Who decides the narrative? Who decides which terms will be used to talk about which situations? This is a form of censorship...
— creativesoul
It's all relative to the size of your steeple. — frank
think you should take that more seriously... if you're serious about censorship. — creativesoul
The Chinese and Russians are presently taking advantage of the West's sentimental attachment to freedom of speech. The West should meet foreign intrusion with censorship. Who disagrees? — frank
You would consider what's being censored and by whom and for what reason(s)? In addition, you would consider how censorship is affecting/effecting all of those involved. — creativesoul
It was probably just a few old people carrying genuine fear about where their country was headed. Thoughts? — frank
The effect: I became enraged and I thought it was evidence of the power of 1 percenters to control the American conversation. — frank
There were no books by or about Marx in my high school library, which as eventually learned, was the result of censorship.
I suppose the purpose was to keep the USA from sliding tragically into leftist hell. The effect: I became enraged and I thought it was evidence of the power of 1 percenters to control the American conversation.
It was probably just a few old people carrying genuine fear about where their country was headed. Thoughts? — frank
The West should meet foreign intrusion with censorship. Who disagrees? — frank
You said it's creeds that feel vulnerable to scrutiny that resort to censorship. I agree, but censors are always sure that their fight is important. — frank
The difference between the two is that in one censors are actually doing what's right and in the other they're nothing more than duct-tape in the hands of villains, used to stop victims from calling for help. — TheMadFool
Sure, taking a certain action today may keep you alive today, but what of tomorrow? Eventually you will make the wrong choice — TogetherTurtle
Stark. I think every target of censorship feels like a victim, though. Those who wield it always feel righteous. No? — frank
Yes and I'm interested to know what follows. — TheMadFool
But that's true of most tools. You risk cutting your thumb off if you use a table saw. — frank
That whether you say it's good or bad just depends on which end of it you're on. Not exactly a profound insight, I know. I've tended to be reflexively against it, so it's a new idea for me. — frank
Personally, I don't even care who comes out on top. As long as I can be a scientist when I finally grow up, — TogetherTurtle
I feel you're using "good" and "bad" too flexibly. For me the agenda of the censors determines good or bad in a moral sense. If the censors want to prevent a violent mob causing mayhem then they're good. On the other hand if the censors are in cahoots with an authority that impedes basic freedoms then they're bad. — TheMadFool
What I think we humans all have in common is that we think we're right if we're doing it and we're wronged if they're doing it to us. — frank
Are you trying to sell cynicism through a discussion on censorship? — TheMadFool
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