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In reply to the discussion: Self-censorship is censorship. Advocating self-censorship is advocating censorship. [View all]riqster
(13,986 posts)And each of us has the individual responsibility to act with that awareness.
If one were to read more than a few cherry-picked posts from the RP (or Lenny Bruce, Socrates, etc,) the overall thrust of their work is clear. And RP is not a homophobe. Indeed, he excoriates them on a frequent basis.
The fact that I deplore the manner in which he fights for LGBT rights should not blind me to the fact that he is fighting for those rights.
And it certainly shouldn't make me claim that he isn't fighting for them. But there are people on DU who are making just such an absurd claim.
I would not speak as some people do. Others would not speak as I do. But we are individuals, fighting for a common cause, in our own individual manners. And at this time, we do not know which "weapon" will win the war.
In the 70's, some feminists wrote reasoned treatises. Others burned bras. Should either have been censured or or censored? I remember the bra-burners being urged to self- censor at the time.
Looking back, should they have self-censored? I would say not.