Censorship is a growing problem because the ethos that entitles one person to believe they hold more right to make decisions for other adults is a problem.

 

A rather uncontroversial film became highly controversial when a group of unknown filmmakers made that exact decision: that you shouldn't be able to watch or consider films that they dislike.

 

But you know the increasingly common cancel culture story, so let's take this conversation deeper for once. Where does this growing culture of control take us and what really needs to happen to avoid it?

 

◬ In this episode:

⋗ What is this blacklisted documentary about? ⋗ The tired pattern of Mad Libs-style outraged accusations ⋗ How the ideology of intersectionality inevitable destroys all systems ⋗ Why the incremental approach to defending free expression will fail ⋗ How censoring art always leads to authoritarianism ⋗ Power-hungry people often hide their true motives behind virtue ⋗ Does the art world need to get worse before it gets better?

 

◬ The letter that caused the film to be blacklisted

 

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