And now that DT has "green lighted" vulgarity and profanity in the public discourse, it's how FReepers will now converse? Yes?
Profanity: How small minds try to speak with strength? (Vanity)
Why do you people always look at the slang definition first? It's like we were kids and looked up b**** in the dictionary only to find it meant a female dog.
Are you kidding? Freepers have been using foul language long before a Trump came on the scene. Or is FUBO and anything similar not foul language?
Agree it is much more profane that when I joined.
It is not a recent thing I noticed, and DT had no input, as I can see, as profanity was a problem well before he entered the public stage (your linked thread is from 2010).
What has changed, in my view, is FReepers no longer self-censoring and the admin mods—due to overwork, I imagine— easing standards and either missing or allowing things to get personal and profane.
In years past such rants would never get near the low level they are today. . .and such low-level exchanges are not limited to political threads, but any thread.
It seems to take just a few posts, if that, before an exchange is personal and profanity begins to show itself.
A: “I think this”
B: “You are stupid and wrong”
C: “No, you are not only stupid and wrong, but also XX%%@$$#”
D: “HDHGX%#@%$&*%”
And it is not uncommon for this to happen:
A: “I say this”
B: “HDHGX%#@%$&*%”
Cheers,