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On the other hand.... You have different fingers
There's plenty of content that I'd personally defend a producer's right to produce on First Amendment grounds but would not be comfortable marketing because it's either too "edgy" or else it's simply offensive to me.
It's truly a razor's edge because as soon as we draw a line and say "THAT form of expression is not protected under the Constitution" it becomes really easy to add things to that list. It took me a long time to understand that message.
At the same time, I think I'd have a hard time standing in front of a jury with a straight face and arguing that scat, or someone vomiting on someone else and eating it (a real-life example I heard of recently) for example, has any redeeming artistic or social value.
But as soon as you start applying that test, then somebody can say that the content that most of us produce or distribute is offensive or has no redeeming qualities either...
Very difficult area for me.
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