Once we equate making people feel bad with actually attacking them, free expression is basically obsolete, since anything a person does, makes or says could be interpreted as abuse....
Since when is it a "civil right" not to feel disturbed by a piece of art? And who gets to decide which art we chuck? You don't like the "Sleepwalker," but I don't like "Winged Victory." It stirs scary thoughts of decapitation. Dear Louvre, please stash that headless gal in the attic.
Where does it stop? Cultural critic Jonathan Rauch coined the term "offendedness sweepstakes" to describe our present condition: We've gotten to the point where almost any group can declare almost anything unnerving or politically incorrect and demand its removal. These censors automatically win because anyone who demurs is criminally callous.
via online.wsj.com
