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In reply to the discussion: Why the DU vulgarity? [View all]Liberalynn
(7,549 posts)188. Exactly!
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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