Slurred Speech · 5:08pm Jul 17th, 2020
There’s something powerful about old, traditional insults. Something wince-inducing. You hear words like “bastard” or “pig”, and there’s strength in that, there’s character.
Smug, elaborate Internet arguments love to write long diatribes, you see intelligent insults, you see clever turns of phrase. And those are fun to read? But they’re not the same.