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"Shut the fuck up" isn't flamebait
I dare you to tell random people, shut the fuck up for an entire day out in the street. Then tell me it's not a flame bait.
"Shut the fuck up" shows complete disrespect towards a person, and often invites a defense. There are many ways to get the same idea off without this. I would never tell my friends to "shut the fuck up", neither a professor, parents, co-worker, or anyone unless I wanted to know they had zero respect or value in my eyes. If you can't figure out a nicer way to get your idea across then you're just being an asshole. Many of the people I know wouldn't take a "Shut the fuck up" without offense, most would be inclined to defend themselves verbally (or worse depending on situation). To me that phrase is a perfect example of a flame bait.
If you can't see this, and view your words from other people's eyes (who many not necessarily of grown up in the same culture/town/setting as you), then you have lost a certain sense of civility.