if one person was offended that was all that mattered
This is also why letter-writing campaigns worked. 10 people were angry enough to send in letters, then censors either at the government or network would kick into high gear. They thought it was people who got angry enough to do something meaning others were angry too, but were too busy or too polite to say something. It never occurred to any of them that these people were lone nutcases, because the people who worked in these departments were all fucking nuts too.
And the modern day equivalent is people on Twitter who demand that entertainment conform to what some Uber leftist in California or New York wants to see and ignore the vast majority of the country. So yes, at some point they need to be told to shut up
This is also why letter-writing campaigns worked. 10 people were angry enough to send in letters, then censors either at the government or network would kick into high gear. They thought it was people who got angry enough to do something meaning others were angry too, but were too busy or too polite to say something. It never occurred to any of them that these people were lone nutcases, because the people who worked in these departments were all fucking nuts too.
And the modern day equivalent is people on Twitter who demand that entertainment conform to what some Uber leftist in California or New York wants to see and ignore the vast majority of the country. So yes, at some point they need to be told to shut up