Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring out of 'fear'

Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ... by silicon2401 on Monday March 01, 2021 @01:32PM (#26306225)

Everything rises and falls. Even in the west we've had the inquisition, the Stasi in the DDR, McCarthyism in the US. Hopefully the modern trend towards censorship and rightthink will encourage the future generations to appreciate freedom of speech and ideas

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Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ... by jpxw on Monday March 01, 2021 @01:39PM (#26306342)

The worrying thing, to me, is that it’s the young who are pushing this. Previously it was old conservatives, who were on the way out anyway. It’s different now.

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Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ... by phendrenad2 on Monday March 01, 2021 @02:15PM (#26306892)

Cancel culture is mostly millennial-led. Gen Z seems to take it as the status quo, and we'll see what they do with it when they have power.

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Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ... by artificial on Monday March 01, 2021 @02:21PM (#26306995)

Cancel culture is McCarthyism, just driven by the left. Millenials are barely in power. I'd say GenX has more of a say.

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Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ... by artificial on Monday March 01, 2021 @02:19PM (#26306950)

I recall the scares about D&D and Satanism back in the day. The shoe is on the other foot now, weirdly backed by the corporations. Do you think it's organic or inculcated?

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