I dislike obscenity in public discourse

I dislike obscenity in public discourse.

Commentary

I dislike obscenity in public discourse. Obscenity is entirely about emotion, and entirely devoid of reason. Indeed, obscenity drives out reason.

In one of Kurt Vonnegut's novels (I forget which), the protagonist explains that he never uses obscenity because "it gives your enemies an excuse to not listen to what you have to say."

And so it is — Jeff Tiedrich, your enemy, used obscenity, and therefore you have an excuse to not listen to what he has to say.

Although you did, in fact, listen to what he has to say.

And then made a point of publicly rejecting what he has to say, blaming Tiedrich's obscenity for causing you to close your mind.

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles

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