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Definitely not. The US was highly censored when it comes to language until the 1990s. [1] We improved considerably, including in (and thanks to) not censoring t
by adventured 4y ago
Definitely not. The US was highly censored when it comes to language until the 1990s. [1] We improved considerably, including in (and thanks to) not censoring the WWW when it exploded onto the scene in the 1990s. It can be done again, as there will be a massive cultural backlash against the hyper over-sensitive woke era. The pendulum always swings back aggressively. The new rebels are, once again, going to be those that are intellectually free, not self-censoring and not over-sensitive. The US is becoming primed for a new era of shock, and young people will eat it up when it happens, to rebel against the hyper sensitive status quo.
[1] See: George Carlin and Howard Stern, and their running battles with abusive government censorship and cultural repression around language.
- voidfunc 4y agoNew era of shock cant happen soon enough.
- earth_walker 4y agoCareful what you wish for - in all likelihood when that backlash does come you and I and anyone old enough to be commenting here won't be in on the joke. We will be the ones the shock-jocks are trying to shock, as they goose-step through their live goetze show, calling for math to be abolished from the high school curriculum and for script-kiddie porn to be legalized. And their adoring fans will get together to vote in president R. Kelly for 2 terms.
- wonderbore 4y agoI hope it will happen, but the pendulum is going back so fast right now. Some old words are being more accepted now, but people are becoming more sensitive to whole topics and specific trigger words, even and especially young people.
- emmelaich 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hustler_Magazine_v._Falwell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hustler_Magazine_v._Falwell was in 1988