This is a story about 40 thousand people saying no to misogyny, and winning. (It’s why I love gory, disturbing horror films but not exploitation films.) And after thinking about this situation for a few days, I have concluded this is not about censorship at all. But I do make a distinction between art that is simply violent or explicit and art that is filled with hate. My personal tastes in music and art run towards some pretty dark stuff, and even if they didn’t I’d still think it was fundamentally wrong to decide what others should enjoy. Like most people, I abhor censorship, which is usually propagated by uninformed folks who put the “jerk” in knee-jerk, and scapegoats certain genres unfairly. It takes a lot for me to cheer for someone’s gig getting the axe because they offended someone. ![]() She concedes that she isn’t a fan of censorship (who is?), but draws an interesting conclusion. As you can probably guess, she is not shy about bluntly discussing her thoughts, and why she agrees with the petition.
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