The Dangers of Censorship Throughout history, censorship has shown itself in several forms ranging from moral to political suppression. First of all, censorship, by definition, means the suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security. Yes, censoring mature content from adolescents can be helpful; however, the negative effects completely outweighs the positives. In Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, the censorship and burning of all books leave citizens ignorant. In today’s world, the same situation is happening. Out of fear of being criticized, writers often stick to the status quo and therefore cannot express their real thoughts. People then become used to this “political correctness” and are easily offended by any idea they have not heard of. Censorship takes away personal freedoms and suppresses new ideas. Unfortunately, censorship is already a major part of our society. It happens everywhere and especially inside of schools. In public schools, censors decide what students should or should not learn. Perhaps they want to protect them or are afraid that parents would be concerned with the content, but it …show more content…
In today’s world, writers are unable to express new ideas. If they do, odds are that someone will be offended or will not like it in fear that it will offend someone else. The author will receive criticism or be censored. Then, for their next book, they will write in a politically correct, non-offending way. Soon enough, this happens to all writers and all of their books have the same ideas. Consequently, this brainwashes a whole society and forces them to never think outside the box or question what they learn or why they learn it that way. Perhaps if censorship was never used, everyone would be able to accept new thoughts or opinions and humans could evolve as a