The letters F, U, C, and K. No one word can place the point on an exclamation like those four letters put together. Do they belong in civil conversation? Probably not.



But civility is dead.



Don't blame those "radical, loony liberal, baby killing, treasonous" groups like MoveOn.org. We've endured every name in the book while civilly explaining our views. We've been unfairly and inaccurately labeled for years by those less than civil pundits on the right. FoxNews has helped perpetuate this. Their hosts don't go a day without vilifying and demonizing those they disagree with.



If one needs to place blame on the lack of civility in political discourse the blame falls squarely on those who control the message. And yeah, it goes all the way up to Bush. The "uniter" has spent his entire presidency carefully placing a wedge between Americans. Careful to parse his words by claiming he isn't questioning the patriotism of political opponents just before he does just that. Over and over again.



Dick Cheney on the floor of the Senate told a Democratic Senator to "go F___ himself" years ago. He has made no secret his disdain for any dissent. Just like the right wing media hacks. Go to the bookstore and look through the political studies section at some of the titles written by these thugs. "Godless" "Liberalism is a Mental Disorder" "Useful Idiots" Read the sub titles to get an idea of just how much these people hate liberals and Democrats. Note to yourself how many books and how long ago they were printed and you will see a long and profitable genre of hate, misinformation and slanderous accusations from the right towards the left.



This is why I find it so amusing that the folks who have made a career out of being uncivil are suddenly offended when liberals or any other critics drop decorum and give it back. Enter the recent student editorial titled "Taser this….F___ Bush." The explicative spelled out in all its glory on the printed page to the ire of many prudish and hypocritical Americans.



Hypocritical because they have less outrage at the invectives spewed by their favorite radio show commentators and political pundits a daily basis. I could give you a dozen instances of what many consider to be hate speech that have occurred this year alone by these cretins. Isn't it the stereotype that Democrats and liberals never fight back? Probably because when they do, as MoveOn and this college news paper did, they are crucified and labeled as being rude.



So sorry if your offended. Not really. I could care less. My country is being hijacked and our civil liberties are being flushed down the toilet. Everything that made us a great nation is being dismantled ignored or re-written as something to be avoided. Civility can kiss my a$$. We can return to civil political discourse when the lunatics are no longer in charge of the asylum. In other words, F___ being polite to a bunch of self righteous hypocrites and ne'er do wells. And yes, especially F___ Bush. A traitor to the Constitution he swore to uphold. An administration that gives more rights to corporations than people. A war profiteering bunch who gleefully toss our tax dollars at their friends. A group that believes public relations is more important to FEMA than actually providing disaster relief. A lying group of lying liars. Excuse me if I seem rude but F___ them!



Free speech doesn't have to be civil, polite or courteous. A polite lie is still a lie. The truth is far more messy. When you witness the absurd, Miss Manners goes out the window. It's laughable to me that Republican Senators wish to censure an advocacy group for using a pun but are willing to stand aside and allow the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth smear and slander John Kerry's military service or allow triple amputee, Vietnam veteran Max Cleland be compared to Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein because he opposed the "Patriot Act." Barbara Boxer from California offered a resolution to condemn all of this, including the MoveOn ad but the Republicans would have none of it. They only wish to censure liberals. They wish to censor speech they simply don't like.



So if the words from the left offend some, suck it up, too F___ing bad. More insults and more vulgar language is coming your way. We're only playing on the field and by the rules the Republican thugs and bullies have invented. Don't like it? F___ you. We're trying to save the country from radical conservative ideologues and unfortunately we have to use language they understand. F___ them, F___ Rush and the rest of the jackals and F___ civility if it means capitulating to the right wing talking heads.