The Puppy Blender linked a Washington Times article comparing the amount of profanity on liberal vs. conservative blogs, which makes this conclusion:
The top 10 liberal sites (Daily Kos, Huffington Post, Democratic Underground, Talking Points Memo, Crooks and Liars, Think Progress, Atrios, Greenwald, MyDD and Firedoglake) have a profanity quotient of 14.6.
The top 10 conservative sites (Free Republic, Hot Air, Little Green Footballs, Townhall, NewsBusters, Lucianne.com, Wizbang, Ace of Spades, Red State and Volokh Conspiracy) have a quotient of 1.17.
(CORRECTED PARAGRAPH:) That's quite a disparity. Liberals are more than 12 times likely to use profanity than conservatives on the Web. [ed. note - I think I saw it calculated at 14 times when I first read the article. I also added the missing conservative links, and deleted the link to Firedoglake - get your OWN links!]
Matthew Sheffield, who wrote the article, ended with this deduction:
Why such a disparity between the right and left online?
Some on the right may take this as a sign of their superior intelligence. Others may theorize that it's simply because liberals are angry at President Bush.
More than likely, it is a reflection of how things are offline. Conservatives, especially those who are more religious, are less likely to use profanity in their daily conversation.
Mmmmmm, yeah, I can see that as a real possibility... But, in MY case, I know my Mom and her friends read my blog - and she's called me on the carpet at least once when I used profanity, so it's not a real good option for me ;-) (Hey, you've never been verbally smacked by my Mom!) Also, I prefer not to use profanity in casual - or even focused - conversation, because I believe it lessens the impact of the argument.
Now, I have used profanity - but my friends know that when I resort to four-letter-words I am beyond upset and tending towards enraged. And, they know that it's time to step away from the Kat and start looking for places to hide, LOL!
... But I do try to keep that down to a small murmur here on CatHouse Chat. *snicker*
