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 I get dozens of e-mails, bulletins, notes, jokes, etc replete with, overflowing with, saturated with: The "F" Word.
It's a word. It's in the dictionary. It means something (with many degrees of stress and passion). It doesn't mean everything. It doesn't suit everything.
I attend many events, many powerful events with activists (experienced and novice) who have powerful messages. We have words for those messages. But when too liberally laced with profanity and vulgarity, the balance of that word power shifts, and we lose the interest, respect and attention of the very people we are trying to reach.
The "F" Word.
IT'S SEVERLY OVERWORKED!!!!
IT'S OVERUSED AND ABUSED!!!!
Give it a rest.
If we are intelligent enough to be artists, writers, activists, lobbyists, concerned literate citizens and such, we should be intelligent enough to make it through the day without using the "F" word to punctuate every sentence, modify every noun or verb.
Yes, it has power. Shock value. Punch. And it can get to be an unpleasant habit. So if you are going to use it, be conscious of it; use it if you must when when you can make it count. Don't wear it out.
Most of us are too intelligent to be lowering our standards to a level in which the "F" word is as common as coffee grounds. It is cheap, demeaning and devalues every other word it is attached to.
When I get a post with the "F" word and it appears more than once, (sometimes if it appears just once) I hit the delete key. If I get a comment with the "F" word (and/or a few other vulgarities) I hit the delete key. If I get too many from the same author, I delete the author.
The "F" word. Give it a rest. It's tired.
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