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I am not particularly offended by four letter words, even those words with five letters. Or six. At the same time, I think the people who use them demonstrate a certain mentality that lacks creative thinking. Unless the situation is one of extreme unexpected pain. Then all is forgiven.

But as a matter of regular discourse, using four letter words is insulting and demeaning, not only to the person who hears them but also to the person who uses them.

A and I had coffee yesterday and she said she’d noted how a certain candidate for president of the United States had taken to such language. Honestly, I hadn’t noticed; but then this morning I read a transcript from a reputable source of said candidate’s speech at a recent rally in Latrobe, PA.  It was sprinkled liberally with potty mouth language on top of the usual catcalling of immigrants, people of color, and LGBTQ. One wonders if this approach suggests an increasing decline in mental capacity.

I’m not a psychiatrist or a neurologist or any other kind of ologist. But I don’t think it takes years of education to see that behavior has meaning. And the current behavior of a certain candidate suggests that he, like Biden, needs to find a way to exit, stage left.

Or perhaps the electorate with help him.