CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JANUARY 5, 2025
IT WAS ONCE CALLED “A CIVIL TONGUE,” MEANING YOU SHOULD WATCH WHAT YOU SAY AND NOT SAY VULGAR WORDS, AT LEAST IN PUBLIC. NOT ANYMORE. AS A WASHINGTON TIMES HEADLINE SAYS: “EMBRACING PROFANITY IS ONE THING BOTH PARTIES SEEM TO AGREE ON.” JOE BIDEN MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO PUBLICLY USE THE F-WORD AS HE SPOKE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA, BUT IT APPEARS HE STARTED A TREND.
PRESIDENT TRUMP REGULARLY USES VULGAR AND OTHER INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE IS PUTTING DOWN PEOPLE HE DOESN’T LIKE. THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID FRANKLIN GRAHAM HAS TOLD HIM NOT TO DO IT, BUT HE’S NOT LISTENING.
VULGARITY IS NOW IN VOGUE, WRITES THE TIMES NEWSPAPER. VICE PRESIDENT J.D. VANCE, A CATHOLIC, INCREASINGLY USES VULGAR LANGUAGE.
WHAT IS ACHIEVED BY CURSING? ARE POLICIES ADVANCED? ARE PEOPLE PERSUADED? MOVIES ARE INCREASINGLY FILLED WITH CRUDE LANGUAGE. I RARELY GO TO A THEATER OR WATCH FILMS ON NETFLIX AND OTHER PLATFORMS. CURSING ADDS NOTHING TO THE STORY.
POLITICIANS SET A BAD EXAMPLE, ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN, WHEN THEY CURSE. BUT THEN A LOT OF THEM SET BAD EXAMPLES IN OTHER WAYS. I’M CAL THOMAS.
