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RE: Controversial Religious Comic “SECOND COMING” Cancelled at DC

in #comics7 years ago

I agree that things should not be censored but I don't think that is really what is going on here, at least by my definition of censorship. When I think of censorship I think of somebody using force to prevent you from speaking (publishing a comic book in this case). DC is making a business decision based on what it perceives to be the opinion of its customers. DC could have published it if they wanted and the original author can still publish it. Nobody is stopping them. And people can still bitch about it too. Free speech works both ways. Speaking out against something or even boycotting something should not be confused with censorship.

Of course, this is probably all mostly a knee-jerk reaction as opposed to careful consideration of the subject matter but if you are going to put someone's God in a comic book I think you should probably be prepared for some criticism. There are no surprises here.

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No it’s not censorship. Not saying that. But they did cave to pressure and the negative reactions. Which surprises me as they put out Preacher. Give that a read. Lol

They have every right to pull the plug on it. I just think it’s silly to. Especially since I never heard one person bitch about it at all. It was manufactured outrage. These news outlets find a few tweets of dissatisfaction and build an outrage hit piece based on that. It’s getting old and it’s happening more frequently.

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Yeah, these days people get outraged first and ask questions later. About everything.

I see what you mean about Preacher but I don't think a preacher draws as much attention as Jesus.

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Lol. True dat!