The obsession with controlling speech is soaring to unbelievable heights

"What was the quote they deemed so offensive?

I know, up on the top you are seeing great sights, but down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights.

Some might remember this line from the book Yertle the Turtle when Yertle organizes his fellow turtles to stand on top of each other so Yertle can climb to the top and see a great distance."