Freedom of Speech the definition means that you are free to speak without censorship. It is the First Amendment on the Bill of Rights. When it comes to television programs and movies on standard cable, they are censored. They can not use such words as, 'Fuck', 'Shit', 'Cunt', 'Cocksucker', 'Motherfucker', 'Piss', and 'Tits'. I'm sure there is even more than that.
First of all when it comes to words as 'Fuck' and 'Hoe' people changed them to become profanity. It used to mean 'To plant' and a planting tool, so for instance someone would say, 'I need a hoe to fuck in the dirt' and it would translate into 'I need a planting tool to plant in the dirt'.
Besides them changing the words meanings they also censor it from the public eye. For us to watch such television programs or movies without us being censored, we have to pay EXTRA in order to see such things. If we are supposed to have the freedom of speech and not have to be censored, why are these words taken out of regular cable TV shows and movies.
They have even been banning movies since 1895 and they are still doing so for various reasons. One movie that was banned ("The Vanishing Prairie" - a 1954 Walt Disney documentary, banned in New York¹) because it showed the birth of an animal, which is human (or should I say) animal nature.
Not only have they banned films or censored our eyes from programs on standardized cable but they have also removed scenes from movies. Spartacus (for the "flavor of homosexuality" shown), Basic Instinct (which the "feminist and gay rights groups protested the film for being homophobic and misogynistic") and other films such as; "And God Created Woman", "All quiet on the Western Front", "A Streetcar Named Desire", and many other films for various reasons².
When it comes to nudity scenes, it's not even something someone forced upon another human to get paid to do. It is also these peoples choice to turn down a roll, if they do not agree on what they have to do.
So therefore we are censored from more than we think. We do not really have the freedom of speech, certain things can not be said and/or seen. However if we do want to see certain things, we must pay extra for it.
¹- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banned_films#United_States
²- http://www.clpgh.org/books/filmlists/banned.html
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