The Big [Censored] Theory

It's really interesting that such a bland, un-subversive show whose only mentions of sensitive topics are in bad throwaway jokes is so heavily censored. I guess a more interesting show would just not get aired at all.

It's a deeper level of censorship. Not only will you refrain from thinking about these things in a tolerant light, you will refrain from thinking about these things at all.

It chops pieces off reality when you do that.

Censorship is amazing. So popular (downvotes anyone?), so casually employed, yet so incredibly destructive.

Indeed. It seems to have had the effect of removing pieces of reality.

I had a conversation once with a Chinese national, about an article about LGBTQ+ people in China.

"There's no Gay people in China"

(me, points at a picture of 2 young Chinese men in the article)

"They're from Hong Kong. There's no Gay people in China."

OK then!

(This was quite a while back, I suspect the same conversation today would play out differently, since the popular opinion is that HK is in fact part of China)

What a bizarre and ridiculous view to form based on one conversation.

I'm sure you can find plenty of people in the west who believe stupid things. Does that mean that western countries are "removing pieces of reality"?