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In reply to the discussion: Why the DU vulgarity? [View all]NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)112. Bullshit, he constantly berated people for being ignorant, just the EXACT opposite of what you
just said, exact opposite.
For christ sake the last 20 years of his work was about lecturing us on one subject or another.
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Any thread that results in the posting of this video is a great fucking thread.
cyberswede
Feb 2015
#33
My family crest is: a pair of eyes rolling to the side, the GB Packer logo, & the word 'fuck'.
PeaceNikki
Feb 2015
#12
Anyone who is bothered by language should listen to George Carlin explain exactly
NoJusticeNoPeace
Feb 2015
#15
Have you ever noticed how your shit is stuff and everybody else's stuff is shit?
MohRokTah
Feb 2015
#51
Bullshit, he constantly berated people for being ignorant, just the EXACT opposite of what you
NoJusticeNoPeace
Feb 2015
#112
I chose ignorant as a catch all, do you really want to challenge this?
NoJusticeNoPeace
Feb 2015
#116
Why do you even bother to read what people write if you're just going to put your own spin on it ?
PeaceNikki
Feb 2015
#122
Yes, you do. I am not your fucking 'dear'. You came into this thread like a total asshole.
PeaceNikki
Feb 2015
#200
I haven't been around DU long enough to be able to comment on the post quality trends.
F4lconF16
Feb 2015
#91
And yet the laws that oppress LGBT people in this country are crafted of the 'clean' language you
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2015
#195
IMO, progressives may or may not see the best in people...it's ancillary to progressiveness
HereSince1628
Feb 2015
#13
Unfortunately, I think it's true...it has led to dead people upon barricades
HereSince1628
Feb 2015
#41
You had better develop a sense of humor if you are going to get along on DU.
Jamastiene
Feb 2015
#102
What the fuck is wrong with using the word fuck? I don't got a fucking problem using it and
Autumn
Feb 2015
#25
In my mind, and I don't speak for DU, I consider denoting certain words in speech
Cleita
Feb 2015
#36
You've been here since '13. How do you NOT know what kind of responses a thread like this will get?
cherokeeprogressive
Feb 2015
#38
In the sentence, "Fucking Bush was wrong," the vulgar part is "George W Bush", not the F-word.
FSogol
Feb 2015
#49
Nobody needs education to participate here. Thus, the vulgar language as a substitute
closeupready
Feb 2015
#61
Because "FUCK that FUCKING FUCKER McCain" gets about ten times more recs and replies
Nye Bevan
Feb 2015
#65
OPs presuming to tell DUers how to post usually do get many replies, as well they should.
merrily
Feb 2015
#163
I have to admit that my use of profanity increased exponentially when GW Bushie boy
mnhtnbb
Feb 2015
#71
And lots of cranky old farts think it's still 1968 and they need to go "clean for Gene"
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2015
#148
You imply that the vast majority of DU that doesn't have a problem with the word "fuck", is
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2015
#232
Addressing the things you asked in your post? What did you even ask?
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2015
#259
Well, most of the sanctimonious, moralizing, purity crusaders I come into contact with
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2015
#254
You don't like the word "fuck", and yet, you do seem to like the word "duck"
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2015
#260
I once spent an entire day working and talking with Joan Baez, whose language was not 'pure' by any
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2015
#87
The ladies washroom walls are so pretty and inspirational ... it's fun watching strangers
polly7
Feb 2015
#238
DU can and is used to vent as all as to discuss, share, learn, snark. I cuss here
uppityperson
Feb 2015
#126
I don't know. Why do some people have steal screen names from famous dead people
notadmblnd
Feb 2015
#135
You take your username from a guy who settled arguments by jamming his finger into peoples' eyes
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2015
#153
No joke. It was a few OP's scolding DUers about using "fuck" and similar words that got me cussing.
merrily
Feb 2015
#194
Great reply. It's too bad that the OP didn't *really* want to discuss or know profanity is used here
PeaceNikki
Feb 2015
#177
From the point of view of linguistics, few words in the English language are as versatile
KingCharlemagne
Feb 2015
#176
When you get a chance, listen to George Carlin's epic routine, "The Seven
KingCharlemagne
Feb 2015
#185
And yet, old timers like you remember when if someone said 'I'm gay' they'd be arrested
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2015
#193
Thing is, we are not children and the OP is not our mom or our authority figure.
merrily
Feb 2015
#201
how else can you possibly modify war criminals, torture, warrantless surveilance et al?
reddread
Feb 2015
#184
"F*cking Bush not just wrong but ewww. Oh and Bu$h WAS fucking wrong.
SammyWinstonJack
Feb 2015
#210
Are you going to own up to the fact that you never REALLY wanted 'rational discussion' on this?
PeaceNikki
Feb 2015
#220
When dealing with shrink wrap, recalcitrant computers, or politicians, profanity is a useful tool.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2015
#221
There are very few things it is possible to get a majority of DU to agree on, these days.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2015
#236
No, it's "Bush was fucking wrong". Alternatively, "Bush is a lying motherfucker and a mass
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2015
#244