Re: Weisberg is a fucking murder enabler and a cunt!
by
teleologicus
09/07/2008, 2:13 PM #
Flawed logic since the alternative of adoption by a heterosexual couple exists.
There seems to be a distinct positive correlation between public use of vulgar language and careless reasoning with unsupported assertions. I hope it is no libel to those of a liberal-progressive bent to note that the free public use of words once regarded as indecent is found far more commonly among their kind than among people called conservative. Exceptions, as always, prove the rule.
One wonders what people think the choice of terms formerly off-limits in public adds to their posts - besides distinguishing them for bad manners and poor taste. Does it seem to such people that their arguments are strengthened by such language? Do they imagine that they will gain respect and credibility by the casual use of obscenities? Or are they simply so overwrought that they are unable to control themselves?
Perhaps it is a mode of resistance and rebellion, a means of signifiying oneself as independent and liberated from oppressive social norms? Possibly it might be the natural consequence of prolonged or arrested adolescence?
Whatever may be the explanation, talking dirty does not necessarily enhance credibility nor fortify the truth claims of whatever one happens to be going on about at the moment. The result is much more likely to be the opposite of what the writer wishes, since it is difficult to take seriously people who behave this way in public and among people they do not know. One is bound to assume a degree of immaturity that renders their opinions and ideas subject to a readier dismissal than is perhaps always warranted.
Bad manners, bad thinking, and bad behavior tend to go together.