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In reply to the discussion: Why the DU vulgarity? [View all]planetc
(7,808 posts)I am thinking here of members of the Underground Railway, and thinking that I doubt many of them used much profanity in speaking to each other. Many of them were Christians, as was, of course, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Without use of profanities or vulgarities in public, they all accomplished much good for the emancipation and further liberation of African Americans.
What I am suggesting is that not all "undergrounds" converse in curses or vulgarities. Also, those national figures we revere, and would like to see sworn in as President, because they have already been elected, Albert Gore and John Kerry, have never used such language in public. If we are serious about advancing the policies and candidates of the Democratic Party, then perhaps we should keep in practice at speaking the way our heroes and heroines do.
And I am really intrigued by your question for Mr. Howard:
"You are one who has never been a few hours away from a shower, a hot meal, a civilized existence perhaps? I only speculate. "
Are you suggesting that if we haven't been homeless, or lost behind enemy lines in a war, we have no right to discuss this issue? I hope you're not suggesting that, because I don't think it's a position I'd want to defend. We are all, I hope, working for a world in which there would be no such thing as a homeless person, and in which war would be a thing of the past. A world in which war would be seen for the obscenity it is, and our congresspeople would be ashamed to have one homeless person in their district.