Doug Wilson’s Use of Satire, Mockery, and Rhetorical Sharpness

Analysis of Doug Wilson’s rhetorical use of satire, mockery, and parody, including his defense of sharp speech and the ethical implications for Christian discourse.

Doug Wilson Says the N-Word, C-Word, S-Word, B-Word, and A-Word Because ‘Godly Obscenity Exists’

October 23, 2024 (Updated on November 4, 2025 ) | Opinion by Nathan Wells

Doug Wilson argues 'godly obscenity exists' to justify profanity. Does Scripture support a pastor using slurs and vulgar language? Read his own words.

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“The reporter will come right back at you—but what about that transgender student enrolled there at Classical Christian High? To which you will request the name of said student, so that you can promptly expel his a**.” — Doug Wilson (original unredacted)

“This is what they are saying. They are shamelessly declaring to the world that they are just a couple of c***s.” — Doug Wilson (original unredacted)

“My point is simply to show that godly obscenity exists. Certain subjects are not automatically off-limits. Of course, we are not protected by divine inspiration, as the apostles and prophets were, and so we fall short of biblical standards in many ways—and especially in an area like this, where we have so little practice and so few godly examples. However, we must become more puritanical and less Victorian—more ethical and open, and less sanctimonious and hypocritical.” — Doug Wilson

“Rest rooms, as you may recall, don’t have surveillance cameras in them, and so when North Carolina acted like a commonwealth full of people with common sense and said that folks needed to use the kind of bathroom that matched their sex on their birth certificate, the enlightened ones among us—no other phrase will do—went ape s***.” — Doug Wilson (original unredacted)

“It is not to choose women over men—it is to choose women over the rule of law. And so it is that a large army of singularly unattractive and b****y women have come to have any authority in our culture at all. How is that possible? Men go along because of fear.” — Doug Wilson (original unredacted)

“Jesus was not above using ethnic humor to make His point either....Put in terms that we might be more familiar with, Jesus was white, and the disciples were white, and this black woman comes up seeking healing for her daughter. She gets ignored. The disciples ask Jesus to send her off. She comes up and beseeches Christ for healing. It's not right, He says, to give perfectly good white folk food to ‘n****rs.’” — Doug Wilson

“...Jesus was white, and the disciples were white, and this black woman comes up seeking healing for her daughter. She gets ignored. The disciples ask Jesus to send her off. She comes up and beseeches Christ for healing. It's not right, He says, to give perfectly good white folk food to ‘n****rs.’....If this understanding is right, then Jesus was using a racial insult to make a point. If it is not correct, then He was simply using a racial insult.” — Doug Wilson

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