There is an interesting free speech related post over on the Literotica forums today. It starts like this:
Recently I picked up a copy of Penthouse magazine and was completely appalled!!! The magazine was completely void of all the boundary-pushing photography that I had come to enjoy over the last ten years or so.
The poster explains that he decided to write to Penthouse to find out why they were devoid of their usual boundry pushing content. The user says that Penthouse’s reply started with:
“In the current political climate …”
The poster then talks about how much danger free speech rights in American are in when even companies like Penthouse are running scared.
Censors can only win if people let them win. Lately, it seems like the American people, Penthouse publishers included, don’t care much about their free speech rights. Many would apparently prefer to have the government tell them what is ok for them to read, hear, and watch.
Never forget that there are plenty of assholes in the government willing to take your freedom, as long as you are willing to give it away without a fight.
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