Originally Posted by
Sunfish
I’m not complaining about that “imposition on freedom”, I’m highlighting the change in community standards. .. .Some for the better like LBGTQQQ and women’s rights, some for the worse, like political correctness.
We've always had political correctness. How would that cadet on the tram have reacted if someone said "Fvck the Queen" or tried to explain that Marxism was nothing like Soviet Communism?
There were protests outside the initial staging of Jesus Christ Superstar because It was blasphemous, and Bob Menzies didn't just ban Lady Chatterley's Lover, he banned the book detailing the trial that got it's ban lifted in England. He was GOING to ban "Hair" outright, till a photo emerged of Princess Anne dancing on stage at a West End production of the show.
Stifling free speech was a staple of conservatism- it is now, unfortunately, largely the preserve of the left- but the right only squeal about free speech because THEIR days of censorship are over.