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> The effects of the rise of "political correctness", hypersensitivity, and "cancel culture" over the last three or so decades should be considered, too. There
by oh_sigh 4y ago
> The effects of the rise of "political correctness", hypersensitivity, and "cancel culture" over the last three or so decades should be considered, too.
There are countless books, movies, and songs from before the rise of these concepts that OP has almost certainly not consumed. Presumably OP wasn't just talking about new media, but rather all media, and therefore is probably a them issue and not a media issue.
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- VancouverMan 4y agoAbout a month ago, there was discussion here about plans to edit Roald Dahl's works: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34849383 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34849383 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35017120 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35017120 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34925396 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34925396 More recently, there was discussion here about editing Agatha Christie's works: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35315170 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35315170 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35338085 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35338085 Existing works, even those considered to be classics by many readers, and written by authors who passed away decades ago, can be affected by this sort of "sanitization" well after the fact.
- account42 4y agoPretty ironic that your original comment got flagged to death - a great example of how only approved thoughts are let through the filter. It's really no surprise to me that things are getting blander when nothing is allowed to offend anyone anymore.