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Coverup: Two Examples of Censorship, Then and Now
Censorship, which is supposed to conceal, has the habit of doing just the opposite: To censor is to cover up, and covering up is conspicuous. Here are two cases in point that I recently stumbled upon: (1) I’ve been lucky … Continue reading