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In reply to the discussion: Someone Called Me "A Delicate Flower" Once. [View all]DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)...certain kinds of behaviors are permissible and some are not. We've even got laws dictating to each of us things like, how much we must wear and the parts of our bodies we must cover. Whether we can go around with a mask on or not. And even now in some places, it is illegal for more than 16 women to be in a house at one time or it is legally defined as a brothel. This was actually deemed a serious moral and ethical problem at one time that they made it into a law.
So we end up with all kinds of sensible and stupid ideas called laws, as a condition of living together within this culture and trying to carve out a space where each of us can live and feel safe and secure in our person, and to freely express ourselves, as is our right to.
Likewise, if I see a building with a sign that says XXX Inside! -- then I have a pretty good idea what to expect if I go in. Same applies if I see a link that say RUDE PUNDIT. I know what will be said within will be RUDE:
- RUDE {rood}
adjective, rud·er, rud·est.
1. discourteous or impolite, especially in a deliberate way: a rude reply.
2. without culture, learning, or refinement: rude, illiterate peasants.
3. rough in manners or behavior; unmannerly; uncouth.
4. rough, harsh, or ungentle: rude hands.
5. roughly wrought, built, or formed; of a crude construction or kind: a rude cottage.
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Now, when I go out in public and some guy is mouthing off and cursing, I'll either join in or leave. It all depends on context, see? A place like you describe with families and kids? I'd leave. A bar on the night of a favorite football team winning and a lot of cursing and hollering and lies about one's exploits, totally acceptable. It all depends.
You can't have off-the-rack free expression. It's always extemporaneous and free to roam wherever. That's what being FREE means. If you don't like that, that's okay too.
- So long as no one thinks they have the right to ruin or to curtail it for those who do......