Freedom of expression in Poetry.

[ChristopherSea]

While I admire the simplicity in your reply I would find it hard to paste that view on a poem that appeared to support the freedom of a pedophile to engage in his sexual perversions. That would stretch my support for freedom in expression to breaking point.

What about an incestuous pedophile like Ann Sexton? She did not write about molesting her daughter. Nonetheless, some would be troubled by reading any of her work knowing what she did.

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While I admire the simplicity in your reply I would find it hard to paste that view on a poem that appeared to support the freedom of a pedophile to engage in his sexual perversions. That would stretch my support for freedom in expression to breaking point.

What if a poet wrote a poem about pedophilia, but was not one? That should be alright, like an actor playing a role.