Look, I’m a huge proponent of social media engagement as Facebook and Twitter have propelled personal and professional connectivity to new heights. What’s disconcerting, however, is the plethora of profanity tied to some tweets, in particular. Call me prudish, but when a certain actor, now unemployed, set off “#thataintwinning” on Twitter like a raging blaze, it was as if the foul language laden dogs had been unleashed.
Adding insult to injury, the N-word also registers with Twitter frequency the same as a teenager’s texting thumbs. Today, some defend the N-word as a casual endearment, but it replicates the same ignorance when it was coined ages ago. Plain and simple, history cannot be erased so in many circles, the word still conjures hurts.
By no means is this an attempt to suppress free speech but a call to implore the vocabulary crippled to lean on more respectable posts. Anyone who relies on profanity and the N-word to express his or her thoughts due to stunted growth in the English language is the surefire mark of a loser like Charlie Sheen(less). Tell me, where’s the winning in that?
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