Cultural Revolution

Opinion column compares Democrats’ use of profanity to Mao-era tactics

October 31, 2025 Reported by AI Fact checked

In a Daily Wire commentary, Xi Van Fleet and Sasha Gong — both survivors of Mao’s Cultural Revolution — argue that some Democrats’ recent use of profanity is a deliberate political style that echoes revolutionary rhetoric in Maoist China. They warn that such language risks trapping voters in a “linguistic ghetto” rather than elevating discourse.