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"Buck Fush" and the Left (Left's Descent Into The Cultural Sewer Alert)
Townhall ^ | 06/05/2007 | Dennis Prager

Posted on 06/04/2007 10:19:30 PM PDT by goldstategop

Every day I see at least one car, usually more than one, sporting a bumper sticker that reads, "Buck Fush."

Apparently, some of our fellow Americans on the left find this message to be profound and witty. But it is not these individuals' presence or absence of wit or profundity that interests me here -- both are so obviously absent, no comments are necessary. It's their contempt for society and their narcissism that demand commentary.

Those blessed with common sense know there is a huge difference between public and private use of expletives. While the holiest among us might never utter an obscenity, most decent, even pious, individuals will use an occasional expletive in private under circumstances that can make its use morally, if not religiously, justifiable (as when using an expletive to describe some evil figure or after a heavy weight fell on one's toe).

But higher civilization has always regarded the use of expletives in public (outside of, let us say, theatrical performances) as a form of assault on civilization. That is why as a broadcaster I am prohibited from saying seven selected words on the air. No one monitors my private conversations, but just about everyone, at least until the 1960s, understood that there was something very wrong in saying such words on the radio or putting them on billboards.

That is why we have, as a society, crossed a line when people put expletives on bumper stickers ("S--t Happens," "Buck Fush") or use them in public in distinguished company -- as in newspaper interviews or campaign fund-raisers. Even the individual who puts a "Buck Fush" sticker on his or her car knows that the real "f-word" would constitute an assault on whatever remains of the concept of decency.

So what does the increasing ubiquity of such stickers tell us?

It says a lot about parts of the left. For one thing, it tells us that leftist anger -- make that hatred -- of its opponents is probably the greatest politically inspired hatred in the country. Certainly there were many on the right who hated former President Bill Clinton, and that hatred did at times reflect poorly on the right. But, to the best of my knowledge, no Clinton-hater ever put a "Cuck Flinton" bumper sticker on a car. Why not? Why didn't any conservatives who hated President Clinton do what some leftists who hate President Bush do and use expletives publicly? After all, "Cuck Flinton" is just as witty as "Buck Fush."

The answer is that parts of the left have little or no belief in the concept of "decency" as traditionally understood by Western civilization. They tend to dismiss such notions as bourgeois anachronisms; they place great value on individuals expressing themselves; and they view self-censorship as a form of fascism.

This latter reason is important: The '60s redefined narcissism as idealism. The individual's feelings became sacrosanct.

That is why the self-esteem movement -- the idea that how an individual feels about himself is far more important than what he actually accomplishes -- arose from the left.

And that is why you almost never hear a conservative say "I am offended" when reacting to a liberal speaker or writer, but it is quite commonplace for a liberal to use those words in reacting to someone from the right.

"Make love not war" was another example of placing one's feelings above other values. That is why it is a very good thing for the world that the previous generation, the one that fought Hitler, didn't believe in making love rather than war.

For more than a few people on the cultural left, public cursing is simply a form of self-expression, just as many on the left deemed graffiti to be. Indeed, public cursing may be defined as verbal graffiti, a defacement of the public square. But the people who believe in the sanctity of the public square are far more likely to be on the right. And that is why you will see and hear far more public profanity on the left than on the right.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; Philosophy
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The rule separating the Left from the Right is we believe in decency in public life and the Left believes in freedom of expression. We believe in being respectful of public figures dignity even when we don't agree with them. The Left believes nothing is sacred so they feel free to curse Bush with an obscenity in public. That says a lot about the Bush Derangement Syndrome - the utter hate and rage present among them. I couldn't imagine ever living like that - nor can most of us. Conservatives disagree with Bush on immigration policy; we don't personally hate the man. With the Democrats its the other way around.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

1 posted on 06/04/2007 10:19:33 PM PDT by goldstategop
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To: goldstategop
That is why it is a very good thing for the world that the previous generation, the one that fought Hitler, didn't believe in making love rather than war.

Doubtful. They just understood that the love-making would come after the war-making, and war-winning!

2 posted on 06/04/2007 10:31:53 PM PDT by DTogo (I haven't left the GOP, the GOP left me.)
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To: goldstategop
...But the people who believe in the sanctity of the public square are far more likely to be on the right. And that is why you will see and hear far more public profanity on the left than on the right.

Great point, well put: leftist have made the private public, and the public private. They have perverted by inverting.

3 posted on 06/04/2007 10:32:22 PM PDT by tsomer
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To: goldstategop
Wow, now THAT is funny, lol.
4 posted on 06/04/2007 10:38:32 PM PDT by roses of sharon
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To: goldstategop

So what does the increasing ubiquity of such stickers tell us?

It tells us that there is a large group of total morons
infesting America .


5 posted on 06/04/2007 10:41:04 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: goldstategop
they view self-censorship as a form of fascism.

Also their commie mother's never spanked their rear end, washed out their mouth with soap or taught them manners.

6 posted on 06/04/2007 10:41:20 PM PDT by BigFinn
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To: goldstategop

The hate the liberal left have for the right brings out the worst in them and then there’s nothing remaining.


7 posted on 06/04/2007 10:42:13 PM PDT by jazusamo (http://warchronicle.com/TheyAreNotKillers/DefendOurMarines.htm)
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To: goldstategop
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8 posted on 06/04/2007 10:48:23 PM PDT by rbosque (MSM = Miserable Socialist Morons.)
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To: goldstategop

There’s a temptation to say “Cu#k Farter” but I won’t (at least not in public ;-). It might be clever but unlike most leftists I don’t feel hate inside, just pity.


9 posted on 06/04/2007 11:01:00 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Nothing is better than eternal happiness. A ham sandwich is better than nothing. Therefore...)
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To: goldstategop

—Every day I see at least one car, usually more than one, sporting a bumper sticker that reads, “Buck Fush.” —

BTW, on Telegraph Ave. sidewalks in Berserkeley they’re not subtle, they hawk bumper stickers with the whole epithet spelled out correctly.

In SF (Haight-Ashbury) they’re slightly more civilized ‘cause they still need the tourists. After the 2006 election there were “Impeach Satan” posters of Cheney in a devil costume (ironically a few blocks away from the original “Church of Satan”: talk about projecting their own shortcomings onto their political rivals...)


10 posted on 06/04/2007 11:10:09 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Nothing is better than eternal happiness. A ham sandwich is better than nothing. Therefore...)
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To: goldstategop

Hatred, bias, resentment, deception and manipulation tell us everything we need to know about that person, and as soon as we detect that in them, we should move on in the quest for intelligent life here on earth.


11 posted on 06/04/2007 11:11:36 PM PDT by MikeHu
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To: rfp1234

i have to admit.. your joke was very witty.


12 posted on 06/04/2007 11:12:04 PM PDT by pacelvi
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To: goldstategop
Social tastelessness? Not just bumper stickers ....


13 posted on 06/05/2007 12:34:50 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: goldstategop
I saw one yesterday that took this sticker:



and changed the W to an F. I have also seen the '04 in this sticker:



replaced with a small "TF?" I have to admit, even though I thought the possessor of that sticker was a moron, it was mildly amusing. Only because I see the acronym daily on various forums.
14 posted on 06/05/2007 12:41:42 AM PDT by Rastus
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To: goldstategop
"Make Love Not War"

How about we...


15 posted on 06/05/2007 12:42:24 AM PDT by GOP_Raider (FReepmail me to join the FR Idaho Ping List.)
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To: goldstategop
Apparently, some of our fellow Americans on the left find this message to be profound and witty.

When one comes to the understanding that most liberals have the emotional maturity of a 13 or 14 year old their rhetoric makes more sense.

16 posted on 06/05/2007 12:45:19 AM PDT by highlander_UW (I don't know what my future holds, but I know Who holds my future)
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To: tsomer
Your observation about perversions through inversion is apposite. I think you might find this quoted portion of an essay about The Frankfurt School to be very interesting, at least interesting enough to read the whole article:

" 1. Critical Theory and its integral group of sub-theories by its very essence consists of destructive criticism of the social order to foment a non-violent social revolution in America.

2. The social order by definition consists of those in varying levels of position, power and influence which can be simplified into those in the higher order and those in the lower order.

3. A social revolution is by definition an inversion of the social order whereby there is an exchange of position, power and influence between those of the higher order and those of the lower order,

4. For a non-violent social revolution to be successfully executed, those of the higher order must be brought into a psychic condition of voluntary submission to those of the lower order.

5. The creation of this psychic condition means that those of the higher order by their own induced volition become willing to agree to an exchange of position, power and influence with those of the lower order.

6. As the social order is formed in the first place under the prevailing culture set by custom and tradition as inherited wisdom, inversion of the culture itself is required in order to bring about the psychic condition of submission of the higher order.

7. An inversion of the culture really means an inversion of the prevailing belief system whereby the beliefs of those of the higher order are exchanged for beliefs of those of the lower order.

8. The inversion of beliefs means the belief in the authority of those of the higher order to set and enforce standards of thinking and behavior for the society is dissolved in favor of belief in the authority of those in the lower order to think and do as they please.

9. This inversion of the structure of authority really means an inversion of the moral order and so leads to disorder, chaos, and social disintegration."

Who Placed American Men in a Psychic 'Iron Cage?'

Part II The Thread of 'Cultural Marxism'

http://www.newtotalitarians.com/PsychicIronCagePartII.html


17 posted on 06/05/2007 12:48:37 AM PDT by nathanbedford ("I like to legislate. I feel I've done a lot of good." Sen. Robert Byrd)
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To: goldstategop
The '60s redefined narcissism as idealism.

Liberalisn IS narcissism.

19 posted on 06/05/2007 7:20:58 AM PDT by Red Boots
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Thanks NathanBedford.

I’ve known about the Frankfurt School for some time, but had tended to view them as Ivory Tower refugees of the stillborn European revolution. It was thought that the bulk of their attention was devoted to weaving newer and more elaborate theories to explain why ‘advanced capitalism’ kept getting better and communist societies were monstrosities. Obvious oversight: their mental gymnastics engaged in more than the simple ‘why’ of their failures.

My thoughts in response to the article didn’t extend to the postwar Marxists. Maybe my conception is too materialistic: I tend to focus on our material wealth, and how that has provided an unprecedented era of health, leisure and affluence. We brats have had too much time at recess.

But it is true, whether planned or not, that the public sphere has suffered the invasion of words, images, actions and deeds that don’t belong there. At the same time, the private sphere— where one should do, say, and believe pretty much of what one wants— has shrunk, almost it seems, in direct proportion. Decorum is promoted for the bedroom, but not for the public street. This is a problem, to put it mildly.

20 posted on 06/05/2007 7:51:29 AM PDT by tsomer
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