The New Devil’s Dictionary Word of the Week
Published February 27, 2007
By Ambrose Bierse, Jr.
Censorship (noun): A right usually excersized by a tyrant or dictator that actively suppresses the publication of views that contradict one’s own conservative, false and profoundly boring worldview. The views that are repressed are always more interesting and innovative than those held by the tyrant or dictator.
See also Hypocrite, White Man Giver, Sexual Harassment
First Use: “Because we cannot actually control the minds of everyone in the world, we will devise a way to control what they read, hear and say. We will call this wonderful invention: censorship.” (150 A.D.) Pompos I
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