Not sure if this is a good place to ask and I don't expect well elaborated responses but fuck it, I wanna give it a try.
I have seen self proclaimed artists supporting censorship of movies, books, vidya... by any means possible, through new editions (Matilda 2022 book Puffin edition), harassing Japanese artists (twatter), or even begging the government with an online petition to ask for X being censored and out of the market (GTA V banned in Australia).
I'm aware that we have methods to bypass censorship thanks to the internet than literally any other time in the past, which is why these wastes of oxygen are laughable. However, I'm intrigued by a certain pie of pro censorship people: specifically artists or self proclaimed artists. They never seem to realize that these same censorship powers can be used against them. One day they may paint a canvas into a good piece of art, one day they make a song that is beloved by everyone, one they they write a good book... but three months later the editors or the government demand the artist to remove or change their art to other standards because it's offensive to 0.00014% of the world population that happens to be in a protected class. I wonder if that could be their ultimate wake up call but considering that normies seem to be okay to naming men women I doubt it.
The reason I'm asking specifically about artists is because art and creation of memes have similar features and traits with concepts related to liberty. Art and mem