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Dec 16, 2025<\/p>\n
For the past century or more, the left has put a high value on
\nmoral provocation, deliberately transgressing what they see as
\nsociety’s hypocritical or puritanical moral norms, whether in
\nreligion, sexuality, or public decorum in general. Now the right,
\ntoo, is getting in on the fun, performatively violating the speech
\nnorms held sacred by liberals – which is sometimes good, but
\nsometimes itself violates traditional morality, not just leftist
\nideology.<\/p>\n
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\nThings<\/em> article “Taming the Tongue”, about the psychology of
\nedginess, the problem with widespread profanity, and the need for
\nrestraint in speech.<\/p>\n