Presidential Rhetoric
Oct. 2nd, 2019 02:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogI've been fascinated lately by what gets self-censored (letters in profane words being replaced with asterisks, for instance) and what doesn't, and what kind of messages and feelings are being conveyed with those choices, and how that ties in to the broader fabric. The one from Trump today is such a weird one.
It's ok to say "BULLSHIT", but not ok to say 'jock strap?'
People are weird.
It's ok to say "BULLSHIT", but not ok to say 'jock strap?'
People are weird.
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Date: 2019-10-03 12:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-10-03 12:52 pm (UTC)When there was a story about evangelicals getting their knickers in a twist about the fact that he said "god-damn." Everything there is to get upset about, and that's what does it for them? How do they not see their own hypocrisy?
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Date: 2019-10-03 03:36 pm (UTC)