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[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

There was a big kerfuffle in the US at the time, one particular senator - Jesse Helms - went on a special crusade to revoke funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and restrict obscene works, generally. Maybe triggered by, certainly exasperated by Piss Christ. US obscenity law at the time was basically, "I know it when I see it," and Simpsons itself was occasionally threatened for its 'obscenity.'

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