Nieczystość w dyskusjach publicznych
Impurity in Public Discussions

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the paper is to discuss impurity in public discussions that goes beyond good language practices. It is a form of linguistic abuse that reduces public decency. In public disputes, it is not thought of in a religious sense, but primarily in the context of social morality, and in particular moral principles. The “uncleanness” is spoken of where one sees the moral weakness of man, his morally pathological condition, bottom, fall, lack of the ability to consistently follow moral principles and subordinate them to their actions in the social sphere. Through “uncleanness,” language users point to the inability to accept human harm, unfair law, and inaction against evil.

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