I keep seeing these threads where the resident board white knights come galloping in and start bellowing about "won't somebody please think of the children" when it comes to independent thinkers who may be a bit hasty in pressing "submit".
So if you're all so concerned with children being exposed to language like "panties in a twist", then why in the hell do you allow such divisive and angry political rhetoric to go unchecked in Turtle Soup? And the worst offender of this kind of vitriol is one of your own!
You all think Flame Wars is better off being gone (and I agree), so why is politics still allowed to run amok in off-topics? It's all contentious flame baiting anyway, and people get really, really upset about it too! You can't even make a light hearted joke about how ridiculous political arguments can often be without someone phlipping out and possibly phainting with disgust!
I fail to see how dropping f-bombs and telling each other to untwist our panties is any different than indoctrinating children to think that behaving like this is making any kind of statement about anything except their own debilitating struggle with FAS:

(note to kids reading this thread-- Obama went to Columbia and then Harvard, two of the most selective, rigorous, and respected universities in the WORLD -- not just the USA. And he got in on his own merits and had to take out loans to finance it, unlike the previous President, who was just a legacy and never worked hard. Ask yourselves. Where did "Random Gun Nut From New England" receive his education, if at all? Who would you rather be like, an attention-whore with a handgun who obviously has enough time on his hands to attend a town hall to intimidate people, or an Ivy-League educated self-made person capable of achieving whatever you want --albeit with years of hard work and discipline-- even PRESIDENT.)
So, honestly, if you're worried about the kids (unless that's just an excuse being used to continue to ostracize and condemn those who drop colorful metaphors on occasion), then I think we should discuss this.
Also, it's worth noting that there are threads with scantily clad women, men, and even *shudder*, *gag*, CARTOON ANIMALS ENGAGED IN SEXY TIME BEHAVIOR (actually, that's rather hilarious).
So where's the line get drawn? Obviously a culture of neo-con worship has been fostered here, thanks to the Robespierre emulation of a recently demoted certain mod who will remain unnamed. I think that is far more dangerous to childhood development than learning the phrase "don't get your panties in a twist", which is about as offensive as "keep your shirt on".
Anyway, let's discuss.