BURNING. WITCHES, BOOKS & CENSORSHIP! BAN, LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER? GRAPES OF WRATH? CANTABARY TALES? WHY NOT THE BIBLE? OBSCENITY . . . I'LL KNOW IT WHEN IS SEE IT, IN THIS CASE READ IT! U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE COMMENT. HOW FAR DOES THE FIRST AMENDMENT GO? SHOULD GO? WHAT SHOULD THE STANDARD FOR A LIBRARY BOOK, IN RURAL MONTANA BE? THE LITTLE OLD LADY DOWN THE STREET? THE GENERAL POPULATION? WHO AND WHAT, COMMUNITY STANDARDS CALL THE SHOT? BULLET THROUGH THE HEART OF THE AUTHOR, TELLING A REAL AND RAW JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCLOSURE? WHEN DO WE GROW UP AMERICA? FACE THE FACTS THAT PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT, HAVE TONS OF DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES, REASONS FOR WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY LIVE . . . WHERE DO WE DRAW THE LINE? DO WE NEED TO BE WARY OF THE "SLIPPERY SLOPE" MAKING EVERYTHING ACCEPTABLE, AND WHAT IF WE DID? WHAT HAVE OTHER COUNTRIES DONE? THE UNITED STATES, IS 46TH IN A WORLD OF 193 OR SO COUNTRIES, AND WE BELIEVE IN FREE SPEECH? FREEDOM OF THE PRESS? AMERICA THE FREE, BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE! SHOULD THIS BOOK BE BANNED? SEE WHAT YOU THINK? I THINK THE GOVERNMENT BANNED ME . . . JUST ME, NOT SOMEONE ELSE, USING MY NAME, TITLES, LAW DEGREE, EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, RESUME, CREDENTIALS . . . WHAT IS A GOVERNMENT FOR? TO BAN BOOKS, PEOPLE, THINGS THAT THEY CONSIDER DANGEROUS? OR SHOULD WE BE AN OPEN SOCIETY, DEAL WITH DIFFERENCES, DIFFERENT IDEAS, COLORFUL PEOPLE, NEW IDEAS, AND FULL AND FAIR DISCLOSURE? BY BANNING THIS BOOK, THE RESULT, WILL BE JUST THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THIS LIBRARIAN AND THE "HARPER VALLEY PTA" WANT . . . THE SALES WILL EXPLODE, BECAUSE, PEOPLE WILL BE INTERESTED, WANNA KNOW . . . WAS IT THE CONTENT THAT THE LIBRARIAN BANNED THE BOOK FOR? OR THE EDITING, AND TECHNICAL PART OF THE BOOK, AS SHE NOW CLAIMS? GOOD DISCUSSION OVER COFFEE, DIET COKE, BREAKFAST, LUNCH WITH A FRIEND, DINNER DATE . . . WHO ARE WE HERE IN AMERICA, AND WHO DO WE WANT DEFINING OUR COMMUNITY STANDARDS? WHAT DO YOU THINK . . . GREAT CLASS DISCUSSION FOR A COLLEGE CLASS ON CIVIL RIGHTS, CIVICS, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, POLITICAL SCIENCE . . . WHO DECIDES? DOES EVERY BOOK AND ITS AUTHOR HAVE TO RETAIN AN ATTORNEY, FIGHT A COURT BATTLE FOR THEIR STORY TO BE TOLD, WHEN MANY LIKE THEM, MAY AVOID SOME OF THE DIFFICULTY IN LIFE, HAD THEY READ THE BOOK, OR WOULD PARENTS UNDERSTAND A CHILD, STRUGGLING WITH THIS ISSUES, HAD THEY READ THE BOOK? WHAT ARE WE AFRAID OF?

More Great, Fun Art, Coming From the Poverello Center for the Homeless!  Bet if You Made An Offer to Buy It--Artist Would Sale It--Maybe . . . Cool Kitchen, Dining Room, Or Bedroom Art . . . Nothing Brightens a Home More!  The White Spot, Is Just the Reflection on the Glass, at the Pov. Where YOU Could Contact the Artist If You Want to Buy This Beauty! and the Other Picture I Posted the Other Day.  This Reminds Me of My Oldest Son . . . As Colorful as Baby Rocker Bro--Minus the Tats, Huge Ass Heart, But Filled With Love . . . Notice the Fruits on the Tree!  They are Hearts . . . Love Abounds at the Pov., Picture Into the Soul of the Painter!  KISS!  I LOVE IT!

My Friend, Also a Resident at the Pov. Right Now, Wrote This Book, Donated One to the Stevensville Library.  After a Year, the Head Librarian Decided to Censor the Book!  They Told Clinton, That They Would Sale It and Keep the Money for the Library, or Send the Copy Back to Him!

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Censorship in the United States

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In general, censorship in the United States, which involves the suppression of speech or other public communication, raises issues offreedom of speech, which is constitutionally protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

This freedom, though fundamental, has also been accompanied since its enshrinement with contest and controversy. For instance, restraints increased during periods of widespread anti-communist sentiment, as exemplified by the hearings of the House Committee on Un-American Activities. According to Miller v. California (1973), the U. S. Supreme Court found that the First Amendment's freedom of speech does not apply to obscenity, which can, therefore, legally be censored. While it is legal to express certain forms of hate speech so long as one does not engage in the acts being discussed, or urge others to commit illegal acts, more severe forms have led to people or groups (such as the Ku Klux Klan) being denied certain marching permits or the Westboro Baptist Church being sued, though the initially adverse ruling against the latter was later overturned on appeal in the US Supreme Court.

The First Amendment protects against censorship imposed by laws, but does not give protection against corporate censorship, the sanctioning of speech by spokespersons, employees, and business associates by threat of monetary loss, loss of employment, or loss of access to the marketplace.^[1][2] Legal expenses can sometimes be a significant unseen restraint where there may be fear of suit for libel. Many people in the United States are in favor of restrictions of corporate censorship, citing a slippery slope that if corporations do not follow the Bill of Rights the government will be influenced.^[3]

Analysts from Reporters Without Borders rank the United States 46th in the world in terms in their Press Freedom Index, updated for 2014. Certain forms of speech, such as obscenity and defamation, are restricted in major media outlets by the government or by the industry on its own.