# Swearing in GD **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 13, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swearing-in-gd/588901 "2011-07-13T18:17:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swearing-in-gd/588901/1 "2011-07-13T18:17:51Z")
[This post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14015909&postcount=3) from a topic in GD about the current debt ceiling proposal by the Republicans got a request from **Marley23** to dial back the vitriol. I’m actually not here to complain about that, I think he was right. Reading the post again, it came off as a bit unnecessarily angry However, I have a question. I thought that as long as I wasn’t directing it towards anyone on the boards, that such displays of emotion were ok, even in GD? I believe I had a GD-worthy point, that the Republicans in Congress were being cowardly, so I thought the language was acceptable. Can someone clarify? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swearing-in-gd/588901/2 "2011-07-13T18:25:31Z")
Your understanding of the rules is correct. There’s no prohibition on swearing and you can pretty much say what you want about people who are not board members. I asked you to rein it in a little bit in the interest of civility. If people responded in kind (agreeing or disagreeing with you), the thread was going to turn into a Pitting. If you want to Pit Congressional Republicans over the debt ceiling issue, go for it. But the insults you were using there were a little too far over the top. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swearing-in-gd/588901/3 "2011-07-13T20:38:23Z")
Ok, no problem then