The Fucking Lunatic and All His Fucking Friends: A Play About Censorship

INT/EXT: JANUARY 2021. THE FRIENDS GATHER IN ONE WASTELAND TO DISCUSS ANOTHER WASTELAND. DAY/NIGHT

THE FUCKING LUNATIC: Watching people cheer for censorship frightens me infinitely more than encountering frightful language.

THE INTELLIGENT FRIEND: Fundamentally, I agree with you. However, in this case two things seem clear to me.

1. The President continues to fan the flames using egregious lies and hostility. His words are weapons that he refuses to holster. In fact, he continues to build his arsenal to stabilize his fracturing ego. This is proving to be dangerous to allow.

2. If he wants to continue to operate with such venom he’s gonna have to find his own platform. He can say what he wants but the private platforms don’t have to be his delivery service. This isn’t censorship. This is a business decision.

THE FUCKING LUNATIC:

1. I don’t agree. Even if you interpret as what he said as dangerous, I still don’t agree. I don’t think words are violence. I listened to his entire speech, I found no incitement. The people who interpreted it that way should be prosecuted to the fullest though. Also — censoring speech you find hateful will only push it into the shadows where it will fester and attack…