Are you appalled by the amount of foul language often heard on scripted shows made for basic cable these days?

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It would depend on the show’s setting. If it were set in South Boston, for instance, it would be very realistic for people (including children as young as 8) to be dropping F-bombs left and right. I grew up there and HATED it. I remember my classmates speaking that way, and was appalled. They made fun of me for cursing like Charlie Brown (rats, darn, etc.).
 
Hardly. I’m not exactly against swearing, but I also don’t expect (or want) every character on TV to reflect my morals.
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I feel the same way about programs that refuse depicting alcohol and tobacco consumption.
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There was a series of really awful Left Behind films with Kirk Cameron (not the one with Nicholas Cage). In one scene, they tried showing a few of the characters smoking, but the cigarettes very clearly never went near their mouths. It was so bad that it was actually kind of funny, which goes for much of what those films were.
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Foul language is really unpleasant to hear. Why would it make speech more realistic?
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Where do you live that no one swears? Also, “unpleasant” and “unrealistic” are two different things.
Annie said:
When I was young, people worked at not cussing (using vulgarities), especially in certain situations. Now it seems like the word “the,” ubiquitous.

A sad part of what is happening 😦
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I think some kids and teenagers do it because they find it edgy and rebellious. It also doesn’t help that many use their lack of using the words to look down on others who do, which frankly is in line with why some of them are considered bad in the first place (i.e. rich looking down on poor for using different words).

Granted, others just kind of found no good reasons for why the s-word is any more vulgar than “crap” or “poop”.
 
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I decided to watch the latest season of Stranger Things against my better judgement (and my better judgment was right!). In addition to being awful overall, I was amazed at how much literally blasphemous language there was. Not just course or filthy, but actually blasphemous references to God and Jesus and Mary. The writers obviously had a real axe to grind on that score.

EDIT: changed “profane” to “blasphemous” - I think that is the more accurate term.
 
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Granted, others just kind of found no good reasons for why the s-word is any more vulgar than “crap” or “poop”.
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Well, the first word you mention was also considered a vulgarity, just slightly lesser, and the second was sort of a kids’ version, so no teen would use it.

Also, cussing didn’t really come in until the teen years, and then only for boys, who would apologize if they cussed in front if a girl.
 
Does it reflect real life? It depends. I don’t use four-letter words as a rule. I don’t even think about it; it’s natural for me. People I work with and live with don’t (or, at least, don’t around me).

But I have worked around people who do. I once worked with a older guy who was such a habitual f-bomber that it was nearly every other word out of his mouth.
 
That is why I threw out a book I bought. I complained to the publisher about the profanity. They did not reply, the author did. He told me he thought that’s how people speak. The book had pages removed and was defaced, then it went in the trash. TV/streaming will and is getting the same treatment: in the trash.

An offense is an offense. Christians are not told to follow the rules only part of the time.
 
It’s not terrible writing. It’s planned writing. I’ve spoken to people from Hollywood who edit scripts. Every word is planned.
 
As to content in general, I would be shocked, but I have chosen to divorce myself from the popular media. No TV, no newspapers, no news magazines, no anything else. Only Catholic radio and YouTube vids.

Much happier now.
 
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I don’t hear much foul language on cable. Foul dress is more prevalent.
 
I have friends who are English and Irish. This whole thing with swearing really got out of hand in the United States. It’s never acceptable no matter which country you’re in.

TV stops being entertainment the moment producers and writers decide such words should be presented as acceptable.
 
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What is it that makes a word profane? Definitely not the definition. Every swear word has a word that means the same thing, while not being considered a swear word.
 
That’s a good question! Some amount of crudity gets attached to certain words. Some of these words have been considered foul for hundreds of years!
 
I hate it when they say JC (blasphemy ) some shows do it all the time like sons of anarchy which I really enjoyed at the time
 
I thought it was superb - not for everyone. That John the revelatory song was an ear worm for my other half - he sang it for months after that episode ! 🙂 I love the character development of Tara
 
Appalled is a strong word. I’m appalled by abortion, not by bad language.
 
Yeah, good point. A group of football players aren’t going to be discussing Ted Hughes poetry and Degas paintings at halftime. And a group of nuns will probably use nicer language than the football players.

Could be my job, I’m a truck driver and a lot of us curse more than sailors. But bad language just doesn’t bother me.
 
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