Recently, I was censored and then unceremoniously terminated from my position as a columnist for a well known online periodical for refusing to withdraw a column I had written. It seems I posted an article that was a little too conservative for their progressive agenda, so it got the hook, and I got the boot.
But not to worry, for if you are reading this article then this is anecdotal evidence that censorship has not completely silenced the voices of reason in our great society. It is ironic then, that I come to you today to speak of just this very topic.
Sony Picture's recent cancellation of the movie "The Interview" constitutes the most glaring example of self-censorship the Western Hemisphere has seen in recent memory. This is not just an isolated incident either, but the culmination of an assault on our free speech that has been ongoing for some time now.
It all started with the concept of "politically correct" speech, which made it taboo for people to utter phrases such as "call a spade a spade" which is a term that was made popular by an Oscar Wilde play that was written in 1895.
In recent years it has been misinterpreted by some to have racial overtones, so it is not politically correct in many circles. If you Google the origins of the phrase, you will find that if refers to a garden tool, which is something that most of us would not take offense to.
I, like most of us, just kind of went along with the politically correct speech agenda as it was seemingly harmless. Little did we know what it would morph into over time. The next thing we know demands were being put on multi-million dollar sports franchises to change their name to something less offensive to certain overly sensitive segments of our society.
And now you can't even enjoy a movie because some pot-belly, overly egotistical tyrant in an obscure, impoverished country located on the fringes of the globe has a fragile ego. I don't know about you, but personally I have had about enough of this censorship nonsense.
I think it is disgraceful that Sony Pictures chose to censor themselves. Freedom comes with a price, and evidently Sony Pictures decided the price to them was too high.
Of course Sony is a Japanese company, but Hollywood is more American than apple pie. Have we seen any condemnation of Sony's decision by anyone in Hollywood? At least our fearless leader Barack Obama has stated that he wished Sony had not cancelled the movie.
I am just a columnist, but if I had more than just my say in this matter, I would purchase the biggest movie screen available in the world, set it up in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the mall in Washington, DC and air "The Interview" as part of the New Years festivities on December 31, 2014.
But not to worry, for if you are reading this article then this is anecdotal evidence that censorship has not completely silenced the voices of reason in our great society. It is ironic then, that I come to you today to speak of just this very topic.
Sony Picture's recent cancellation of the movie "The Interview" constitutes the most glaring example of self-censorship the Western Hemisphere has seen in recent memory. This is not just an isolated incident either, but the culmination of an assault on our free speech that has been ongoing for some time now.
It all started with the concept of "politically correct" speech, which made it taboo for people to utter phrases such as "call a spade a spade" which is a term that was made popular by an Oscar Wilde play that was written in 1895.
In recent years it has been misinterpreted by some to have racial overtones, so it is not politically correct in many circles. If you Google the origins of the phrase, you will find that if refers to a garden tool, which is something that most of us would not take offense to.
I, like most of us, just kind of went along with the politically correct speech agenda as it was seemingly harmless. Little did we know what it would morph into over time. The next thing we know demands were being put on multi-million dollar sports franchises to change their name to something less offensive to certain overly sensitive segments of our society.
And now you can't even enjoy a movie because some pot-belly, overly egotistical tyrant in an obscure, impoverished country located on the fringes of the globe has a fragile ego. I don't know about you, but personally I have had about enough of this censorship nonsense.
I think it is disgraceful that Sony Pictures chose to censor themselves. Freedom comes with a price, and evidently Sony Pictures decided the price to them was too high.
Of course Sony is a Japanese company, but Hollywood is more American than apple pie. Have we seen any condemnation of Sony's decision by anyone in Hollywood? At least our fearless leader Barack Obama has stated that he wished Sony had not cancelled the movie.
I am just a columnist, but if I had more than just my say in this matter, I would purchase the biggest movie screen available in the world, set it up in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the mall in Washington, DC and air "The Interview" as part of the New Years festivities on December 31, 2014.
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