The Mainstreaming Of The Word “MF”

In 1939 Clark Gable’s character Rhett Butler stated, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" in the film Gone with the Wind. This line was nearly cut from the film because it didn't meet the industry's standards.  The movie’s producer David O. Selznick claimed, "It is my contention that this word as used in the picture is not an oath or a curse. The worst that could be said of it is that it's a vulgarism." Recent events have illustrated how far we have “progressed” in our use of language.

Recently elected Congresswoman Rashida Tlaibstated at a rally, “And when your son looks at you and says mama, look you won, bullies don’t win, I said baby they don’t because we’re going to go in there and we’re going to impeach the mf.”  (I have bowdlerized this quote.  It is unnecessary to spell it out since everyone knows what she said.)  Tlaib’s comments were defended by Rep. Andre Carson(D., Ind.).  Carson claimed, "We've got firepower in Congress. We got sister Rashida in the House, and she's tough. She's the kind of sister you take to a debate with scholars with you because she'll rock the house.”   Nancy Pelosi stated she is "not in the censorship business."    Tlaib was also defended by actor Samuel Jacksonwho endorsed her use of the word.  

The election of Donald Trump has inspired a great deal of crudeness.  Third rate actor Josh Charlesscreeched,   “I’m so sick of this mf.  Just so sick. This needs to end. F--- him and every single person who continues to support him and his dangerous administration.”   Cultural ikon Snoop Dogg  stated,  “F--- everybody down with Donald Trump. If y’all do vote for him, y’all some stupid mfs.”  An art galleryin Portland, Oregon, displayed a graphic window illustration of President Trump being threatened with a bloody knife at his throat.  It was entitled “F--- Trump.”

Of course much of this crudeness can be traced back to the music that is marketed to young people. Dana Mack relates the story of Dr. C. DeLores Tucker in her book The Assault on Panenthood.  The late Dr. Tucker was the chair of the National Political Congress of Black Women.  Mack reported that Tucker became aware of the damaging effects of rap music when her seven-year-old daughter began using the word “mf” indiscriminatingly in conversations.  In 1995 Tucker confronted Time Warner’s board of directors about their marketing of Snoop Doggy Dog’s album.  Obviously she was not successful.

The establishment has gone to great lengths to make rap music acceptable. President Obama frequently invited rap “artists” to the White House.  In 2018 rapper Kendrick Lamar has won a Pulitzer Prize for music. Lamar is famous for that classic tune “I Don't Smoke Crack, Mf I Sell it.”  That old time classic, "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" won an Oscar in 2006.  Tupac Shakur was nominated for the NAACP Image Award.  Shakur is famous for the lullaby “Last Mf Breathin.”  Ivy league universities have Hip Hop Archivesand hip-hop scholars. 

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“No way, Jose! So cut it out, ’cause we ain’t no suckers. Cough up the money yourself, you cheap motherf*cker,” he (Samuel Jackson) said just as Jimmy Fallon cut him off, causing the audience to break out into raucous applause.

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Kathy Griffin exclaimed, adding, “IMPEACH AND CONVICT THE MOTHERF*****.”


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Ron Perlman @perlmutations
Always some muthafucka on the internet tellin me I ain't seein what I'm seein.  Little white bitches in red hats symbolizing the lowest impulses there are.  Fuck em!!! twitter.com/jaketapper/sta