But I don't like some of the pigpile behavior on some things which I see as a genuine difference of opinion on people who are otherwise conservative.
I don't like seeing it get personal, which happens needlessly.
As for profanity, I have been in a lifelong endeavor to reduce it, successfully for the most part. As a young man, I used to cuss indiscriminately. I came to see it as a sign of weakness and have tried to combat it in my own expression.
I don't mind a cussword here and there, especially if it can be sparingly used to make a point. And around here, that is largely the only way I see it used, which I appreciate.
See... now true to my username and as a historian I am open and objective to almost all sources of ideology with no mental blocks as long as they are not being HYPOCRITICAL. I figure I am intelligent enough to pick out the truth from all points of view no matter the source. I have been a member of many sites that were completely open to all thought and input with no “club” labels applied as to what the content was supposed to be contained and limited to.
There were no “Blasphemous or Heretical” judgements and they were true open and free speech. And what I noticed was in an open format like this, the truth and logic always prevail despite the differing sources. And believe it or not, they actually policed themselves pretty well because there were no predetermined restrictions of content or ideology rules. Personally I think opposing political views being debated in the same forum and community is VERY productive because the truth prevails in the end.
The way I look at it is if they are not directly harming someone everyone one has the individual right to feel as they like and should not be afraid or intimidated from expressing how they feel. I don’t think they should be suppressed just because they feel different than how others are telling them they “should feel”.