Freedom of speech is being squashed one book at a time… There is no ‘free’ speech someone is going to be offended and you either need to apologize or deal with consequences…
IF a group of people don’t like you, you are done. It’s that simple. we are supposed to be able to stand up for ourselves but friends and co-workers will just abandon you without even a passing glance.
I see books (recently Dr. Seuss) getting frowns… Disney OLD Disney movies with disclaimer and cartoon (that were NEVER intended for kids in the first place) getting blocked because they smoke, drink or make too many adult references.
It’s not cancel culture I am worried about it’s overly sensitive zealots that pretend everything bothers them… can’t argue can’t ignore… it’s better to not engage at all… we are all silently being censored…
A few years ago there was a guy who wrote a book about some social experiment and could not find anyone to side with him. Amazon banned his books… saying they were ‘hurtful and conveyed hate’… and YET you can buy Mein Kampf at ANY bookstore today. And it doesn’t offend an entire culture of jewish anywhere…nah.
Yeah so some guy who wants to exercise free speech gets banned but literally one of the most controversial books in history is OK?!?!? Whatever. What Mein Kampf is a classic?!
-Mein Kampf is a 1925 autobiographical manifesto by ~N~ Party leader Adolf Hitler. The work describes the process by which Hitler became antisemitic and outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany. Volume 1 of Mein Kampf was published in 1925 and Volume 2 in 1926. The book was edited first by Emil Maurice, then by Hitler’s deputy Rudolf Hess.-