Absolutely. What baffles me is in the defense of the use of profanity in this article/talk? Perhaps he had sized up his audience and had determined that those he was talking to could only absorb the message if it were dumbed down a bit?

"Using profanity" and "dumbed down" have basically nothing to do with one another. I've read very intelligent things with lots of expletives, and incredibly simplistic things with none.

Why are you baffled by the fact that some people defend the author's use of profanity? Surely the fact that some people simply aren't bothered by profanity isn't news to you?