Abrahams cussing

[My Name Is Kate]

I'm still thinking on this subject, so what I'm writing here is kind of a stream-of-consciousness thing.

It's not that the cussing or dirty jokes in the movie really bothered me. It's only after reading this thread that I gave it much thought (although I did take note of it while watching the movie). Then I realized that subconsciously my reaction to it was more negative than positive.

Manners, politeness, decorum, good breeding, ladylike or gentlemanly language are important because that is part of the glue that holds society together and helps to keep in check the baser elements of human nature. It is especially important that public figures show these qualities, at least in public, because they are role models. In private, I think it is OK that they sometimes let their hair down. Maybe the irreverence and bluntness that became so prevalent in the 1960s, was a reaction to pretentiousness and hypocrisy, people wearing a mask and trying to appear to be something they were not. That was certainly worse than swearing and dirty jokes, but the revolution went a little too far.

Lincoln was just a man, but how many people could have accomplished what he did? I think he deserves to be treated with a little deference.