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Spadecaller1 year, 8 months ago

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Thanks RFE!
The alleged source to much of the censorship today comes in the guise of "protecting young people."
The one group whose oppression we seem blind to is that of young people. Unless you are have worked in the field, most people don't even know the term, "adultism" which, I believe is the source to much of the censorship issues that continue to plague us.
(IN fact, the term adultism, has been coined by several authors since the 70's, but it has been "rejected" or "censored" -- primarily because of its powerful message.)
It's the one oppression that hits all of us early and hard and keeps on hitting us until we cross into adulthood and begin to oppress the younger ones behind us. Several commonly held adultist beliefs stem from the false notion that we know best -- that our skills and virtues are superior, and that the world around us are our children who need our protection.
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  Spadecaller1 year, 8 months ago
  
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  We are taught to believe we are incapable of autonomy and lack the skills necessary to think for ourselves. Have you ever heard statments like these:
  "You're so smart for fifteen!"
  "When are you going to grow up?"
  "As long as you are in my house, you'll
  do it!"
  "You're being childish."
  "Yo u're so stupid (or clumsy, inconsidera t e,
  etc.)!"
  "Go to your room!"
  "You cannot possible understand what I know.."
  "You are too old for that!"
  "You're not
  old enough!"
  "Oh, it's only puppy love."
  "What do you know? You haven't
  experienced anything!"
  "It's just a stage. You'll outgrow it."
  The tyranny of believing that others need our protection from themselves translates into censorship. It is the internalized oppression of adultism that makes one person think that he/she is qualified to think for the rest of us.
  
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    Charlson1 year, 8 months ago
    
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    I still remember the "Catcher in the Rye" controversy in my youth. It was banned in many schools around the country. It is a portrayal of a young man's sexuality and teenage angst with a liberal use of profanity which was considered so threatening to youths of America. Of course it only encouraged me to read it even more.
    
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      Endoscopy1 year, 8 months ago
      
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      I remember starting to read that book. I was in high school. The profanity turned me off and I never finished it. Profanity just to be profane is a total turn off for me.
      
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        Radiofreeeuropa1 year, 8 months ago
        
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        But did it harm you? No. Many consider J.D. Salinger's work essential. Isn't it nice to decide for yourself?
        
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