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Yes, english is my first language. Yes, I thought it through, and your hand wringing about profanity being imprecise and childish are typical of people who complain about its use. It also misunderstands the purpose of language. Liberal use of profanity is about freedom and tone, not about conveying a precise meaning.

I choose the anarchic language of the people over your prudish, sweaty-palmed nannyism.



> Liberal use of profanity is about freedom and tone

I've noticed many people using "freedom" as an excuse to say or do very (often intentionally) offensive things. That's not freedom, that's an abuse of freedom.


To be clear, I was using free in the sense of "unencumbered." However, since you bring up freedom of speech, I say, what use is freedom if you're not free to offend people?




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