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==What is Not Censorship==
==What is Not Censorship==
There is a tendency of individuals with particularized political beliefs to conflate "censorship" with "opposition," especially when a desired effect in the public sphere is stymied. However, one must remember that a political goal may be opposed for ''content-neutral'' reasons, making its opposition not ''censorship'', but disagreement with cause. For example, someone arguing against the teaching of [[holocaust denial]] in public schools would not be ''censoring'' holocaust denial, but would be opposing the teaching of a malicious untruth.
There is a tendency of individuals with particularized political beliefs to conflate "censorship" with "opposition," especially when a desired effect in the public sphere is stymied. However, one must remember that a political goal may be opposed for ''content-neutral'' reasons, making its opposition not ''censorship'', but disagreement with cause. For example, someone arguing against the teaching of [[holocaust denial]] in public schools would not be ''censoring'' holocaust denial, but would be opposing the teaching of a malicious untruth.
==Quotes==
*''"All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently the first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.'' '''[[George Bernard Shaw]]<ref>"The Author's Apology, preface to "Mrs. Warren's Profession".</ref>
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Fairness Doctrine]]
*[[Fairness Doctrine]]
*[[Anthony Comstock]]
*[[Anthony Comstock]]
==References==
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