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The True Meaning Behind All The Rage
American Thinker ^ | 22 Jan, 2026 | Sally Zelikovsky

Posted on 01/22/2026 4:33:21 AM PST by MtnClimber

With all that’s happening in the world, why am I writing about the video of a Karen repeatedly cackling “F off” to a cluster of duck hunters? Because it proves the broader point that leftists cannot present fact-based arguments about the issues successfully. Even the few who can choose not to because the goal isn’t to win the debate but to prosecute the violent overthrow of America. Screaming, swearing, violence, and mayhem facilitate that more than a genteel conversation in the public square.

But first, a confession: I’m no prude when it comes to swearing and have been known to throw the F word around with reckless abandon. But I wasn’t raised that way.

I was raised to believe and believe to this day, even as the filthy words spill out of my mouth, that swearing is not only uncouth and demonstrates a lack of decorum, but also that it can reflect a lack of education or creativity in expression. My parents wisely counseled my siblings and me that, to be taken seriously, we needed to find ways to express ourselves without swearing, explaining that one day we’d appear before a judge, boss, or client and would have to make a convincing argument without cussing.

That sentiment was once universal in American culture, but not so today. Swearing seems to have become an accepted form of expression, ubiquitous in contemporary music, on most TV shows, and all over the internet. Our politicians and entertainers openly swear. Even our presidents!

How often are you in a public place surrounded by certain individuals loudly talking on the speaker phone, and every other word is the F word in all its permutations?

This video of a Karen approaching a gaggle of male duck hunters on what looks like a beach (literally) squawking

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1 posted on 01/22/2026 4:33:21 AM PST by MtnClimber
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Expecting leftists to have good manners? Is there such a thing?


2 posted on 01/22/2026 4:33:38 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

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3 posted on 01/22/2026 4:36:36 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE (‘Never trust a man whose uncle was eaten by cannibals’)
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To: MtnClimber

Boss asked me how a meeting went, told him they used the F word in every other sentence and I thought they were low IQ. He laughed and said I needed to grow up, I was 60. Still think the use of the F word shows low IQ.


4 posted on 01/22/2026 4:42:30 AM PST by Jolla
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To: MtnClimber

I can’t recall the actual quote, but Mel Brooks (as the 2000-year-old man) said something like: “I never used to talk like that. But then I saw a Martin Scorcese movie ...”


5 posted on 01/22/2026 4:42:31 AM PST by ClearCase_guy ("The system owns the path of least resistance... don't follow it." - ChatGPT)
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To: MtnClimber

How smart to yell in the faces and throw rocks at men holding shotguns?


6 posted on 01/22/2026 4:46:32 AM PST by exnavy (See article IV section 4 of our constitution.)
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To: MtnClimber

When you are self absorbed, convinced of your own moral and intellectual superiority then thier can see no wrong in what they do.

Two things come to mind
1st bongino’s point “ we think the let are people with bad ideas, the left think of us with as bad(evil) people with ideas” though the idea of the left just plain being mentally ill seems likely
2nd the scene in inglorious bastards where SS officer talks about Jews as rats

If those who oppose them are rats then whatever they do is fine….


7 posted on 01/22/2026 4:47:18 AM PST by blitz128
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To: MtnClimber

The use of cuss words doesn’t affect me one way or the other,
but I can’t respect those who are easily offended by them.


8 posted on 01/22/2026 4:48:08 AM PST by ComputerGuy
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To: Jolla

“Still think the use of the F word shows low IQ”

In the ‘80s, I was tested and was told I could join Mensa if I wanted to. (I didn’t.)

F bombs don’t bother me, whether hearing or using. (Hearing the Lord’s name taken in vain ... that’s a problem for me, though.)

I DO think basic “cussing” is over-used, especially in movies, streaming TV, etc. At some point it loses it’s punch and becomes boring.


9 posted on 01/22/2026 5:01:04 AM PST by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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To: MtnClimber

They’re intellectual toddlers incapable of articulating a reasoned argument, so they act like a toddler throwing a tantrum in a store because Mommy won’t buy them the toy they want.


10 posted on 01/22/2026 5:01:21 AM PST by william clark (A man who is unwilling to be proven wrong has little regard for truth.)
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To: MtnClimber

When the facts aren’t in your favor, bang the table harder.


11 posted on 01/22/2026 5:02:46 AM PST by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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To: MtnClimber

Make Strait Jackets Common Again !

The U.S. government should begin the all-out, nationwide building of padded cell asylums.

If they can’t act civilized, isolate these female zombies from sane people.

Put these screaming harpies in strait jackets inside padded cells where they truly belong. What happened to the crime of “disturbing the peace?”

Such lunatics cannot “protest” without losing their minds - spitting in unrestrained hate, running guys over with cars, swearing and shouting - (the final evolution of “modern woman”).

Girl, if you can’t win a debate with logic, become a maniac, a hot mess and an emotional basket case. Be that destructive wrecking ball your mother was too timid and refined to be.

Show the world what a “living hell” you can create. It will make you feel “empowered” like never before.

My long-deceased father said the 19th Amendment was the biggest mistake America every made.


12 posted on 01/22/2026 5:13:25 AM PST by Gnome1949
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The word “fuck” is not actually an acronym, despite popular myths like “For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge” or “Fornication Under Consent of the King,” which are “backronyms” created much later to explain the word’s origin. Linguistically, “fuck” evolved from older Germanic words (like Dutch fokken or German ficken) meaning to strike, thrust, or breed, with its first known English uses appearing in the 15th century, long before these false acronyms emerged.


13 posted on 01/22/2026 5:14:22 AM PST by Vaduz (?.)
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To: MtnClimber

Throwing rocks to scare off decoys. Reminds me of the Monty Python skit about the dead parrot. Classic.


14 posted on 01/22/2026 5:21:30 AM PST by DeplorablePaul
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To: MtnClimber

Because they’re still just a rat in a cage.


15 posted on 01/22/2026 5:23:54 AM PST by machman
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To: ComputerGuy; All
I swear more than I ought to. However, not when it matters.

I guess I'm a snob about language and I can't respect people who are incapable of making themselves understood without descending to the lowest level, when it actually matters

If you do that, you lose the opportunity to make your case to the best of your abilities!

16 posted on 01/22/2026 5:35:58 AM PST by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: Jolla

Low IQ, lack of creativity and a deplorably small vocabulary.


17 posted on 01/22/2026 5:41:04 AM PST by Komarlady (Where have all the spork weasels gone?)
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To: ComputerGuy
In fighter squadrons in the 80s & 90s, pretty much every other word out of a fighter pilot's mouth was a cuss word. There were a few who did not cuss, but they were rare.

They were all smart men but cussing was part of the culture - as was drinking.

I don't admire cussing. Wish I hadn't picked it up. Much easier to start the habit than to lose it. But while I wish I would stop it entirely and wish others would refrain, I was immersed in it for most of my adult life. And many of those men were outstanding men, worthy of respect.

I can think of other things in the modern world that bother me much more - many of which could be fixed by making it legal to punch an asshole in the mouth!

18 posted on 01/22/2026 5:56:28 AM PST by Mr Rogers
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To: Mr Rogers

I like the way you think!


19 posted on 01/22/2026 6:01:32 AM PST by ComputerGuy
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To: exnavy

I believe it is illegal in Michigan to interfere with others hunting and fishing.


20 posted on 01/22/2026 6:04:51 AM PST by healy61
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