Nothingness

[Faith No More]

But words do have meaning, and language does transmit intent. Telling someone "leave me alone" is passive and weak but it gets the meaning across. Telling them "fuck off, asshole" gets the same meaning across, but the intent is aggressive. A person may comply with the first request more easily because it makes them feel in control, whereas they are more likely to instigate a confrontation in response to the latter because it's an attempt to force them into a subordinate position, and they'll subconsciously react to that.

Sure, sure. But in the case of telling someone to fuck off, it's the intent behind the words, not the actual word usage that is offensive, and as you said, the "fuck" adds an extra layer of aggressiveness. Still, that doesn't make the word "fuck" offensive in and of itself. My point was addressing the idea that words like "fuck" have this inherent offensiveness that is conveyed regardless of their usage. For instance, if I was to say, "I fucking love that movie," and someone was to get offended by the word "fucking," they are giving that word a power that it does not otherwise have.