[will4274]

> Especially in the example case of music, "policing" has been a constant reality [...], yet no one complained

Ummm. Did you somehow grow to adulthood without being a teenager? Did you grow up somewhere other than the United States? The notion that nobody has ever complained about censorship in music is so hilariously wrong, it makes me want to send you CAPTCHAs to see how well the bots are doing nowadays.

Seriously, go listen to every top selling rap album from the first twenty years. The majority of them complain about censorship.

[dragonwriter]

> Seriously, go listen to every top selling rap album from the first twenty years

Well, what Wikipedia calls the “Golden Age” as opposed to “Old School” period, sure; anything just after the PMRC decided sex, drugs, and the occult in music were problems requiring government action in the absence of industry self-censorship.

[mschuster91]

The thing is, the ones who complained were the rappers. The mainstream didn't care about censorship in music, to the contrary - the (WASP) mainstream wanted censorship. And it is exactly this social group that is now crying about not being allowed to use actually offensive words.

[will4274]

Spoiler - WASP kids listen to rap. Artists like Eminem were the mainstream when they were complaining about censorship.