The Washington Post, January 7th, 1994
THOSE WHO take on popular culture need a strong stomach and a spine of steel. That's because it's easy to label critics of destructive cultural trends as prudes or enemies of free speech. Some who rightly criticize the coarsening of the culture legitimize these criticisms by calling for outright government censorship, an approach that's always dangerous and often backfires. The mobilization against "gangsta rap" is different. Those fighting music that celebrates violence and degrades women have not looked to government to do what an aroused community can do by itself. In cities all over the co...
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