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LiberalLovinLug

(14,154 posts)
42. I came from a strict evangelical family
Tue Jan 16, 2018, 03:31 PM
Jan 2018

You know, like the kind of people who voted overwhelmingly for the shithole in chief.

And we would get in trouble for even using words like shoot, heck, and dang. Because they were simply covers for their more crude meanings.

Now that we've broken that barrier, Lindsay Jan 2018 #1
YES !!!!!!!!!!!!! The money shot !! pangaia Jan 2018 #32
WERD HAB911 Jan 2018 #38
I was under the impression that you couldn't bearsfootball516 Jan 2018 #2
cable Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 #7
I clearly remember George Carlin not having shithole as one of the banned words snooper2 Jan 2018 #27
Ah, but "shit" WAS. Numero Uno, as I recall. Buns_of_Fire Jan 2018 #28
France tazkcmo Jan 2018 #3
Im glad they did. We need to be appalled. nolabear Jan 2018 #4
Wow - neither did I! But I'm glad they did. Siwsan Jan 2018 #5
How about tiptoeing around? jmowreader Jan 2018 #16
Use it if you prefer Siwsan Jan 2018 #17
Pussyfooting means treading softly like a cat. Always has ... Hekate Jan 2018 #25
Just saw this exact same thing on Family Guy grantcart Jan 2018 #6
Cable has different rules. The real obscenity is anything that comes out of the mouth Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 #8
The Limbo Competition_how low can we go? delisen Jan 2018 #9
They're a crime family and a crime party. There is no bottom. onecaliberal Jan 2018 #15
I'm sure you all know that FCC has no control over what is said on Ferrets are Cool Jan 2018 #10
Jim Acosta just said shithole and my neck snapped back...I just turned on the TV didn't Kirk Lover Jan 2018 #11
There are no norms any more. Amaryllis Jan 2018 #12
My mother would have washed my mouth out with soap. TomSlick Jan 2018 #13
Exactly! yonder Jan 2018 #23
I came from a strict evangelical family LiberalLovinLug Jan 2018 #42
Oh well Ms. Rhule, couldn't bring herself to say it. onecaliberal Jan 2018 #14
It wasn't just her...Most on MSNBC wouldn't say it whathehell Jan 2018 #36
If you're quoting the POTUS, you can. MineralMan Jan 2018 #18
Make that Six Words You Can Never Say On Television. edbermac Jan 2018 #19
of course, it's Broadcast television rusty fender Jan 2018 #20
As he does with IQ averages... Orsino Jan 2018 #21
I caught a bit of msnbc and nicole wallace yesterday. she just kept shaking her head, niyad Jan 2018 #22
Of course they can say it on cable. Codeine Jan 2018 #24
But, but, but skydive forever Jan 2018 #26
NPR used the word in reporting the story. Nitram Jan 2018 #29
CNN is a cable channel not a broadcast channel. LiberalArkie Jan 2018 #30
just a reminder... Sancho Jan 2018 #31
i don't have cable and the local news played orleans Jan 2018 #33
Cable is no probem Liberal In Texas Jan 2018 #34
SNL? videohead5 Jan 2018 #35
Yes SNL pressbox69 Jan 2018 #37
He also brought the word 'pussy' into the mainstream crazycatlady Jan 2018 #39
Post removed Post removed Jan 2018 #40
Ugh. Clueless. SammyWinstonJack Jan 2018 #41
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