Plurality of Britons Would Support Government Censorship of Sexist, Homophobic,

[Nearly Sane]

Scary!




https://redfieldandwiltonstrategies.com/plurality-of-britons-would-support-government-censorship-of-sexist-homophobic-or-racist-books/

[SteveH]

Only if it advocates violence or is likely to incite violence should a book be censored. I have read some of the thankfully late and completely unlamented Colin Jordan's scribblings online, including a novella he wrote about a violent fascist revolution in the UK. It was appalling, and I don't just mean literarily, though certainly that. I think it is banned in print form in the UK, but it's near-impossible to ban things from the internet. It certainly should be banned, as it not only fomented hatred towards Jews, blacks, and liberals, it provided useful information for would-be terrorists. I wouldn't want to ban 'The Merchant of Venice', 'Oliver Twist', or some of Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, all of which can be accused of anti-semitism, and some of the ACD stories of anti-black prejudice, nor do I think any modern equivalents should be banned, provided they don't advocate violence.

[Anchorman]

Only if it advocates violence or is likely to incite violence should a book be censored. I have read some of the thankfully late and completely unlamented Colin Jordan's scribblings online, including a novella he wrote about a violent fascist revolution in the UK. It was appalling, and I don't just mean literarily, though certainly that. I think it is banned in print form in the UK, but it's near-impossible to ban things from the internet. It certainly should be banned, as it not only fomented hatred towards Jews, blacks, and liberals, it provided useful information for would-be terrorists. I wouldn't want to ban 'The Merchant of Venice', 'Oliver Twist', or some of Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, all of which can be accused of anti-semitism, and some of the ACD stories of anti-black prejudice, nor do I think any modern equivalents should be banned, provided they don't advocate violence.

 



Wot he said.

[Nearly Sane]

 



Wot he said.

Pretty much, though I think that determining what is 'likely to incite violence' is problematic. It would be very easy to argue that the Bible snd the Qu'ran would fall foul of that given the violence carried out in their name.


The poll itself is just scary.