Simon Dillon
Nov 4, 2021

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"Trigger creep" is a very real and present threat, I agree. I am still very firmly on the libertarian side of all this, and believe context is everything. Blanket prohibitions on use of words, phrases, etc is, to my mind, foolish. Some people seem unable to grasp that there is a difference between depicting something and endorsing something, but such people should not think they have the right to define reality to the rest of us. When it comes to media in particular, I am adamant on this point, and completely anti-censorship. If you find something offensive, don't read/watch/listen (free choice), and by all means speak out and say you find it offensive (free speech), but the moment you tell me I have to adhere to the terms of your worldview is the moment I walk away and lose all respect.

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Simon Dillon
Simon Dillon

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Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com

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