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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 8113832" data-attributes="member: 8835">True but in France, they are mourning the loss of a teacher who was covering the Charlie Hebdo cartoons and killed for it.I think we can all agree that extreme consequences like that are extreme, illegal and covered by laws in most countries.So let's stick to the Twitter Mob level of consequence. for sake of level-capping hyperbole.I've seen a lot of great responses expanding on the stuff I said.&nbsp; Thanks.&nbsp; I was in a hurry, and this topic is important to me on a professional level.I will add to one point, the concern over muting expression.&nbsp; Here's the thing, if my book is about the importance of eating vegetables, I don't want aspects I wrote in it to damage that theme.&nbsp; If I put in a joke about a chocolate pie hitting somebody in the fact and it's black facing, holey cow, I'm gonna offend people over something that has nothing to do with the importance of eating veggies. I'm OK with not being astute enough to sense that when I write it, but I don't want that in the final version.&nbsp; And I might not see it during any number of edits.As someone stated earlier, a writer is supposed to have some skill with choosing their words carefully.&nbsp; Content that offends, that isn't supporting the theme or plot of the story is noise that detracts from the signal you are trying to send.&nbsp; Fixing that isn't censorship.&nbsp; Fixing that is what editors and beta readers and sensitivity readers are supposed to help with, because it turns out, like movie scripts, books are not actually a one-man production.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janx, post: 8113832, member: 8835"] True but in France, they are mourning the loss of a teacher who was covering the Charlie Hebdo cartoons and killed for it. I think we can all agree that extreme consequences like that are extreme, illegal and covered by laws in most countries. So let's stick to the Twitter Mob level of consequence. for sake of level-capping hyperbole. I've seen a lot of great responses expanding on the stuff I said. Thanks. I was in a hurry, and this topic is important to me on a professional level. I will add to one point, the concern over muting expression. Here's the thing, if my book is about the importance of eating vegetables, I don't want aspects I wrote in it to damage that theme. If I put in a joke about a chocolate pie hitting somebody in the fact and it's black facing, holey cow, I'm gonna offend people over something that has nothing to do with the importance of eating veggies. I'm OK with not being astute enough to sense that when I write it, but I don't want that in the final version. And I might not see it during any number of edits. As someone stated earlier, a writer is supposed to have some skill with choosing their words carefully. Content that offends, that isn't supporting the theme or plot of the story is noise that detracts from the signal you are trying to send. Fixing that isn't censorship. Fixing that is what editors and beta readers and sensitivity readers are supposed to help with, because it turns out, like movie scripts, books are not actually a one-man production. [/QUOTE]

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