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The other night, I was flipping channels, and I landed on the Democratic debate. I heard something that made my ears prick up.

LIEBERMAN: We will not get them back unless we can convince them that we are a party that will be strong on defense and will reflect their best values. And what does that mean? A sense of right and wrong, neighbors that take care of one another, a willingness to stand up and take on some interests like Hollywood…

You see, I’d just been reading this post by Atrios about modern draconian copyright measures and the ridiculous ways in which they infringe on our rights, and Radley Balko’s farewell to Fritz Hollings, so Hollywood issues were fresh in my mind. Not that they needed much freshening, as I’ve been reading Slashdot for more than four years. So I was excited that a Presidential candidate was talking about “taking on Hollywood.”

Lieberman continued:

…. and say that the entertainment industry is putting too much violence and inappropriate sexual matter in front of our children and affecting their lives and ours.

Oh. He meant censorship.

I changed the channel.