I feel like a lot of this anti-cursing sentiment shared in this community is very similar to that of the whole, "Be the better person!" when someone seriously wrongs you or hurts you. Especially if this has to do with abuse, other crimes, or morally questionable acts perpetrated against a person. I think it's total bullshit; It's total victim-blaming and the only purpose it serves is to stigmatize making your own justice and defending yourself, all while allowing the perp to get off scott-free.
Pretty much. It’s obviously your personal choice to curse or not - but generally there’s two things to consider for those who are for or against it.
1) You should not be cursing willy nilly because it’s cool and edgy or because Mary Sue stole your pencil or your boyfriend. You can get a new pencil and your bf obviously sucked ass. Use some common sense. It CAN be very bad for you to do recklessly and could alter your worldview. THAT I agree on.
2) Cursing is often the only remaining way to change a situation after consulting authorities, the law, courts, etc. We can all understand that the judicial system is not here to help those underprivileged, minorities or targeted otherwise. You should absolutely not feel bad or make others feel bad for cursing someone who has abused their power to overtake someone else’s.
By personal example this was the only way I could get a customer to stop sexually harassing me. My boss did not listen. My manager did not talk to this person. I did not have physical evidence to show as he sometimes said these things over company phone lines or in person, alone in his garage.
Now he has a healthy fear of me that came precisely out of nowhere and he keeps his mouth shut. No more problem. And no year-long battle with authorities to get them to believe me. Small towns don’t favor outsiders. I’ll stick to taking care of myself.
