I know what I promote is contrary to what most of the pseudo-righteous moralists advocate. However, if censors and moralists have their way, life for all Americans may very well become harsher, blander, less free, and less enjoyable. One of the reasons why this nation is (or maybe was) great, is its diversity of people, beliefs, thoughts, actions, etc. When narrow interests act to destroy America's diversity in any way, shape, or form, especially by way of censorship, some of the great ideas which make this nation an international leader may no longer be expressed.
What I am really trying to advocate is that free Americans should be able to do whatever they like, provided they are willing to accept the consequences which may go along with any wrongdoing. Is that not the very definition of freedom?
One thing for sure, my attitude of Live and Let Live is totally alien to too many of our not-so-moral self-appointed moralists, who evidently would love to see America become a backwards theocracy, or an autocratic police state. The only sensible reaction is to resist such people as censors, moralists, and their political enablers by voting them out of office. (to be cont'd)
[The original version of this essay first appeared in Eastern Connecticut State University's Campus Lantern student newspaper in the early '90s and later as part of my unpublished manuscript "In Mediocrity We Trust... In Debt We Die" And Other Essays.]
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