About a year and a half ago, when I was still at Blogger, I wrote a post about the obsession with poop on the "Leftier" side of the political spectrum. It's short, so I'll repeat it here:
Is it just me, or are people who come down on the liberal side of things much more inclined to rely on obscenities and scatalogical references? Whenever I read the comments liberals post at conservative websites, or even when I read the material liberals post on their own websites, I'm just inundated by wave after wave of swear words and potty references. I'm not going to sully my own posting with this kind of language, but you might want to visit the comments gracing Diplomad's latest, most-excellent screed about the UN. (I will admit, Diplomad's title and article use the word "turd," but it's carefully introduced as a child's peculiarly apt slip of the tongue.) Or go to the Daily Kos (which I find difficult to read, since it's written along the lines of a high schooler's "U R 2 kool" posting). You might check out this urinary description of Tom DeLay. I've always thought dirty language is the last refuge of the those who have little education, poor analytical abilities and, generally, little interesting to say. Any of you have any take on this?
I was reminded of my impression when I read that a vice chair in Colorado Senate District 13 Democratic Central Committee was caught after she deposited her dog's feces into the mail slot at U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave's campaign headquarters. Did I mention that Rep. Musgrave is a Republican? We've gone from the symbolic obsession with poop to the practical display of that obsession.
Hat tip: Michelle Malkin (who has a lot more to say on the subject)
Filed under: Democrats
Authenticity. Sort of like ebonics. It sets you apart from the “pack”. The military has it themselves, it is called soldier/barracks language, but they are quite apologetic if any civilians, women, or children hear them talk using barracks language.
There was one footage Fox showed about a unit that was firing disposable missiles from a bridge, near the time of Fallujah 1 I believe. Every third word was the F word. Drill Sergeants are most probably the masters of using crude and vulgar language, without repeating a single curse word. Hearing a drill sergeant go off, on a real screed, is quite entertaining. Although any recruit that cracks a smile is going to get “special treatment”.
There is almost a visceral human instinct to go deep into our psyches and bring out the rage and animal in a fight. And if the Left is anything, it is people involved in a fight to the death. They don’t have the military discipline to control their inner rage and inner instincts. So they don’t see the need to control it, thus we see the effects.