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bresue

(1,007 posts) Sun May 21, 2017, 08:17 PM May 2017

Can I please request that... [View all]

less swearing and more objective, critical items be posted? I am not trying to be a prude, but can we act and post more civilly?

How are we better when numerous post titles state "fuck so-and-so" or "shithead" and etc? We are all under a lot of frustration and disgust with Rublicans and their agenda, but please I beg...that we remain calm and sound headed during this troubling time. And I believe we are going to have to reach into the bottom of our bags for our sanity and patience in the next coming weeks.

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Can I please request that... [View all] bresue May 2017 OP

sure. I'll try and watch myself better. I'm guilty of it . I'm just very frustrated. My apologies. luvMIdog May 2017 #1

IT IS GETTING VERY, VERY FRUSTRATING.... bresue May 2017 #4

Oh no problem. :) luvMIdog May 2017 #7

It's a message board. People express themselves in a lot of different ways. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #2

BUT I DON'T WANT TO HIDE ANY bresue May 2017 #6

Then that's your problem. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #11

they are just words. combination of letters. NRaleighLiberal May 2017 #14

I absolutely agree. elleng May 2017 #3

You can request anything. I have no desire to remain fucking calm when uppityperson May 2017 #5

I'm with you. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2017 #8

True, that. procon May 2017 #9

I'm old so you're not going to clean up my language, especially with the Orange Disaster Warpy May 2017 #10

Great time to expand vocabulary-unlike Donald Trump delisen May 2017 #12

Put users who swear on Ignore, trash keywords, trash threads. All great options. emulatorloo May 2017 #13

How about these kind of expressions? F**k, S**t, etc. Jack-o-Lantern May 2017 #15

K&R discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2017 #16

Certain posters seem to think continual swearing ups their cred here. cwydro May 2017 #17

I am afraid we Democrats will appear bresue May 2017 #18