Language Counts In the Fight for Democracy

If you expect the evangelicals to respect you or consider the evils their maga-leader Trump has brought, stop and think how to win them over instead of using vulgarities. Language counts.

I’m not a prude and have heard and used a few worthy cuss words myself. But there’s a public line I won’t cross. I was taught that people who are educated actually can use more effective language than hurling obscenities because they want to fill in the gaps.

Language shows who we are. If we talk like ladies and gentlemen, we begin to think like ladies and gentlemen. If you talk to others like they are ladies and gentlemen, they soon respond the same regardless of income or religion or race.

Yet, we have a minority in both the Democratic Party and Republican Party using uncouth language of the perceived “common man of the streets and bars” in order to appear rough and tough. Anti-Trumpers have lowered themselves by using his hate-filled rhetoric put-downs. Those who oppose maga now act as rudely and talk as crudely as the T-cult.

Movies and television shows in prime time feature the “F__k” ad nauseum. I watched a movie last week that had no real dialogue or plot—it all became grunts and “FU’s”. Are screenwriters so inadept with plots and character development they can’t use decent language to move a story plot?

I follow many Substack pages with professors and reporters who never stoop to obscenities unless they are quoting some politicians whose eloquence and propriety are lacking. They provide information.

So, I’m just a typical voter who is well-read and tired of foul language when dealing many other words are available. The “F” word sucks up the oxygen in the room and releases gaseous malice.