![]() In 20, conservative politicians and media raised a stink about NEH funding of the Popular Romance Project. This isn’t the first time legislators have ginned up outrage over the scholarly study of romance. The effort to leverage Fifty Shades of Grey for political point scoring has precedent, though. ![]() The hypocrisy is more or less expected just about everyone is more enthusiastic about free speech for folks they agree with than for folks they don’t. And then to show how much they care about free speech, the legislators declare, “Our constituents have expressed outrage at the fact she is using taxpayer dollars to conduct research on Fifty Shades of Grey, Lady Gaga and Twilight.” Free speech means only researching things that the government approves, apparently.
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