Meanwhile in the US, SC Poet Laureate's Poem Removed from Inauguration-Censorship?

[nolabear]

This from NPR. The claim is that the poem was removed for time constraints. You decide. You KNOW what I think...

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/01/14/377028376/for-s-c-s-poet-laureate-an-inauguration-poem-without-an-inaugural-audience

[bravenak]

1. Sad.

It is an awesome poem.

[still_one]

2. Obviously state officials can't handle the truth

[kelliekat44]

3. Still white-washing history. nt

[Maedhros]

4. It would only be censorship if the SC government prevented the poem from being published,

or attempted to punish the author for doing so.

In this case, they simply chose not to include it in an inaugural ceremony. Bad form, certainly, but not technically "censorship."

[HERVEPA]

6. Just not true

Check some definitions.

[nolabear]

7. No, when they push the 7 second button they call it censorship.

That's a private issue. This is denying a public servant the ability to do her job by censoring what she did.

[Maedhros]

9. Maybe. I'd say there is a gray area here. [n/t]

[blm]

5. Because 2 minutes for tradition is just 2 minutes too much, eh Nikki?

Can't offend all of the slavery-apologists in your audience, eh Nikki?

[mercuryblues]

8. tricky nikki

can't upset the good ole boys, lest she end up in a cell next to disgraced Lexington county Sheriff James Metts.

What do you expect from a woman who tried to slash funding for rape crisis centers, because you know rape survivors are a "special interest group"