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|[[Anti-war]] liberals often try to shut down recruitment centers with protests most notably on college campuses, with little success.

|[[Anti-war]] liberals often try to shut down recruitment centers with protests most notably on college campuses, with little success.

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|[[Homosexual agenda]]

|Opposition to the [[Homosexual agenda]]

|30%

|30%

|By claiming that criticism of immoral and unhealthy lifestyles is "bigotry," pro-homosexual activists are able to censor critiques of their political agenda.

|By claiming that criticism of immoral and unhealthy lifestyles is "bigotry," pro-homosexual activists are able to censor critiques of their political agenda.

|[[Creationism]]

|[[Creationism]]

|90%

|90%

|Absent from virtually every public school curriculum world-wide

|Absent from virtually every public school curriculum worldwide

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|[[Classroom prayer]]

|[[Classroom prayer]]

|100%

|99%

|Banned for over a hundred million by the actions of a handful

|Banned for over a hundred million by the actions of a handful

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Over time, movements that are relatively difficult to censor -- i.e., have a low censorability -- can thrive.  An example is the [[pro-life]] movement:  it has virtually a perfect "0%" censorability.

Over time, movements that are relatively difficult to censor—i.e., have a low censorability—can thrive.  An example is the [[pro-life]] movement:  it has virtually a perfect "0%" censorability.

== Censor-Prone Environments ==

== Censor-Prone Environments ==

Different media, institutions and environments are more censor-prone than others.  Colleges are extremely censor-prone environment, perhaps due to a small group of people acting with no accountability.  The [[internet]] is at the opposite end of the spectrum, and is relatively immune to censorship.

Different media, institutions and environments are more censor-prone than others.  Colleges are extremely censor-prone environment, perhaps due to a small group of people acting with no accountability.  The [[internet]] is at the opposite end of the spectrum, and is relatively immune to censorship, except in the case of an authoritarian country, where bugs are implanted into computers.

Most censored speech includes:

Most censored speech includes:

Ideas and movements' censorability is affected by various factors, including:

Ideas and movements' censorability is affected by various factors, including:

* How easily the idea can be taken out of context  

* How easily the idea can be taken out of context  

* How easily the idea can be distorted and connected with negative ideas (ie. falsely claiming opposition to affirmative action is racism)

* How easily the idea can be distorted and connected with negative ideas (i.e. falsely claiming opposition to affirmative action is racism)

* How complex the idea is, or how much background is required to understand it (complex ideas are easy to obfuscate, while simple ideas are hard to censor)

* How complex the idea is, or how much background is required to understand it (complex ideas are easy to obfuscate, while simple ideas are hard to censor)

== Ways to Reduce Censorability ==

== Ways to Reduce Censorability ==

Quantification of censorability may facilitate reducing the censorability of a movement or good idea.  Just as exercise improves physical conditioning, there may be techniques for enhancing the resilient attributes of a message. Specifically, some methods to reduce censorability:

Quantification of censorability may facilitate reducing the censorability of a movement or good idea.  Just as exercise improves physical conditioning, there may be techniques for enhancing the resilient attributes of a message. From the above equation, there are two general obvious ways to reduce censorability: reduce '''c''', or increase '''o'''. Specifically, some methods to reduce censorability:

* Use rote learning to repeat a message, then when words are altered, the difference is obvious. In the [[Pledge of Allegiance]], the line ''"One nation, under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all"'' will seem different when "under God" is removed. The rote repetition can reveal censorship.

* Use rote learning to repeat a message, then when words are altered, the difference is obvious. In the [[Pledge of Allegiance]], the line ''"One nation, under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all"'' will seem different when "under God" is removed. The rote repetition can reveal censorship.

* Repeat a core message multiple times on a page, such as at the top, middle, and bottom. If one gets censored, the others might remain.

* Repeat a core message multiple times on a page, such as at the top, middle, and bottom. If one gets censored, the others might remain.

* Reword a core message, after stating the rote form, using different words to avoid a global "search-and-replace" of all identical wording. The [[commandment]], ''"Thou shalt not bear false witness against they neighbor"'' could be explained, later, as, "Do not tell lies about another member or person in your area". If the term "[[false witness]]" is removed, perhaps the other wording will remain.

* Reword a core message, after stating the rote form, using different words to avoid a global "search-and-replace" of all identical wording. The [[commandment]], ''"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor"'' could be explained, later, as, "Do not tell lies about another member or person in your area". If the term "[[false witness]]" is removed, perhaps the other wording will remain.

* Repeat a core message on multiple pages, or in multiple images, so that censorship of all instances will require an enormous amount of effort, or reveal suspicious gaps. On some obelisks of [[Ancient Egypt]], the gaps in the [[hieroglyphic writing]], carved in stone, reveal how names or words have been chiseled away and censored.

* Repeat a core message on multiple pages, or in multiple images, so that censorship of all instances will require an enormous amount of effort, or reveal suspicious gaps. On some obelisks of [[Ancient Egypt]], the gaps in the [[hieroglyphic writing]], carved in stone, reveal how names or words have been chiseled away and censored.

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