The response Jake and Ryan asked for concerning "why not use vulgarity?"

nagibson1

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On the Shoot to Hunt Podcast, Ryan and Jake responded to questions about their consistent use of vulgarity. I believe is was Jake that asked for a case against the constant use of vulgarity and profanity. I'm not sure how many Roksliders are in a position to do this. Being a theologian with a background in classics, moral philosophy and so on, I thought I'd make an offering.
Ask: would anyone be willing to read it and offer suggestions before I offer it to Jake and Ryan, or post it (if I put it somewhere public, I won't refer to Ryan and Jake, unless I think it will create good web traffic for them)?

Warning, it is 13 pages single spaced. I've tried to make a mostly non-religious argument, and Included what I think are the most noble reasons to use profanity and vulgarity, so as not to demonize it. PM me if you're interested.
 
I am all for free speech and all. I will say the occasional swear word and sometimes I may get down right vulgar I suppose (to certain persons). I don't have a problem with it .I am in the "if you don't like it , don't listen to it" camp as far as podcast . I will speak up to someone though if they are getting out of hand in person in front of children or those not in need of being exposed to such... Joe
 
The sheer amount of profanity in the S2H podcast makes it too much for me to listen to personally. There was a few episodes I suffered through for the sake of the information gleaned but I won’t listen to it again. I am also not writing an Honors English level paper about it either though. Did you cite your sources at the end?
 
"if you don't like it , don't listen to it". I tried listening to the podcasts but the constant profanity turned me off. I spent decades in the military (Infantry), paper mills, construction and swear myself - but the constant profanity wore me down to the point I could not dig the value of the podcast out of the noise.
 
Ha, I can't listen to it because I have kids in the car almost all the time when I'm not actively working.

But obviously didn't feel compelled to reach out about it.

I've also noticed if I listen to stuff with lots of swearing, I start swearing.
I very rarely listen to podcasts and there are maybe three hunting related you tube channels I watch. Two of them are presented as entertainment, mostly, and one that is presented as educational. The two entertainment-oriented ones generally don't have profanity that I have noticed (Gunwerks and Stuck in the Rut, if anyone is wondering.....I can't afford to hunt like the former and don't have the energy to hunt like the latter but I enjoy their shows). The educational one - that I'd love to share with my daughter who wants to hunt elk - does. It isn't terrible, but it's enough to give me pause about her listening to it, even though I think it's good stuff otherwise. I won't mention it because I don't want to criticize a guy that seems to be really solid otherwise.

I have spent years trying to be disciplined in my own speech so that my children would see me as an example of things such as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Some part of this is towards the end of having them learn to notice these things in other people and seek out such people as they see these things in, as they get old enough to seek out their own friends and future spouses. I am reluctant to inadvertently allow them to think 'dad doesn't talk like that but he thinks it's OK if others do'.
 
I mean, if they ask for it then why not? If they didn’t ask for it then that’s one thing, but don’t ask a question if you don’t want an answer 🤷🏻‍♂️
 
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