Taboo Language and Symbolic Interactionism
by The F-word as a Subset of Taboo Language and How it Relates Through Symbolic Interactionism to Christianity.
In conclusion, this research finds that words do have power and taboo language has extreme power but this power comes from the interaction of a community and not because of any inherent ability of the words. This research also finds that through social repression and attempted regulation the power of taboo language is multiplied, not decreased. This research comes to the determination that if Christianity and the “conservative movement” truly wish to end the power of taboo language, the F-word in particular, their interaction with the community needs to be one of dismissal of the power of the F-word, instead of attempts at social repression and regulation. This research also determines that, if the society/community in which a Christian finds itself deems it appropriate to use the F-word, then it should be completely acceptable for a Christian to use taboo language like the F-word. Finally this research postulates that the message of God has the ability to speak through any language and any dialect and that it should not be hindered by the false assumption that language can be repressed and regulated.
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