Indeed.
I have read many letters from soldiers in the field from that time period.
Not only is there a total absence of Cursing, but the handwriting is clean and legible, and the grammar is correct. A large vocabulary and an erudite means of self-expression seem to have been in abundance even in the simple, lonely thoughts of a common soldier.
While a man would have been less likely to curse in a letter to home, the general tone of the letters indicates a much higher plane of self-expression than what we have today.
I am convinced that there has been concerted and organized effort on the part of Hollywood to coarsen and debase our culture.
And it has succeeded.
***I am convinced that there has been concerted and organized effort on the part of Hollywood to coarsen and debase our culture.***
This began in the 1960s when the hippies and anti=war traitors began to force crude language on the public. Beore this time anyone saying “F” or “S” or even worse, “m*****f*****” in front of women or in mixed company would have been taken out to the back alley and given an attitude adjustment.
And no, Cowboys did not dance and say “BULLS**T” at the same time.