So back when I was a kid in the 1950s, the US was a communist nation?
Permitting vomit to drool off of every Internet, Television, and Movie, screen isn't a hallmark of a free nation, it's a hallmark of an immoral, degenerate, society sinking into the cesspool of hedonism due to a total lack of standards across the board.
Lenny Bruce in a smoky, dark, night club is one thing, but garbage for the sake of garbage is nothing but an extension of the pornography mindset into every other form of entertainment and discussion.
Lenny Bruce was pretty tame by todays standards.