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Not being able to speak or being disabled is a bit different than cussing in public. When someone overcurses in public, it's a sign that they don't know how society views the word, or even worse, they don't care.
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What's the option for someone who disagrees with the societal norms, then? It sounds like you're saying those who against society's "rules" are not intelligent. I think we can find just as many exceptions to the rule, too. I'm not equating simplistic speech like "fuck" with important social discourse like "I have a dream.." but rather saying that
some social norms are ridiculous. If we continue to put "swear words" on a pedestal, they retain their ability to offend. Through common use, however, they lose potency. I don't claim to know how "hippy" became so much less disparaging than it used to be, but I'm vesting my bets on people claiming it and calling THEMSELVES hippies. If they're calling themselves it, there's no sense calling them dirty hippies -- it's not offensive. The famous "N" word is following this same path. By adopting a similar word and identifying each other it through youth culture, they lessened the "zing" force of the originally offensive word. Another example stands in the offensive "F" word for homosexuals -- it makes no sense to call someone that if they're calling themselves it.. they'll reply with .."Yea, so what?" and your hoped offense falls dreadfully short.
In my effort to ignore and choose NOT to be offended by swear words, I believe I invalidate their usage. If you call me a "motherfucker" and I smile at you, you're likely not going to call me it in the future, because you know it won't offend me. By this manner, words like motherfucker will phase out of speech for new words that society deems offensive.
In essense, offensive words only go away when they become so common that they're not offensive.
At least that's how I see it.. ?