a few essential points about censorship and "the left"

Death threats and censorship have once again risen in science fiction fandom, so I'd like to address a few points:

Would-be censors love to claim that only governments censor, but that claim can only be made by people who reject dictionaries. As the ACLU notes, "Censorship, the suppression of words, images, or ideas that are "offensive," happens whenever some people succeed in imposing their personal political or moral values on others. Censorship can be carried out by the government as well a...