy stared over Rude Pundit's work, not day to day conversation but a satrical
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2014
#324
Are you serious?? Really. Are you really serious?? This is a discussion board
madinmaryland
Jun 2014
#99
Warren Blake: Have you ever noticed the number of things dad is capable of expressing just with...
Ellipsis
Jun 2014
#103
“Profanity is the attempt of a lazy and feeble mind to express itself forcefully”
undeterred
Jun 2014
#118
"older and prudish"?! Which era do you think we "older" grew up in? Try THE SIXTIES.
WinkyDink
Jun 2014
#144
We're like the Justice League, but with ...fuck that, we're exactly like the fucking Justice League.
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2014
#136
So you yourself are not above using the same words to make YOUR point. Can you say "irony"?
WinkyDink
Jun 2014
#143
I'm no prude. but when I go to the Latest page & the thread titles are full of
CrispyQ
Jun 2014
#162
I saw the post you replied to, that's why I was surprised by what you said and asked about it.
cui bono
Jun 2014
#339
Well, it's good to know that you are the final arbiter of moral fiber and propriety
Bettie
Jun 2014
#168
Its damn irritating when a good topic/thread gets derailed over someone's outrage with one word
riderinthestorm
Jun 2014
#172
When obscenity is the first resort, there usually is very little else.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2014
#173
S/he would have posted more but they couldn't find a way to express themself without
cui bono
Jun 2014
#293
In what category does an attempt to control the content of other people's posts by shaming fall?
merrily
Jun 2014
#199
It doesn't depend on the specifics of the situation. It depends on the conviction of the person
Squinch
Jun 2014
#242
There is now and you have to choose sides in the Great Fucking War of 2014
Warren Stupidity
Jun 2014
#207
"As though we were all on the same side" < I'm not on your side. Never will be. n/t
jtuck004
Jun 2014
#186
The profanity on this site is the reason why I can't recommend it to some friends
totodeinhere
Jun 2014
#254
While I agree with the sentiment that profanity can be overused on this discussion board...
elzenmahn
Jun 2014
#301
"much of the populace doesn't see the need for it" - So you say, as a "survivor of the 60s".
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2014
#340
Thanks. Good grief, is all I can say about starting a thread like this over a hidden post.
merrily
Jun 2014
#346
The eff word loses its power when used promiscuously. Don't be an eff word whore.
yellowcanine
Jun 2014
#344