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Critizing a creative work is not censorship. Using the authority of the state to repress a creative work is censorship. I am free to, and in some sense ethicall
by smadge 9y ago
Critizing a creative work is not censorship. Using the authority of the state to repress a creative work is censorship. I am free to, and in some sense ethically obligated to criticize the ideological implications of creative work.
- humanrebar 9y agoYou can use other kinds of authority and power to censor. "No platform" is a form of mob censorship. Though I agree that critical analysis and censorship are two different things.
- bitumen 9y agoPeople have a right to free expression, they don’t have a right to have thst expression amplified by third parties. I’ve noticed that when an emotive word is overused, often with a new word in front of it, it’s bullshit. “Mob censorship” “white genocide” and so on for some glaring examples, might as well have the first words replaced by “Not really.” Co-opting words with strong emotional valence for the sake of an appeal to emotion is petty, and speaks to the weakness of the underlying argument.
- humanrebar 9y agoMost dictionaries have a broader definition. Here's the ACLU: > Censorship, the suppression of words, images, or ideas that are "offensive," happens whenever some people succeed in imposing their personal political or moral values on others. Censorship can be carried out by the government as well as private pressure groups. https://www.aclu.org/other/what-censorship https://www.aclu.org/other/what-censorship