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  1. I, too, indulge in an occassional strategically placed F… for emphsis in a personal conversation but I have to admit I find it dismaying that a politician of Biden’s stature would deliberately use it in something for public publication. It just seems so coarse and phony… like, ” Oh, I’m such a tough guy.” Why didn’t he just rip his shirt off and thump his hairy chest for a photo shoot? That’s how silly the gratuitis F… is to me.

  2. As a long-time single male who spent many evenings hanging out in bars of all types, I’ve been known to speak French myself. When I’m around my nieces and nephews I find myself having to edit mid-sentence on occasion.

    One thing I did find interesting in the “dissing” link, they had no problem using the F-word in the article and then later used “expletive deleted” in place of “asshole”?

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