Just a question... do you consider the F word just a cuss word? I don’t. When I grew up, that word meant something else... and it’s offensive to hear it used as common as it is today... lot of things today are hard... I’m no one to follow or give in.. I never was.. be a leader and do what is right.
I have a sweet 6 yr old grandson who hears that word and had to be told that was not to be used by him... this society makes kids minds go into things we did not have to go into... and it’s hard to see a little one be exposed to the dirt that is out there. Believe it or not, it wasn’t always like it is now.
It is a vulgarism. The context matters, I believe. to how evil its use would be. To say that something has been f-—’ed up, or to ask what the f-— has gone wrong when a serious and unexpected problem has been encountered, is to recognize and echo the profligate nature of sex in the modern day. To f-— a thing would be to have done something evil to a thing. A Christian wouldn’t talk in those terms (”about which it is a shame to mention”), but he could well understand it and not get all offended.
I sympathize with you. I am a teacher and I know how vile the everyday language and mannerisms are among youth. I grew up with foul-mouthed friends who would never have dared to utter these things around teachers and other officials. If you could walk the halls where I work, you’d be shocked at the language and mannerisms of our students. I’ve never gotten used to it after all these years; I tell you their behavior wears on your soul. That’s why lots of teachers just quit.
Here’s a context where I was glad to hear someone say “what the f-—.” I was trying to get a job at a company where I had done well in the past with a colleague who wanted to get me hired back to help with his projects. We ran into a lot of red tape, ultimately with the requisition expiring on us without our knowledge. When I told him, he said “what the f-—.” Believe me, I understood. Something had just gotten f-—’ed up. In a satanic way. But it lit a fire under them, and now they are trying to get me in with a contract to hire. If I may make a selfish aside, it would be to ask to pray for the situation. No the guy wasn’t all cussing when I worked with him before. But he’s not a believer either and I have to respect that and be ready for a bit of dirt every now and then without either internalizing it or getting all offended.