We use language most powerfully when breaking social rules
Bloody hell you all look bored. Listen up ! Ah now ive got your attention, a prime example of breaking social rules.
'Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me 'old,' when I would NEVER call him 'short and fat?' Oh well, I try so hard to be his friend' I think we all know Donald Trump, who tweeted this 'hittinng back' at Kim Jong-un. But with a net worth of $3.100 billion, he seems to get away with anything, maybe this suggests that we do indeed use language most powerfully when breaking social rules. Now with a rise of expletives and insults in our society, is it becoming the norm? Are we subcounciously being influenced by leaders and those in power?
Take Lord Sugar for example, he may not be as well known as Trump, but he does use language to gain power and argubly breaks social rules consistently. I'm sure you have all watched the apprentice, now picture if you were being made redundant, what would you expect from your boss? 'it was a bloody shambles. your'e fired' or something more 'acceptable'. However, speakers should argubly be truthful, their contributions informative, and they should be able to realte clearly to the purpose of the exchange. So how would you react if you were involved in a conversation where these expected rules were broken?
I don't think i'd fancy arguing with Lord Sugar or Trump and I wouldn't expect to have to protect my self-confidence in a conversation with anyone. Therefore, argubly is it more powerful to break social rules in conversation? Or is it just god damn rude?