[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fNajp8uacEYMlV_EIhNQvUk51q_A73ExZD0u73P6y64I":3,"$f2ncIr-SlaROwvU2HLtvr2G3JMbkGvrS73wvehjD3zik":12},{"author":4,"tags":11},{"author_id":5,"author_name":6,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"bio":9,"short_bio":9,"bio_jsonld":9,"slug":10,"image_url":9},210142,"Theodore Schroeder","T",2,null,"theodore-schroeder",[],{"quotes":13,"pagination":30},[14,22],{"id":15,"quote_text":16,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":19,"source":20,"quote_tag":21,"commentary":9},3470890,"The freethinker has the same right to discredit the beliefs of Christians that the Orthodox Christians enjoy in destroying reverence, respect, and confidence in Mohammedanism, Mormonism, Christian Science, or Atheism.",6,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":23,"quote_text":24,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":25,"author":26,"source":27,"quote_tag":28,"commentary":29},3470873,"Obscenity is not a quality inherent in a book or picture, but is solely and exclusively a contribution of the reading mind, and hence cannot be defined in terms of the qualities of a book or picture.",true,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\n\nThis quote was written by Theodore Schroeder, an American free speech advocate and founder of the Civil Liberties Union, in his 1928 pamphlet \"Obscenity and Liberty.\" At that time, Schroeder was actively campaigning against censorship laws, arguing that they were a threat to individual freedom. He was particularly concerned about the way obscenity laws could be used to silence dissenting voices.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\n\nWhat Schroeder is saying here is counterintuitive: our perception of what is obscene is entirely subjective and depends on our own moral biases. In other words, our notion of obscenity is not a fixed property of an object or work of art but rather a projection of our own standards onto it.\n\n**How to Use This**\n\nIn today's professional and creative landscape, this insight suggests that we must be aware of our own implicit biases when evaluating others' work. Rather than relying on knee-jerk reactions to something we deem \"obscene\" or \"offensive,\" we should strive to approach such situations with a nuanced understanding of the complexities involved.",{"currentPage":31,"totalPages":31,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":32},1,10]