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Tangent: Why does so much modern political discourse resort to profane language, either overtly or with puns?
by pvnick 9y ago
Tangent: Why does so much modern political discourse resort to profane language, either overtly or with puns?
- darkmouth 9y agoTo get attention. Politics is not an exception, its used everywhere.
- ouid 9y agoSame reason that politics is often violent.
- jccc 9y agoI don't disagree with your feeling about this, but just to clarify: The domain gofccyourself.com was set up by John Oliver's show, "Last Week Tonight," and their modus is to use humor to draw attention to tedious but important issues.
- thinkpad20 9y agoa) It was created by a comedian, and it's an amusing name b) It's easy to remember c) Many people are legitimately angry about this kind of thing and using profane language (such as it were) seems warranted
- ahoy 9y agoI'm not sure I even agree with the premise. Politics and "discourse" around it, especially by common people, has always been crass. It's just that those common people have a megaphone now that the internet exists.
- rhino369 9y agoPolitics is mostly entertainment. Either comedy or rage porn.
- thrillgore 9y agoThe edginess got your attention, did it?