Ep 876: It's Time Once Again To Swear In Public

The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

Driftglass and Blue Gal

Democrat, Government, Midterms, Progressive, Liberal, Resistance, News, Debate, Campaign, Indivisible, Election, Politics, Presidential, News Commentary

4.8 • 854 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Content warning: Contains strong language and adult themes. Not safe for work or children. In this spicy episode, Blue Gal and Driftglass explore the history and strategic importance of profanity in political discourse. They particularly focus on how the mainstream media's obsession with "civility" has been weaponized against progressives. They trace this phenomenon from David Broder's pearl-clutching about "vituperative" liberal bloggers to today's both-sides coverage of Trump's attacks on t...

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0:00.0	You can listen to the professional left wherever you get your podcasts on Netroots Radio or at our website, proleftpod.com, where you can also contribute to this podcast.
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0:21.6	This is the podcast for the week of February 14th, 2025.
0:25.9	It's not safe for work.
0:27.9	Recorded live from the Cornfield Resistance, where language is king.
0:32.5	It's the professional laugh with Drift Glass and Blue Gal.
0:43.0	Music a left with Drift Glass and Blue Gal. Hey, baby.
0:43.4	Hey, happy Valentine's Day weekend.
0:45.6	Happy Valentine's Day.
0:46.8	I'm looking forward to it.
0:48.2	Yes, you're my Valentine.
0:50.2	Maybe we'll go to IHOP.
0:51.2	I don't know.
0:51.6	We'll splurge on IHop.
0:52.4	Yeah, you know, we might go to IHop for Valentine's Day.
0:56.4	That might be a, it happens. Although I'm kind of opposed to going out on Valentine's Day, but, yes. Well, and at IHOP, especially on Valentine's, you can sort of rate the likelihood that the couples around us are going to last more than three months.
1:15.3	Yeah, yeah, that's kind of fun.
1:17.3	Yes, no.
1:18.0	So, you know, judging people, that's what we do here.
1:21.8	I don't know what he's talking about, but we do, we do do the senior menu at IHop.
1:28.4	Well, we also, I should, let's reveal a little bit, did you ever see the movie Wonder
1:32.2	Boys?
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