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Why is degeneracy allowed in literature but censored everywhere else?

>> No.18756674

>>18756646
Those impulses have to manifest somewhere. Better in literature than in reality.

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Cuz it's just ink on some wood and your own imagination. You fucking degenerate piece of meat.

>> No.18756713

>>18756646
You mean why is Catcher in the Rye forced into classrooms but cartoons can’t swear? FCC or something.

>> No.18756726

>>18756646
religious people don't read books

>> No.18756734

>>18756646
because people don't read, but everyone expects a TV to raise their kids

>> No.18756775

(no one tell op about porn)

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>>18756646
How do I know you aren't French?

>> No.18756793

>>18756646
Literature has enjoyed a level of legal protection when it comes to obscenity that no other media really has, under the idea of artistic merit.

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>>18756646
because nobody reads books ;)

>> No.18758680

>>18756646
Its not. Amazon erotica for example doesn't allow:
>Rape
>Children
>Bestiality
>Incest
>Racism
Good luck finding a market without that. Censorship is very real and it's crushing good literature.