Gideon’s Comments (group member since Apr 28, 2016)

Gideon’s comments from the Bukowski group.

Yes and no. The issues motivating it are largely political, but it's the same principle. The only thing that's changed is that instead of 'obscenity', we talk about 'offensiveness'.

Back in the day, the wowsers shut something down because it offended public 'morality'. Nowadays, it's because something offends an objective standard of what is offensive to various aggrieved groups.

Shutting down debate, ideas, forms of expression is the same whatever the motivation for it.

That's a good question. I think this letter of Bukowski's sums up his thoughts on the matter pretty well:

http://www.lettersofnote.com/2011/10/...