Oh my stars and garters. Clutch your pearls and hold tight to your smelling salts. Vice President Kamala Harris dropped the “F” bomb, big time, during a summit streamed “bleepless” on the White House Website. President Donald Trump cursed at his Saturday Jersey Rally as he breathes: Often and loudly. Have we become a Potty Mouth Nation? Well, duh … .

I don’t care for curse words in my literature. I have noticed the constant use of the “F” word in the Netflix limited series I watch. It seems to me that the writers are lazy. In daily life though, living in Knoxville, close to the University of Tennessee, people rarely curse. The men who occasionally do curse, sincerely do beg pardon. Still, we are hardly the Puritan Nation we once were and many places have gone completely Potty Mouth.

I think there are levels of Potty Mouth, also. Damn, shit and Hell are far less egregious than an “F” bomb. Especially unnecessary “F” bombs like Kamala yesterday. From the New York Post:

Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday dropped the f-bomb at an event live-streamed on the White House Web site as she discussed how minorities should advocate for themselves.

“We have to know that sometimes people will open the door for you and leave it open,” Harris, 59, said at the annual Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies Legislative Leadership Summit.

“Sometimes they won’t, and then you need to kick that f–king door down,” Harris said.

Harris quickly added, “Excuse my language,” as the audience laughed.

The veep’s remarks came during an exchange with comedian Jimmy O. Yang from the flick “Crazy Rich Asians.”

Yang liked the comment so much we thought they should have tshirts printed. And, the commenters on this YouTube short loved the “F” bomb too.

@user-inxxxxx
17 hours ago
ONE THING FOR SURE,SHE’S 1000% RIGHT.

@jwixxxxx
18 hours ago
VPOTUS ON

@superxxxx
18 hours ago
More of this go Veep!

@stephxxxxxxx
17 hours ago
Thats what some people understand. You’re excused. It had to be said

@marxxxxxxxx
16 hours ago
She keeping it REAL

@user-xxxxxx
18 hours ago
If you did not cuss right there the message wouldn’t be right

Ninety-nine percent of the comments were of the same flavor. At least this wasn’t a Kamala Harris Word Salad. We understood exactly what she meant.

Which brings us to Donald Trump, according to Columnist Cal Thomas. Thomas doesn’t care for Potty Mouth Trump:

If you are the parent of young children, are you OK with your kids hearing former President Donald Trump’s language and putdowns, like the ones at his rally last Saturday in Wildwood, New Jersey?

One can hear a kid justifying his or her own swearing: “If Trump can talk like that, why can’t I?” Is this the way we want our children to be raised? They will learn swear words soon enough (and hopefully control their use of them or eschew them altogether).

There was a time when we were taught to respect those in authority and use acceptable language. I remember my grandmother once admonishing me when I said something “nice young men don’t say in public.” The words that offended her were “toilet paper.”

Trump’s cursing was the perfect finish to a week that included the salacious testimony by porn actress Stormy Daniels at his trial. I understand he is frustrated by a trial that seems to him, and many others, like a political hit, but that doesn’t justify a potty mouth.

On television, in movies, in certain mean and increasingly upscale streets, men and women are using language that in the words of Professor Henry Higgins “would make a sailor blush.” Where is what used to be called decorum? Need a definition of decorum? It is “dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.” Synonyms include politeness and dignity. None of these are reflected in Trump’s demeanor.

Decorum once included men who muted themselves in front of “ladies.” Now too many ladies are using curse words in public. Men and women chanted “bulls**t” at the Trump rally. Trump called President Biden a “moron” and mocked his way of walking. He said s**t more than once. You stay classy, Donald.

Merciful Heavens! Toilet Paper? Speaking of Potty Mouth, this might have been what Cal Thomas was talking about:

‘Bullshit! Bullshit! Bullshit!’ Trump Crowd Breaks Into Chant Cursing Indictments As Trump Blames Biden #DonaldTrump #JoeBiden #Afghanistanhttps://t.co/QdlLPrHHlU

— Cecilia bowie Alladin sane Parodi (@bowie_sane) May 12, 2024

I probably would have been chanting along. Too many “F” bombs are too many, but “bullshit” seems appropriate for the H-E Double Hockey Sticks (See what I did there?) that Joe Biden has rained down upon this country. Potty Mouth doesn’t bother me. I wish it did. But, can I afford the smelling salts in this current inflationary period.

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