I’m a big-time devout Christian of the Catholic kind. I have always kept a lid on swearing because if you swear in every day conversation then when swearing is absolutely appropriate, you’ve drained the power of those words. As the woman of faith I’ve identified myself to be I try my utmost to avoid profanity because my ethical standards don’t really accommodate that in my vernacular.
HOWEVER!!!
With today’s society, with the breakdown of what were sacrosanct boundaries we as a polite and civil society once adhered to, I find mere words, strong words of rebuke and condemnation, are no longer sufficient for what is happening in our country! My mild temper and capacity for absorbing some pretty distasteful behavior without sinking to the level of debasement of the people on the other side of this debate by using the same foul words, mindset and behavior of those ugly people, it is harder and harder to push back without sinking to their level. I know I am not alone in my little corner of civility and desire for calm and rational thinking.
So here I am, the sweet church lady, slapping my head and saying, “Jesus Christ! What the FUCK!!!”
Jack, you have such a way with words! 🥰
I’m a big-time devout Christian of the Catholic kind. I have always kept a lid on swearing because if you swear in every day conversation then when swearing is absolutely appropriate, you’ve drained the power of those words. As the woman of faith I’ve identified myself to be I try my utmost to avoid profanity because my ethical standards don’t really accommodate that in my vernacular.
HOWEVER!!!
With today’s society, with the breakdown of what were sacrosanct boundaries we as a polite and civil society once adhered to, I find mere words, strong words of rebuke and condemnation, are no longer sufficient for what is happening in our country! My mild temper and capacity for absorbing some pretty distasteful behavior without sinking to the level of debasement of the people on the other side of this debate by using the same foul words, mindset and behavior of those ugly people, it is harder and harder to push back without sinking to their level. I know I am not alone in my little corner of civility and desire for calm and rational thinking.
So here I am, the sweet church lady, slapping my head and saying, “Jesus Christ! What the FUCK!!!”
If you can’t get an erection, have an insurrection.