Swearing is an undignified way of speaking. Using profanity in anything other than a relaxed setting is something which should be avoided.
I’m not going to sit here and say “Mother told me to talk clean.” But do you really want to say the f-word in debates? It’s performative.
@bluegrasspresby I’m not an iconoclast BUT I can recognize that actual iconoclasm has its merits/theological basis. Unlike this, which is just idiotic. Also, they seem to be smashing the type of Christmas angel that my grandmother would hang up, which is very humorous.
A reminder that Actual Literal Nazi-level genocidal racism against Russians is fully within the technocratic centrist Overton Window.
(Found on Slow Boring—this guy is a respected regular commentator there.)