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In reply to the discussion: To the Fuckety Fuck Squad -- Congratulations on your success! [View all]I'm not talking about you. You've written a well-composed and thought-out OP and now response...I'm talking about the people that come here, are here for less than 100 posts, post 500-word polemics about our obscenity and depravity, then never come back. (My favorite was a "This place is child-unfriendly!" rant...if I had kids, I'd no sooner allow them to read DU than I'd allow them to wander naked in the flesh market slums of Bangkok.) The ones that really are the Mrs. Grundys and the Junior Anti-Sex League. Perhaps our language is an aegis for driving back the hordes of prudes, ninnies, nannies, and people who would be better off if they were wankers. This isn't a place for children, the easily-offended or the weak-willed...politics isn't a game for children, the easily-offended or the weak-willed--though too many here wish to act like it's a sporting contest. (Not accusing you of that either.)
Also, I've always assumed I constitute the real DU insofar as it's a largely-unregulated community-standards-based collective entity.