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by Lockyy 329 days ago
Adult content is whatever is deemed to be objectionable and abhorrent to the dominant social group within a culture and that which needs to be censored and hidden from public view. Beyond a desire to "protect the children" from sex, violence, and drugs. It is a desire to hide and suppress dissent around major social issues. It is a desire to label representation of trans liberation and queer lives as adult, obscene. And it is a desire to label realistic representations of history such as Maus and others as unsuitable for children.

This effort is because once labeled adult it is broadly socially acceptable to do anything and everything necessary to hide a concept from public life.

A specific recent example is Itch.io's recent removal of all content labeled adult, stemming from coordinated pressure by Collective Shout. The block has led to the hiding of some content labeled as lgbt, despite not containing adult content or being labeled that way.
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salawat 329 days ago
>And it is a desire to label realistic representations of history such as Maus

Dare I ask, wtf is Maus representation of history??

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Lockyy 329 days ago
Maus is a depiction of Art Spiegelman's father's experience as a Holocaust survivor.
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salawat 328 days ago
Ahhhh. A Graphical Night (Elie Weisel) then. That's considered obscene? It was required reading for me growing up. Understanding the plumbable depths of human cruelty was considered a worthy expenditure of the education system's time... Might be different now though.
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nemomarx 329 days ago
It was an autobiographical comic about the Holocaust? How's that not a representation of history?
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salawat 329 days ago
Never said it wasn't one. Just never heard of it. Wasn't aware it was considered obscene either. Will look into.
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Lockyy 328 days ago
Maus was subject to one of the many ongoing book bannings in the United States and was removed from multiple libraries due to containing "adult content."
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nemomarx 329 days ago
It's got some depictions of violence that I think parent groups object to, so that kind of obscenity. There's technically nudity in some of the dead bodies I guess?
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