A Christian Liberal is NOT an oxymoron.

Posted by XT on February 18th, 2010 in General

This is just another installment of an ongoing debate I have with a large part of the population, because I don’t think there needs to be any apology for “vulgarity.”. After all, who determines what is vulgar and what isn’t?

The answer is that “the community” collectively determines that. But that is just sidestepping the issue. What part of the population do we talk about when we talk about “community standards?” Because there is a rather large part of the population that uses “vulgarity” on a regular basis.

What, after all, is the difference between “fuck” and “intercourse” or “shit” and “feces” or “piss” and “urine”…not a thing, of course. They refer to exactly the same things. But NBC wouldn’t be apologizing if Bud Keene had stuck to one set of those words. So why is the word offensive if the meaning isn’t?

I’m not someone who actively tries to achieve a high level of vulgarity when talking to the tender ears of children. But I’m also well versed in the use of vulgarity – six years in the Navy, plus a lifetime spent around working men in the oil fields, farms and ranches, and labor trades. The choice of non-vulgar words doesn’t change the meaning of a sentence, and it sure doesn’t make anyone involved more intelligent or a better person. So why pick on a few words as being so horrible that we can’t broadcast them, or if we do, then we must apologize for potentially offending someone?

I’ve spoken about the word “brother” in this context before. I know people who put every bit of hate and racism into the word “brother” when talking about black men as anyone ever put in using the word “nigger.” On the other hand, the up-and-coming generation has never really heard widespread use of “nigger” as nothing other than a hate-word. They tend to look upon it, when used in the proper context, as a term of endearment and affection. So are the racists somehow better and smarter people for not using the word “nigger?” Dear God, I hope not.

There’s a story told about a young pastor who gives his first sermon, in its entirety, in this fashion:

Right now, there are millions of people who are doomed to spend eternity in Hell. And you don’t give a damn about them, because if you did, you’d try to stop it.

I’ll let you decide on your own whether such a pastor should be kept around or not…but the message is an authentic Biblical message.

So…what is really vulgar about vulgarity?

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