Decadence is a difficult word to use since it has become little more than a term of abuse applied by critics t

Question

Decadence is a difficult word to use since it has become little more than a term of abuse applied by critics to say anything they do not yet understand or which seems to differ from their moral concepts. – Hemingway—
what do you think he is saying?

Answer 1

I think he was explaining how the society as a whole has became more and more engrossed in decadence therefor making it harder and harder for the news-media to use the word because it would be stating the obvious.