Letters to the Editor
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Censorious Americans
It's amazing how many people are willing to offer critical comment on a work of art they've never seen, how hostile so many seem to the very idea of art.
It's amazing how weakly committed most Americans are to "free expression," how quickly the resort to calls of censorship and demands for conformity when their comfort-level has been breached.
It's amazing how shallow some feminists are when it comes to actually endorsing the philosophy, "my body, my choice."
It's amazing how deep and common the American desire for authority runs, how quickly "freedom-loving" Americans call for some type of authority, governmental or social, to restrict the liberty of those causing offense.
It's amazing that this trait seems equally powerful and common to both "liberals" and "conservatives." All you have to do is push the right button, and almost any American instantly reveals an Inner Fascist.
Broadsheet and Catherine Price ought to be ashamed of themselves: an issue of almost zero relevance being headlined as if it's important. But I guess that's the way things go in "journalism" these days.