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Trump warns 'crazy bastards' in Iran to open the 'fuckin' strait' in Truth Social rant
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Bastards as a pejorative is a very Trump turn of phrase. I think he uses it as the 'height' but it still be considered polite speach, or at least, speach which doesn't contain vulgarian mannerisms.
I don't mean truly polite or kind speach, I mean the culture of polity and adherence to social norms, where you can be a racist piece of shit but if you say it without swearing, it's considered polite.
The Fucken' is.. completely out of place. It would almost be worth searching an archive because they do seem to think of certain words being off limits.
I agree they feel different, in my opinion the difference between Bastard and the use of Fucking here is people usually use "Bastard" to punch down at others whereas people usually use "Fucking" as an attempt to punch up at an overwhelming force or entity.
In otherwords, it feels off for Trump to say "Fucking" because it comes off like somebody who has lost it trying to open a door and is now screaming at the door saying "Open this fucking door!" in a tantrum.
It doesn't feel off for Trump to use "Bastard" because it is much more commonly used to assert power by punching down, the entire origin of the word being a label used to punch down at "illegitimate" children.
The established decorum doesn't care about the President looking violent, it cares about the President looking weak by resorting to language "weak" powerless people use.
To the Trump mindset, weakness is guilt.
That's a perfect highlight of the difference thank you.