History Quotes / MoralGuardians

-->-- '''[[http://www.rickworley.com/2012/06/22/fredric-wertham-douchebags-of-comics/ Rick Worley]]''' on ''[[UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode Seduction of the Innocent]]''

-->-- '''[[http://www.salon.com/2014/01/28/my_personal_fox_news_nightmare_inside_a_month_of_self_induced_torture/ John Haggerty]]''', "My Personal Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} Nightmare: Inside a Month of Self-Induced Torture"

->''"For decades, American moral crusaders have tried to [[BannedInChina keep material away from the young]] in the name of protecting them. True to our Puritan roots, violence always seems to get a pass, while sex is shameful and not to be discussed. What’s telling about Van Der Mark and her fellow travelers is that their ire is coming in an era when children’s and young adult literature is more ethnically diverse and more accepting of sexual and gender identities than ever."''

-->--'''Kurtz''', ''Film/ApocalypseNow''

-->--'''Jessica's Mother''', ''Film/ChildrenOfTheNight''

-->--'''Brodie''', ''Film/{{Deathgasm}}''

-->--''Literature/{{The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress}}''

-->--''From the prologue of Literature/OliverTwist''

-->--'''Bill''', ''Series/NewsRadio'' ("The Injury")

-->--'''Creator/JonStewart'''

-->--''Stalking the Night Fantastic'', Richard Tucholka

-->--'''''Heartland Values with [[Series/DrPhil Nurse Bob]]''''', Radio/GTARadio

-->--'''''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'''''

-->--'''''Website/UrbanDictionary'''''

-->--'''[[http://www.salon.com/2014/01/28/my_personal_fox_news_nightmare_inside_a_month_of_self_induced_torture/ John Haggerty]]''', "My Personal Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} Nightmare: Inside a Month of Self-Induced Torture"

-->--'''[[http://www.gq.com/story/antonin-scalia-supreme-court-gay-marriage Drew Magary]]''', ''"[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonin_Scalia Scalia]] Smash!: Our Ragiest Supreme Court Justice"''

-->--'''''[[http://deadspin.com/maturity-is-horseshit-1676956087 Deadspin]]''''', "Maturity is Horseshit"

-->--''Encyclopedia of American Loons'' [[http://www.americanloons.blogspot.com/2011/01/130-bryan-fischer.html on]] Bryan Fischer

-->--[[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y-RkiPhpPY The Hot Coffee Controversy]]

-->--'''Diamondbolt''', [[https://youtu.be/jn_HZA5i0h8 "MORE OLD MOBILE GAMES!"]]

-->--'''Creator/BertrandRussell''', ''Sceptical Essays''

-->--'''Erich Fromm''', ''Man for Himself: An Inquiry into the Psychology of Ethics''

->''"Disregarding that, so many parents just buy their kids M-rated games with no second thought. They just don't look at the ratings and [[Main/{{Hypocrite}} then blame the game for being too vulgar for their kids]]. Why don't you actually be a parent and regulate what media your child consumes rather than blaming the media itself? Different people are into different things, meaning not every piece of media produced is going to be G-rated. That's true concerning everything, especially video games. Most of the video games that garner controversy for being unsuitable for children... are already rated M! But is that ''ever'' brought up when all these big shots [[CowboyBeBopAtHisComputer who know nothing about video games]] talk about how video games are corrupting society? No, they just talk about how the newest ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' is poisoning our children when guys! ''Guys!'' '''GUYS!'''''"
-->-- '''WebVideo/ScottTheWoz'''; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK2JDPZbu1Q Rated E for Irrelevant]]

->''“When our Alexis felt weird after hearing someone discuss an idea that did not conform to her personally held beliefs, she had no place to turn,” said Arnold Stigmore, standing outside the $2 million space that reportedly features soothing music, neutral-colored walls, oversized floor cushions, fun board games, and a variety of snacks. “God forbid any of you, in your years at this institution, are ever confronted with an opinion you do not share. But if you are, you will have a refuge on this campus.”''

-->--'''LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}}''' playing '''VideoGame/HuniePop'''

-->--'''David "Spengler" P. Goldman''', ''[[http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/HH29Aa01.html American Idolatry]]''

-->--'''UsefulNotes/RichardNixon''' on ''Series/AllInTheFamily'', White House tape transcripts (1971)

-->--Sen. '''Barry Goldwater''' (R-AZ)

->''"But let’s be clear about the kind of effect the Holy Spirit’s Voice has on us. When He speaks to your heart, you don’t end up feeling beat down, discouraged, and hopelessly flawed...If it feels like someone is shoveling wet cement onto your back and you’re feeling more and more burdened with every word you read, then you’re not hearing from the Holy Spirit. You’re hearing from that nasty old deceiver Satan, or one of his many sordid friends."''
-->-- Religious blogger [[http://924jeremiah.wordpress.com/2014/03/21/stop-comparing-yourself-to-the-proverbs-31-woman/ Anna Diehl]]

->''"The quest for control is convoluted. If another person is [[{{Thoughtcrime}} thinking incorrectly]], it’s already too late: we need to intervene earlier, to stop dangerous ideas at their source, before they go viral and take root in the fertile darkness of an unenlightened mind. The pop culture discourse in 2020 is remarkably haunted by the specter of the Cultural Idiot, an [[SuperGullible ultra-impressionable boogeyman]] nobody ever seems to have met but who we’re sure exists. He’s out there somewhere, just waiting for someone to drop an ideological engine into the empty chassis of his brain. He will read this book, watch that film, and get the Wrong Idea About Things."''

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->''"Disregarding that, so many parents just buy their kids M-rated games with no second thought. They just don't look at the ratings and [[Main/{{Hypocrite}} then blame the game for being too vulgar for their kids]]. Why don't you actually be a parent and regulate what media your child consumes rather than blaming the media itself? Different people are into different things, meaning not every piece of media produced is going to be G-rated. That's true concerning everything, especially video games. Most of the video games that garner controversy for being unsuitable for children... are already rated M! But is that ''ever'' brought up when all these big shots [[CowboyBeBopAtHisComputer who know nothing about video games]] talk about how video games are corrupting society? No, they just talk about how the newest ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' is poisoning our children when guys! ''Guys''! '''''GUYS'''''!"

->''Disregarding that, so many parents just buy their kids M-rated games with no second thought. They just don't look at the ratings and [[Main/{{Hypocrite}} then blame the game for being too vulgar for their kids]]. Why don't you actually be a parent and regulate what media your child consumes rather than blaming the media itself? Different people are into different things, meaning not every piece of media produced is going to be G-rated. That's true concerning everything, especially video games. Most of the video games that garner controversy for being unsuitable for children... are already rated M! But is that ''ever'' brought up when all these big shots [[CowboyBeBopAtHisComputer who know nothing about video games]] talk about how video games are corrupting society? No, they just talk about how the newest ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' is poisoning our children when guys! ''Guys''! '''''GUYS'''''''!

->Consueta vitia ferimus, nova reprendimus. [[note]]We tolerate the usual vices but blame new ones.[[/note]]

-->--'''[[http://www.gq.com/story/antonin-scalia-supreme-court-gay-marriage Drew Magary]]''', "Scalia Smash!: Our Ragiest Supreme Court Justice"

->''"There are people of so refined and delicate a nature, that they cannot bear the contemplation of such horrors... I did not, for these readers, abate one hole in the Dodger's coat, or one scrap of curl=paper in the girl's dishevelled hair. I have no faith in the delicacy which could not bear to look upon them. I have no desire to make proselytes among such people. I have no respect for their opinion, good or bad; did not covet their approval; and did not write for their amusement. I venture to say this without reserve, for I am not aware of any writer in our language having a respect for himself, or held in any respect by his posterity, who has ever descended to the taste of this fastidious class."''

->''"The only time your children should be playing "Doctor" is when ''you'' break the other one's arm! If we don't teach our kids that our bodies are filthy, disgustin[='=] and dirty, that women are sin, and that emotions ''can'' be suppressed by cold showers, how in the ''hell'' are they supposed to grow up well-adjusted? Next caller."''

->''"Must be a yearning deep in human heart to stop other people from doing as they please. Rules, laws -- [[FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence always for other fellow]]...always something they hated to see neighbors doing. Stop them 'for their own good' — not because speaker claimed to be harmed by it."''

->''"You're like the religious zealots who are ''burdened'' [[SmallNameBigEgo by their sad duty]] of decrying the ''obvious'' [[NostalgiaFilter moral decay of each new generation]]...More harm has been done by people panicked over societal decline than societal decline ever did."''

->'''Gabe:''' *Bored* Did you know there's a mode in VideoGame/CallOfDuty where you murder, like, a million people? [[MoralMyopia It's called Call of Duty]].

The laughter and fun must all be undone.\\

->''"WON'T SOMEBODY '''''PLEASE''''' {{THINK OF THE CHILDREN}}?!!"''

-->-- '''Deven Green's''' (in her "Mrs. Betty Bowers" persona) [[https://i.imgur.com/ECW6zgG.jpg satirical Amazon review]] of the [[{{Irony}} King James Bible]]

->''There has never been a shortage of people eager to draw up blueprints for running other people's lives.''
-->--'''Thomas Sowell'''

-->-- Religious blogger [[http://924jeremiah.wordpress.com/2014/03/21/stop-comparing-yourself-to-the-proverbs-31-woman/ Anna Diehl]]

->''A desire not to butt into other people's business is at least eighty percent of all human 'wisdom' ... and the other twenty percent isn't very important.''
-->--''Literature/StrangerInAStrangeLand''

-->-- Religious blogger [[http://924jeremiah.wordpress.com/2014/03/21/stop-comparing-yourself-to-the-proverbs-31-woman/ Anna Diehl]]

->''We’re living in a world right now where there are certain Creator/DrSeuss books that you cannot sell on eBay. They’re just too much for anybody to even be allowed to buy. They’re being yanked down from all the bookstores and stuff like that. It’s just too much. It’s too evil, so you can’t go on eBay and buy it. But you can — and must — applaud the sexual degradation of Music/CardiB and Music/MeganTheeStallion simulating sex together on the Grammys. This is the perfect example. You must celebrate it. In fact, if you don’t celebrate it, then you’re actually a bad person and you kind of, like, don’t love people, right? You’re actually not nice. This is the perfect example, you guys.''
-->--'''Music/{{Skillet}}''' frontman [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtwrIt0jUPA John Cooper]]

->''What is ominous is the case wit which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long.''
-->--'''Thomas Sowell'''

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->''We’re living in a world right now where there are certain Creator/DrSeuss books that you cannot sell on eBay. They’re just too much for anybody to even be allowed to buy. They’re being yanked down from all the bookstores and stuff like that. It’s just too much. It’s too evil, so you can’t go on eBay and buy it. But you can — and must — applaud the sexual degradation of Music/CardiB and Music/MeghanTheeStallion simulating sex together on the Grammys. This is the perfect example. You must celebrate it. In fact, if you don’t celebrate it, then you’re actually a bad person and you kind of, like, don’t love people, right? You’re actually not nice. This is the perfect example, you guys.''

-->-- '''Creator/RobertAHeinlein''', ''Literature/{{The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress}}''