Have you ever had a thought that might offend someone? Have you ever expressed such a thought? Have you ever actually offended someone? They’re building gulags for people like you. From C.J. Hopkins at consentfactory.org:
So, here’s a “conspiracy theory” for you. This one is about the global-capitalist thoughtpolice and their ongoing efforts to purge society of “insensitivity.” Yes, that’s right, insensitivity. If there is anything the global-capitalist thoughtpolice can’t stand, it is insensitivity. You know, like making fun of ethnic or religious minorities, and the physically or cognitively challenged, and alternatively gendered persons, and hideously ugly persons, and monstrously fat persons, and midgets, and so on.
The global-capitalist thoughtpolice are terribly concerned about the feelings of such persons. And the feelings of other sensitive persons who are also concerned about the feelings of such persons. And everybody’s feelings, generally. So they’re purging society of any and all forms of literary content, and every other form of content, that might possibly irreparably offend such persons, and persons concerned about the feelings of such persons, and anyone who might feel offended by anything.
By now, I assume you have seen the news about the “sensitivity editing” of Roald Dahl, the author of books like James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Witches, The Twits, and numerous others. What happened was, Dahl’s publisher, Puffin Books, hired a little clutch of “sensitivity editors” to substantively rewrite his books, purging words like “fat” and “ugly,” and Dahl’s descriptions of characters as “bald” and “female,” and inserting their own ham-handed, “sensitized” language.
What you may not be aware of is that Puffin Books is a children’s imprint of Penguin Random House, a multi-national conglomerate publishing company and a subsidiary of Bertelsmann, a nominally German but in reality global media conglomerate. Penguin Random House is one of the so-called “big five publishers” that control approximately 80% of the retail book market. The other four are Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, Hachette, and HarperCollins.
STRAIGHT LINE LOGIC 
There is sensitivity and there is sensitivity. Although, I prefer to be referred to as a person with a disability, I do not mind other terms. I do mind being insulted but usually the person is well- meaning when they use a different term.
As for art, which includes literature, I dislike any changes. I read Dahl and did not care for his writing. But I doubt seriously that if the language was changed, it would make me like his writing. As for Dahl, I believe his language should remain since it is his art and expression.
I personally did not like the statue added to the Wall Street Bull of the Strong Girl. It was there to “correct” the idea of women not being in finance, etc. I agree with the artist who objected to the new statue since he designed the Bull with a particular space with particular relationships with the buildings and the area. The new statue changed the meaning of the Bull, and weakened the interplay of the space, statue, and buildings.
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