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A comment on The Relationship Between Profanity and Honesty (2017). Parent comment

Re:The Relationship Between Profanity and Honesty (2017) by 781 on Sunday May 05, 2019 @01:44PM (#19833943)
I wasn't talking about them "bleeping" quotes, but about the journalists themselves swearing in opinion pieces.

> Is there, I wonder, a more appropriate phrase than “fuck off”? I don’t want to swear unnecessarily but, historically, people have found the expression useful. It’s certainly earned its place in common usage. And I have to ask myself, if we don’t tell Theresa May to fuck off, what on earth are we saving it for?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/07/theres...

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Re:The Relationship Between Profanity and Honesty (2017) by corin_ on Sunday May 05, 2019 @03:47PM (#19834607)
I guess it depends on your definition of "journalist", but the author of the piece you linked definitely wouldn't call himself one. He's a comedian, actor, TV writer, etc. and for the Guardian he writes humorous columns.
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