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I used to love the F-word — but Hunter, Colbert and pols have ruined it

I used to love the F-word — but Hunter, Colbert and pols have ruined it

New York Post17 hours ago
We've arrived at a grim reality: Our culture is overdosing on the F word.
It's so sad to see such a good bad word dragged through the mud like this. Stripped of its zing. Its shock value. Now, it's just another word.
F–k has become almost boring, the way it's barfed up with reckless abandon — by purported comedians and once-woke lefty politicians trying to prove to their blood-thirsty constituents that they have a backbone.
Also by bitter Hunter Biden.
6 In an interview with Youtuber Andrew Callaghan, a very bitter Hunter Biden dropped F bomb after F bomb as he went scorched earth on the Dem establishment.
YouTube / Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan
The last 48 hours have felt like an all-out assault on the integrity of the naughty word.
Yesterday, 'Channel 5' YouTuber Andrew Callaghan released a three-hour interview with Hunter, who unleashed on all the Dem establishment figures he sees as treasonous to his family: George Clooney, David Axelrod, Joe Biden's former adviser Anita Dunn, President Obama, James Carville and the hosts of 'Pod Save America.'
For good measure, he swaddled each insult with an F bomb. And then another F bomb.
'…George Clooney is not a f–king actor … he is a brand,' Hunter said. 'He's great friends with [former President] Barack Obama. F–k you. What do you have to do with f–king anything? Why do I have to f–king listen to you?'
I should have been shocked by the sheer breadth of the former crack addict's hit list. But all those big bold names from the DC swamp simply faded into background noise, overtaken by the cacophony of effing swears.
6 Hunter Biden delivered a foul-mouth tirade against Trump and Democrats, who he says betrayed his father.
YouTube / Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan
I lost count of how many.
It was an assault on the ear — and a perfect lead-in for Stephen Colbert, who on Monday assembled an on-air group of comedy personalities (including John Oliver, Jon Stewart, Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers) to rage against the dying of the late-night light.
They put on an episode that confirmed, yeah, CBS did the right thing by pulling the plug on 'The Late Show.'
6 Stephen Colbert told Trump to 'go f–k yourself' on his Monday night show.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Colbert's seriously unfunny, MSBNC-esque, anti-Trump sideshow is said to lose a reported $30-$40 million a year, but the left is convinced that the government is trying to censor him. So Colbert — who was taunted by trolling Trump as a no-talent, looked at the camera and told the president in a faux tough-guy accent, 'Go f–k yourself.'
Yawn.
The same day on 'The Daily Show,' Stewart performed a sad number, singing, 'F–k f–k f–k yourself. Just go f–k yourself' as he danced in front of a gospel choir.
Given that, according to The Hollywood Reporter, the age of Colbert's average viewer is 68, it was like screaming F bombs inside Shady Pines. Yet another misfire by Colbert, who doesn't seem to understand that viewers want some laughs to lull them to sleep at night — not bitter political discourse.
6 In response to CBS canceling Colbert's show, Jon Stewart sang a song on 'The Daily Show' with the lyrics, 'Just go f–k yourself.'
The Daily Show
It wouldn't be hyperbole to say the Dems are reinventing themselves as gratuitous gutter mouths. They are foolishly conflating profanity with grit, toughness and cojones.
These are no longer weenie elites with pronouns in their bios. They can get down with the cursing working-class!
Look no further than Jasmine Crockett, who treats Congress like a Jerry Springer set. After the US' June strike on Iranian nuclear sites, the Texas representative railed, 'I understand enough about the Constitution. To the extent that I'm the one that's supposed to make a f–king decision or at least get a vote.'
In May, Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar told a Daily Caller reporter to 'fuck off' when asked if Dems should be traveling to El Salvador to fight the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
6 Potty-mouthed Jasmine Crockett recently used the F word to express her discontent with America's bombing of Iranian nuclear sites.
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At a February rally, Rep. Maxine Dexter of Oregon made an uncomfortable proposal: 'I don't swear in public very well, but we have to f‑‑k Trump.'
Michigan's Sen. Elise Slotkin has urged fellow Dems to 'f–king retake the flag.' Mike Sacks is running to represent New York's 17th congressional district on the campaign message of 'Unf–k Our Country.'
I'd be remiss to exclude the time last month that a frustrated Trump let an impromptu F bomb fly on live TV while attempting to forge peace between Iran and Israel. When it comes to direct insults, he's usually more imaginative ('Low Energy Jeb' Bush, 'Sloppy Steve' Bannon).
6 Rep. Maxine Dexter said, 'I don't swear in public very well, but we have to f–k Trump.'
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It feels like everyone is lost at sea and clinging to expletives — which is what you use as filler when you have nothing meaningful to say.
The once glorious F -word was once described as a 'good strong word' by the late George Carlin, who waxed poetic about its versatility. It was, as Jean Shepherd said in 'A Christmas Story,' 'the queen mother of dirty words.'
It had gravitas among curses.
Used with restraint and purpose, boy, the word packs a punch.
But the overuse in polite society suggests its' time to put the word in the penalty box for a while.
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