Friday, April 09, 2010
My Last Word on the Censorship of TOTWK
Posted by Scott Turner Schofield at 11:39 AM
http://transgroupblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/my-last-word-on-censorship-of-totwk.htmlI will not accept that the verb "remove" is a "protest" or a "boycott." It is censorship, and the most insidious kind, because it comes from us on us. I asked this question before: When does "my" trans representation cross the line and become "your" target for "removal"? None of us should even be considering this slippery slope. That is my entire point.
Protest and boycott all you want. I believe in protest, I participate in boycotts, I do and support grassroots activism. Protest is important -- the reasons to protest TOTWK are sound, even -- and I am not in any way criticizing the opinions or actions of those who wish to protest this film. That's why I posted BOTH the call to protest (which unfortunately demanded censorial "removal") AND an opinion in favor of the film (and against the proposed censorship of it). I hope this clears up any misunderstandings about my position on this, and I hope that any further comments will actually take seriously my opinion on this as a censorship act rather than a call against a protest.
