Thread:Bullet Francisco/@comment-167456-20150113110801

I liked your post. Definitely agree that as a professional site we shouldn't be swearing.

But "goddamn" is actually derived from "God damn me" (i.e. I've heard something that shocked me so much that I want God to send me to Hell). It is not in any way about trying to damn God, which is nonsensical from a Christian perspective. It's a non-personal profanity that was invented by Christians and used almost exclusively by Christians. It's significantly different thing than the n-word, which has historically been used by non-black people (mostly white) in order to denigrate and oppress black people.

I'm posting this on your wall rather than in the thread because I wanted to tell you this without derailing your otherwise excellent thread. 