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Kirk Lover

(3,608 posts)
1. Well I like using swear words and I was using them way before they were in fashion.
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 11:39 AM
Feb 2018
Besides, I like to curse to the deplorables and then they get in a tizzy and I tell them I don't understand that since you love a pussy grabber.
So I'm sorry but I don't think I could function without cursing....gets out stress too! But good luck to you and don't feel too bad if you slip off the wagon.

klook

(12,155 posts)
2. If I swore off swearing,
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 11:40 AM
Feb 2018

I wouldn't be able to watch TV news shows anymore! Not such a bad idea, now that I think of it....

Nay

(12,051 posts)
6. Agree. It's like stopping drinking liquor or quitting cigarettes (if you were already so
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 11:54 AM
Feb 2018

disposed). If I had either of those habits, stopping would be a grueling task in this atmosphere.



leftyladyfrommo

(18,868 posts)
5. Well, I have heard that intelligent people swear more.
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 11:45 AM
Feb 2018

Now I am not certain that is true.

I am not speaking about people on this board. But the language in politics has gotten so coarse that I just don't want to be a part of it anymore. And this is coming from a person whose very favorite phrase in the whole world is "cluster fuck."

Now this whole administration is one big cluster fuck. It has kind of lost its luster.

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
9. OK, but
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 11:59 AM
Feb 2018

I find it cathartic and necessary these days. Nothing low class about it just because donnie does it. I wont let him determine what comes out of my mouth.

 

BoneyardDem

(1,202 posts)
10. NPR (I think) had a recent article saying intelligent, calmer, creative people swear when needed.
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 12:05 PM
Feb 2018

So I shall continue, when necessary and as a catharsis.

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