Can we all make an effort for just ONE week to not use profanity?

[Catfight]

Just for the sake of being better adults. Including myself who has the strong urge to go on a Cheney tirade, but can we all try to clean up our use of profanity this week? Or you can all tell me to go Cheney myself! :)

I just think we can maybe have a positive week like a no profanity week to show the Repugs that we're above their gutter mouths.

Maybe we could get this on the news, Democrats declare it, "Stop the Profanity Week!" Maybe we can even get Profanity Dick to apologize for being such a poor example to children on how not to handle your anger. Just an idea.

[name not needed]

1. Fuck No!

Fuck you you fuckin' fuck! :P

[Magrittes Pipe]

2. Fuck you!

You stole my fucking line, fuckwad!

[name not needed]

9. Fuck you asshole!

I shall fucking destroy you, you sniveling shitstain cockwad! I'll make you my bitch, motherfucker!

[matcom]

13. BULLSHIT!!

he is already MY bitch!

find your OWN bitch! bitch.

[demnan]

3. You're kidding

Right?

[stopbush]

4. No effing way! What's negative about using profanity?

The last thing we need is a First Amendment Zone on DU.

Maybe a few of us here have gutter mouths. I'll take that over gutter ideas or gutter politics any day of the week.

[MallRat]

5. Fuck yeah! n/t

[matcom]

6. Fuck THAT!

[lpbk2713]

7. NOW you've done it!

:eyes:

[Screaming Lord Byron]

8. No. I don't see it as a bad thing.

Never be afraid of language.

[flamingpie2500]

10. Whether it's F*** you or Cheney you--the message is the same.

[regularguy]

11. ..but I'm not above their gutter mouths.....

[dumpster_baby]

12. legal restrictions on profanity are an orwellian tool of the ruling class

They know that profane speech is True Speech that comes from the heart. Thus, revolutions must involve profane speech. So whoever is in power, on top, etc, in any society, seeks to restrict profanity.

So, I hope you grok just what I think of your idea.....

[mstrsplinter326]

14. Profanity is defined by reactions, not by terms

Don't react, and profanity will lose its luster and become less used.

[WI_DEM]

15. good luck

[truthspeaker]

16. why the fuck would we want to do that?

Well, maybe as a campaign gimmick as you say. But I see no fucking reason to stop using it among friends or in private.

[Catfight]

17. Well then, majority rules, I'll make sure I use as much profanity as I

can this week! Just a fucking thought...no fucking hard feelings:)

[Magrittes Pipe]

22. Fuck no!

Why the fuck would I have hard feelings over silly shit?

You fucking kick ass!

[tigereye]

23. aren't you glad you asked?

for the record, I seldom use profanity and usually manage to get my point across. That's cuz I can't use it at home due to small ears listening.

[JohnKleeb]

27. cursing is considered good luck

its fucking ok, but I have a right to fucking curse.

[TrogL]

28. I'm somehow reminded of "Southern Hospitality"

Not you, just the issue you raised.

I'm thinking of the sterotyped Southerner with courtly manners, bowing to women and kissing hands, calling them "little lady" and being oh so polite to men while stabbing them in the back.

While I agree that all of us, me included, need to make a greater effort to expand our vocabularies, sometimes a curse word is just the thing you need to make the point.

If somebody's pissed off at me, I'd rather they forcefully made their point and got it over with.

[AngryAmish]

18. I agree

I swear, but it is a vice. Like all vices, it is controllable. I find women who swear a lot very unattractive. I find men who use a lot of profanity dim.

[wildmanj]

19. profanity

one week my ash-----i cuss in church if some right wing nut pissed me off---only out of respect for the mother nature and father time i do lower my voice

[soupkitchen]

20. Go deflower yourself

[terrya]

21. I appreciate the sentiment...but if something is bullshit...

it's bullshit. No other word can express my feeling.

[jukes]

24. profanity

is a rich form of expression, especially in an informal setting.

republicans are going to despise us w/o regard to politeness, mode of expression, or ideals.

i respect your thought, but find it useless.

[JohnKleeb]

25. some have trouble quitting drinking and smoking

I cant stop swearing, I am an addict :cry:. Actually I love to fucking curse.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

26. why?

[rasputin1952]

29. I kind of liked the idea....

but I could see what was coming from over the horizon!...:)

[Susang]

30. Holy Shit, that's crazy fucking idea, dammit!

You had to know this was coming. }(

[RebelOne]

31. I'll go along with that.

Let's get rid of the "F" word for just one week, please.

[elperromagico]

32. A bigger challenge would be not to use profanity

during the week of the RNC. I have a feeling there's going to be a lot of cursing on DU during that week. ;)