i think part of the reason people fall in line with censorship is because everyone has their limit, where they say "no, anything past this line is bad and makes me feel bad." that's normal. so in response to that:
Even if some pieces of media are obviously hateful and i think most reasonable people would/should hate them, it's so so important to be able to confront the ugly parts of humanity. it is impossible to address a problem if you refuse to look at it head on.
like, i was talking yesterday about Song of The South, which i think is a solid contender for containing "objectively bad content," if such a thing exists. do i think it's a particularly artistically valuable movie? not really (altho im sure you could make the argument, if you're so inclined). do i think it's appropriate for anyone who just wants to enjoy an animated film without getting slapped in the face with romanticized racism, slavery, and dehumanization? also no. it makes me angry that parts of it have continued to exist for so long with their context stripped.
but it's important. it happened. it harmed people, and that matters. media is a mirror of the world, and when the world is ugly, the media is ugly too. we can't hide that. we can't just talk around it and gesture vaguely at "you know...that" and call it good enough. watch it. remember it. preserve it, so future generations can see our own ugliness and perhaps avoid it. Don't ever try to bury it.
The media is the canary, not the coal mine.
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