A plea for dirtier language [View All]

[Misunderestimator]

I enjoy DU. It's a source of news, discussion and ideas. I have lots of fucking people who know of my interest in politics. I have kickass friends to whom I've mentioned DU. But sometimes the language sucks, I think. True, Shrub and company are not only frustrating, they smell like shit. But we fuck up something fierce, I think, by not indulging in profanity. In a way, cursing is a diversionary tactic, a type of spin to counteract the fallacious distractions Shrub and company use to fuck with our heads. (I recall here his challenge to the reporter who stated that N. Korea had more nuclear weapons now than in 2000.) After all, isn't it Bush who "gave the finger" twice, once before a TV spot and again when walking away from a question? Surely DU should shoot back with the same vulgar crudity.

I don't have pet peeves; I have major psychotic fucking hatreds, okay. And it makes the world a lot easier to sort out. George Carlin.