I agree with Keef

Censorship of the arts within the private (as opposed to governmental/government funded public) realm is just bad news 99% of the time, IMO.  If the ‘Stones want to self-censor on this, I suppose it’s their right and it’d be a whole other animal indeed if this were a case of the song being performed on any part of any taxpayer’s tax-dime (????).  Same issues dealt with in recent years in the visual arts (Eric Fischl, Andres Serrano, et al…).

A rock band dropping one of its many hits from its live set list is hardly an example of "cancel culture."

"self-censorship"

The Stones are part of the generation which represents "doing their own thing"  

I think it's more of a PR thing to align more with $ponsor$, who hold the bag. They can't to upset the new rule.

The worst censorship is self-censorship. Because if someone else shuts you up at least you still think what you think. In self censoring you no longer allow yourself to even think about certain things. Then there is when they manipulate people into censoring each other. Happens around here all the time. People who already have lost the ability to think for themselves try and impose their lack of free independent thought on others. They are what Stalin used to call "useful idiots" those who have internalized the party line to the point they actually help it along. Like saying this isn’t an example of cancel culture when obviously it totally is.    

@millercarbon

Are you for, against or indifferent to the lyrics of Brown Sugar or just taking the opportunity to state a general position against censorship?