He is famous for speaking plainly. This brilliant political philosopher, keen legal scholar and conservative intellectual has a most subtle mind but he conveys his thoughts mostly in simple, clear language, and that is a rare gift.
What brought this to mind was my ruminating about speaking or writing in euphemisms. There is no reason to use scatological, offensive language. One can be frank and yet respectful, mentioning the unpleasant and depressing and the real without being insulting, inflammatory or emotionally shocking when it need not be communicated.
I do not favor the use of euphemisms, but nor I favor needless harsh or offensive language to speak plainly.
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