Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by roachboy
i am not sure that i see how privatized censorship is any less censorship than it would be had it been carried out by an arm of the state.
why bother with explicit acts of political censorship when you can create conditions that would prompt people do do the work on their own?
how did the seperation between types of agencies responsible for particular acts of censorship turn into a seperation between types of actions (on the one hand, censorship, on the other a private individual exercizing his regal prerogatives over his domain)?
personally, i think the gallery's decision is contemptable....weak.
a fine statement to give to young artists, who in general have trouble getting shows to begin with--be nice, be servile, or we will close you down.
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so you're saying that I should have the right to go to your house and display things on your lawn that you find objectionable?
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