we older signups WILL adhere to them.
OK, first off, you have been on FR all of 3 months longer than I have. Whatever. I care about FR as a long timer, and thus I care about it's image, because the image of FR is also the image of people with conservative thought.
Having little old church ladies (off all ages and sexes) setting the tone of discussion is not good for our image. IMAGE MATTERS!
Whether it be using symbols (*&%$) in place of letters in the "naughty words" or Freepers commonly giving religious responses in decidedly non religious discussions, it causes mockery to our side whether you care to believe it or not.
And no, I don't respect people who are offended by profanity as adults. I respect them as human beings, but not as adults worthy of having an adult conversation with. Didn't want to hijack a thread with this, just needed to make a point about the "warning"
Yes. It does. And it's clear that someone who cannot string two words together without profanity is clearly an idiot.
it causes mockery to our side whether you care to believe it or not.
Of course it does. Alinsky famously said so. The coarsening of society is one of the left's goals and you're falling for it. Using profanity doesn't make someone an adult, it just makes them sound uneducated.