Erin Crawford has nice article on people offended by reality-TV contestant Tana’s swearing.
Fucking Iowans!
Iowans suffer from two conflicting virtues: protestant self-righteousness and modesty that prevents criticism of others. The combination of these two virtues creates a lot of pent up anger in most Iowans. And the criticisms leveled against The Apprentice’s Tana are a release of that anger.