And I couldn’t care less what a po-faced, holier-than-thou, nit-picking nitwit thinks (or even what ‘those of us on this side’ think) about the way I express myself. When someone chooses to attack my use of language rather than address the issue I raise, I’m happy because it demonstrates they have no counter-argument.

From my experience of many years of working and socialising with people from pretty much every layer of society, I can inform The Nitpicker that use of ‘bad language’ is universal and not in any way an indication of an individual’s social ‘class’. His excoriation of my choice of words is, of course, an example of attempting to occupy the ‘high moral ground’ in order to gain advantage. As a tactic, that only works when the adversary it’s used against has even a scintilla of respect for his critic, or his critic’s opinions. Where The Nitpicker is concerned, I have none.

And, AFAIC, an occasional expletive is as nothing when compared with some of the racist, fascistic opinions expressed on this forum by the R-WE element and, if those people are ‘offended’ by a swear-word, that’s their problem, not mine - it’s not something I have any intention of eating shit over.

I refer my critics to Rhett Butler’s final words to Scarlett O’Hara in the Margaret Mitchell classic.

So, back to the thread topic, the Conservative Leadership Contest. Anything constructive, instructive, or informative to say, Nigs?