You do overreact, conjuring up quoted scenarios, in a fevered imagination, that were never advocated and are over the top.
As was detailed, there is such a thing as objectionable images/videos. We’re not hurting freedom of speech, text isn’t filtered, and couldn’t be. The reality is you’re apparently a liberal and all you apparently can see is a fevered view of what “might occur”, not what is actually occurring - why do you even bother hanging out in FR.
“Should we eliminate everything that some busybody like you feels is “objectionable”? “
Nobody is advocating “everything”, nor cartoons, and certainly not killing in the name of what is objectionable, try not to overreact and be so dismissive (with your broad brush strokes) all the time. Your liberal use of the term fascist is ridiculous hyperbole, there is such a thing as discipline, rights and responsibilities in civilized nations. You apparently have little confidence in society’s ability to watch the watchers, whereas I believe self correcting mechanisms are inherent in modern democratic societies. Paranoia isn’t necessary, they’re not all out to get you !
I cannot reconcile the two statements above. A metadata rating of the overall content that prevents documents from passing through the filter does, in fact, filter the text of the site.
R{efused} C{lassification} material includes "child sex abuse content, bestiality, sexual violence and the detailed instruction of crime and drug use."
Anyone who has ever read a trashy novel, or Penthouse Forum, can attest that it is quite easy to GRAPHICALLY describe and provide detailed instruction as to how to do any of the above in nothing but pure text.
Additionally, "detailed instruction" of bomb building, the advocation of violence, calls for assassination of public officials, and the list can go on for pages... all are described (probably best described) in text.
The libertarian (lower-case l) in me has seen the way that well intentioned legislation -- social security, government control of any private enterprise, and such as you suggest -- turns into, not just a slippery slope, but a landslide. I will resist such legislation just as vigorously as I will resist any attempt to take any guns or detailed text, drawing, photographic and/or video instructions for making other implements for resisting tyranny that I may or may not have.