Why all the profanity on Current TV? [View all]

[Syrinx]

Last edited Wed Dec 28, 2011, 07:12 AM - Edit history (1)

I cuss all the time. Online, and in real life. So I really don't have a moral objection to it.

But the "goddamns" on Countdown and The Young Turks seem like a lame, gratuitous reach for "street-cred." And I'm thinking it's only going to turn off more people than it's going to impress.

Keith and Cenk seem to think saying "goddamn" somehow adds emphasis to their comments. I'd say a little goes a long way, but they've taken to speaking like that nearly every night. It's starting to sound very sophomoric and unprofessional.

I enjoyed it when Olbermann told the truth and called Ann Coulter an "asshole." But it seemed hypocritical when another person was bleeped on the same show when saying someone was "full of shit."

"Asshole" is okay, but "shit" is over the line?

I hope and trust that Jennifer Granholm will be able to express suitable outrage without resorting to gratuitous profanities. I think she's more mature than that.