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Who Says Swearing is Not Moral?

Because I do it all the time

Jason Weiland
4 min readMar 29, 2019

Who doesn’t swear at some time during the day? The Pope? The Dalai Lama? No. The Dalai Lama is a laid-back dude. I bet if he stubs his toe on the way to the bathroom he yells, “FUCK!” like the rest of us.

As much as people like to act innocent, I know the most pious person in the world cusses out other drivers in traffic. I know the most bible-thumping evangelical says “SHIT!” when they spill their coffee.

Do you say you don’t swear? Why not?

“People who swear are stupid.”

Can’t they use other words? Aren’t there over 170, 000 words in the English language? Can’t they say anything else?

First off, who decides which words are vulgar? Do the people in charge pick random words and say they are dirty?

Oh, it’s society? Yeah. Society is never wrong

Besides, from what I understand, people who swear are more intelligent. Don’t believe me?

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