@gailcalled Perhaps, but you should remember that not everyone is passionate on the English language like you are. Not everyone seeks to enrich their vocabularies. For some, communication is just that, and they don’t look beyond it.
@Dutchess_III If some people use cussing as a way to detract their from the fact that they don’t know how to debate…then they probably shouldn’t debate. Although what you’re saying applies to people who don’t cuss just as much. They just use something else to hide their poor debate skills. For example, and I see this on Fluther ALL the time; people in debates who say things like;
You clearly don’t know…
Obviously, you haven’t done any homework…
Your opinion is naive/misinformed…
But after that, they don’t make an effort to explain why you’re wrong or why there’s something you don’t know.
Clearly, if they’re that smart, a productive explanation should follow. People trying to belittle your knowledge or opinions by merely saying so can go in the same boat as combative swearers.