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CWO3 Us Marine
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She's got a potty mouth, but that sells these days. I'm proud that my children were raised better. I agree with much of what she says however. She'll eventually figure out that her language may sell for awhile, but not so much later. Dice Clay is a good example. An occasional expletive for emphasis is a good compromise, but she doesn't realize she's excluding herself from many venues with every tirade. Maybe by the time she decides to run for office as so many do, this will be the norm. I hope not. She'll always have an audience on you tube, but no serious outlet can air her. If they did, her message would be lost through censorship. Meanwhile enjoy the show. She's good at it. Thanks for sharing.
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
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If she cleaned up her mouth and language, this message would be more effective.
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
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if she cleaned up her mouth and language would anyone pay attention to her at all.
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
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Maybe. Then on the other hand, they'd probably want to be the ones cleaning her mouth out.
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SFC Counterintelligence (CI) Agent
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Edited 7 y ago
“When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty. It may not sound nice to some bunch of little old ladies at an afternoon tea party, but it helps my soldiers to remember. You can’t run an Army without profanity; and it has to be eloquent profanity. An Army without profanity couldn’t fight it’s way out of a piss-soaked paper bag.” - General George S. Patton

Well, that was. . . interesting to say the least. I actually don't mind profanity in a speech, when it's genuine, rather than poorly scripted for effect, as in this case. Granted, there is a place and time for it. And good grief, she is apparently a former 91F (Small Arms and Artillery Repair Specialist) with the 82nd Airborne back in 2013; so I must give her that due respect.
Reference (About): https://plus.google.com/+EmilyLongworth25

Her "anger" was all over the place, her rhythm seemed to bounce between that of reading an essay very quickly, and a poem, at times, but not very well. I feel I had to do way too much work to cipher through her rant, picking out things like "Cheetoh Dicks," and other flowery wording to get to the point. She lacked Gravitas, which made it feel like she produced the speech/video just to keep her Youtube Channel updated; referencing Basic Training Stress Cards in 2016? I feel her "style" will likely only appeal to those who either already share her "anger," or don't care that she clearly lacks genuine emotion on the topics.

None of that is to say her points are invalid, but what is the point of the video? To preach to the choir? None of her speech would be effective in actually reaching those who she despised and wished would change, because while she can clearly write a lot of words on paper, she lacks the ability to communicate outside of her echo chamber.

Maybe she doesn't realize videos like hers, regardless of how "tough" she thinks she sounds, are part of the "Pussification" problem she's identified; folks getting on the internet, making videos to whine in one fashion or another, to anybody willing to listen. Hopefully one day she'll realize the opposite of literally crying about sociopolitical topics, as she blasted others for doing, is NOT Fake profanity, uncontrolled anger, and long essays; but genuine passion, real emotion, and a focused message.

At the end of the day, at least she is trying. I just hope she can learn to adapt and communicate her same message outside of her fanbase, in order to plant seeds in the minds of those who don't already agree with her. Although it makes significantly more business sense, I've never believed in pandering to fan bases; but instead actually communicating in a worthwhile manner conducive to exchanging ideas.

That's just me though. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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