Thank you. Excellent article.
This is a good article. Its amazing how mainstream foul language has become. You can hear a whole host of words on day time TV and radio shows that have large corporate sponsors. “Ass” is commonplace. So is “bitch.” So is describing intercourse and using pretty much every word for it other than the “f” word. The 60s counterculture advocated that using this language was some type of cutting edge rebellion against the “repression” of prior generations — in particular, their parents’ 50s generation. But it isn’t. Its just lazy and childish. It isn’t even a cheap laugh or thrill anymore, other than for those still trapped in some counterculture infatuation. I wish we could move on from it but until the 60s counterculture types die, we won’t.
Using Proper English - The Many Uses of the F word
Warning: Indelicate language and headphones recommended.
Profanity is the crutch of the conversational cripple.
Thanks for posting. Well worth reading and contemplating!
Thanks for posting. Well worth reading and contemplating!
AMEN!
Use of such language nullifies all credibility of the user. It adds nothing to their statements, only the ignore button.
Beautiful essay. Thank you for posting it, Mr. Don-O.
I remember when Abbie Hoffman wrote the F-word on his forehead and wore an American flag shirt. Both gestures were considered disrespectful and people were shocked. Rather disengenuously, he claimed himself to be a lover of America, its flag and its Bill of Rights; his inappropriate displays, he claimed, were merely demonstrative of his profound love for all things American.
Now the f-bomb is everywhere and our flag cannot be displayed at all, whether on flagpoles or t-shirts, on many campuses, although American flag bikinis on voluptuous young women are still enthusiastically tolerated.
BTW, Tom Wolfe seems to be curiously silent of late. His choice? Due to age or ill health? I suspect the great satirist would have much to say about current events, but that he couldn’t get published in these PC times.
Nowadays, if a child goes out running, biking or exploring on his own, some busybody is certain to call the cops.
RE “....What happened between 1975 and 2015?....”
The men of World War II / Korean War - the Generation of the Gentleman - passed away.
And the children of some of those gentlemen read Saul Alinksy and other “progressives”, completely rebelled, created the counter culture, and were determined to erase everything that their fathers fought to preserve.
So they set about getting themselves into positions of control in media, academia, and the centers of culture, and they manipulated it, using the cover of the First Amendment.
That’s pretty much what happened. And we’re seeing the results of it.
As decorum and culture go out the window, so does the rest of society - unless a determined effort is made to stop the slide.
I tell this to my children all the time!