There is a big difference between what standards you hold yourself to and being imposed upon by an outside entity. Its one thing to realize your wrong and correct, that happens all the time with outside critics. Its another thing to have the outside critics use a broken law system to force you to change against your will.

"How do you separate an incorporated entity from a community?"

An incorporated entity is still a group of people and you shouldn't have to give up your speech rights to get liability protection. So, my answer is the same for a blog as a publisher. You either believe you were right or come to see you might have been wrong. If you believe you are right, but the lack of protection under the law allows others to crush you, then something is seriously wrong.

I think you're mixing the meaning of "private". A lawsuit is a part of the public law system.

"formed" did you mean reformed?

Almost everyone self censors or society would be quite different. In fact, inability to self censor tends to get people in trouble or is seen as a sign of mental problems[1].

However, I cannot really say your wrong. I'm not sure about the meek or obedient, but I would go with stilted or excessively formal. Societies with massive self censorship are very scary.

I have noticed that societies with massive self censorship often have governments that enforce it with an iron fist. I'm not sure if there is a laid back government with a society into self censorship.

(sorry for the late response - driving 7 hours and I missed your post the first time)

1) played for effect in "Silver Lining Playbook"

see my response to einhverfr for further clarification. I have no opinion or desire to learn about this situation to form an opinion.