I’m a liberal democrat horrified by the current Dr Seuss drama and normalization of censorship

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Anonymous wrote:I came to the US in the mid 80s, from communist China. People in the modern day have no conception of what it's like to experience the western culture for the first time, coming from a nearly perfect state of vacuum. Everything was new, vibrant, and amazing, including sliced bread and bologna.

Now throw on top of this, Dr Seuss books. It's like adding Mentos to a bottle of soda. I remember vividly pulling those books off the shelf at the local public library, which was mind blowing in and of itself. An air-conditioned building where everyone is polite and quiet, filled with books! A children's section, my gawd! What are these books, with cats, funny hats, strange words, what does it all mean?

Of all the books I read during those first few months of being in the US, the only ones I remember is my English text book, and Dr Seuss books. Maybe Dr Seuss books contain racially insensitive content, but to stop printing a volume because it talks about Chinese people using chopsticks? I imagine the 11-year-old me would have giggled at understanding that one reference, a moment of familiarity on and otherwise wild mental ride.

Read the article, it isn't the government taking this action. It is the company that holds the rights. This isn't the authoritarian communist state. Please.

Exactly. I thought Republicans all had such a boner for the rights of private businesses to do as they wish. Or is that only when they refuse to bake cakes for gay couples?

I see that lack of reading comprehension is an endemic challenge among certain populations. Maybe that's why they spend so much time focusing their attention on picturebooks.

I was adding on to what the poster I was quoting said. And I'm the one with reading comprehension issues? Did you honestly think what was some kind of zinger?

I'm the original quoted PP, I didn't write anything suggesting that the government should step in, or that a private company doesn't/shouldn't have the ability to decide what they print. You and the PP's observations are, therefore, strawmen attacks. So yes, you have reading comprehension problems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why Dr Suess but perhaps I have read his racist books.

I’m stunned that Babar is still around. I bought it for my kids because I loved it as a kid. But holy colonialism!! The images 🤭.

Yeah, we specifically never bought it for that reason.

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Anonymous wrote:I came to the US in the mid 80s, from communist China. People in the modern day have no conception of what it's like to experience the western culture for the first time, coming from a nearly perfect state of vacuum. Everything was new, vibrant, and amazing, including sliced bread and bologna.

Now throw on top of this, Dr Seuss books. It's like adding Mentos to a bottle of soda. I remember vividly pulling those books off the shelf at the local public library, which was mind blowing in and of itself. An air-conditioned building where everyone is polite and quiet, filled with books! A children's section, my gawd! What are these books, with cats, funny hats, strange words, what does it all mean?

Of all the books I read during those first few months of being in the US, the only ones I remember is my English text book, and Dr Seuss books. Maybe Dr Seuss books contain racially insensitive content, but to stop printing a volume because it talks about Chinese people using chopsticks? I imagine the 11-year-old me would have giggled at understanding that one reference, a moment of familiarity on and otherwise wild mental ride.

Read the article, it isn't the government taking this action. It is the company that holds the rights. This isn't the authoritarian communist state. Please.

You didn't read what I wrote. I only mentioned my home country as a contrast to the rich and vibrant culture I encountered in the US. Dr. Seuss books are representative of the unrestrained imaginations of a child's mind, immersed in the glimmering melting pot that is the United States, feeding off of its nutrients. Ironically, the same parents who pay $6 for a dozen of eggs from certified cage-free antibiotic-free grain-fed chickens want their kids to experience a literary world that is sterile, scrubbed of impurities, liberally sprayed with the pesticide of leftist conformity.

Notice I didn't blame the government for anything in the above.

Good news! There will still be tons of Dr. Seuss books in the library with the unrestrained imaginations of a child's mind on full display! And go buy whatever eggs you want, dude, although I don't quite get why that's relevant.

But now there will be less, and the book that's no longer printed contains an image that portrays a culture that I identify with, not because people like me complained, but because some people who don't understand my culture pressured the publisher to stop printing it. That vibrant world is now dimmer out of ignorance.

Ok. So go print your own book. Brighten up that culture!

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Anonymous wrote:I came to the US in the mid 80s, from communist China. People in the modern day have no conception of what it's like to experience the western culture for the first time, coming from a nearly perfect state of vacuum. Everything was new, vibrant, and amazing, including sliced bread and bologna.

Now throw on top of this, Dr Seuss books. It's like adding Mentos to a bottle of soda. I remember vividly pulling those books off the shelf at the local public library, which was mind blowing in and of itself. An air-conditioned building where everyone is polite and quiet, filled with books! A children's section, my gawd! What are these books, with cats, funny hats, strange words, what does it all mean?

Of all the books I read during those first few months of being in the US, the only ones I remember is my English text book, and Dr Seuss books. Maybe Dr Seuss books contain racially insensitive content, but to stop printing a volume because it talks about Chinese people using chopsticks? I imagine the 11-year-old me would have giggled at understanding that one reference, a moment of familiarity on and otherwise wild mental ride.

Read the article, it isn't the government taking this action. It is the company that holds the rights. This isn't the authoritarian communist state. Please.

Exactly. I thought Republicans all had such a boner for the rights of private businesses to do as they wish. Or is that only when they refuse to bake cakes for gay couples?

I see that lack of reading comprehension is an endemic challenge among certain populations. Maybe that's why they spend so much time focusing their attention on picturebooks.

I was adding on to what the poster I was quoting said. And I'm the one with reading comprehension issues? Did you honestly think what was some kind of zinger?

I'm the original quoted PP, I didn't write anything suggesting that the government should step in, or that a private company doesn't/shouldn't have the ability to decide what they print. You and the PP's observations are, therefore, strawmen attacks. So yes, you have reading comprehension problems.

So what, exactly, is your problem? What do you want us to do, and how are you tying this to "liberals" and "censorship"?

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Anonymous wrote:I came to the US in the mid 80s, from communist China. People in the modern day have no conception of what it's like to experience the western culture for the first time, coming from a nearly perfect state of vacuum. Everything was new, vibrant, and amazing, including sliced bread and bologna.

Now throw on top of this, Dr Seuss books. It's like adding Mentos to a bottle of soda. I remember vividly pulling those books off the shelf at the local public library, which was mind blowing in and of itself. An air-conditioned building where everyone is polite and quiet, filled with books! A children's section, my gawd! What are these books, with cats, funny hats, strange words, what does it all mean?

Of all the books I read during those first few months of being in the US, the only ones I remember is my English text book, and Dr Seuss books. Maybe Dr Seuss books contain racially insensitive content, but to stop printing a volume because it talks about Chinese people using chopsticks? I imagine the 11-year-old me would have giggled at understanding that one reference, a moment of familiarity on and otherwise wild mental ride.

Read the article, it isn't the government taking this action. It is the company that holds the rights. This isn't the authoritarian communist state. Please.

You didn't read what I wrote. I only mentioned my home country as a contrast to the rich and vibrant culture I encountered in the US. Dr. Seuss books are representative of the unrestrained imaginations of a child's mind, immersed in the glimmering melting pot that is the United States, feeding off of its nutrients. Ironically, the same parents who pay $6 for a dozen of eggs from certified cage-free antibiotic-free grain-fed chickens want their kids to experience a literary world that is sterile, scrubbed of impurities, liberally sprayed with the pesticide of leftist conformity.

Notice I didn't blame the government for anything in the above.

You're far down the propaganda rabbit hole with this kind of stereotyping. You see yourself an enlightened thinker, but you're not. You resolve your trauma by swinging hard to the opposite side of the ideological spectrum. You're not the first - or last - immigrant to experience this. Your kids will be more balanced.

Wow, wanting certain Dr Seuss books to remain in print is the "opposite side of the ideological spectrum?" Right, your views on this are so balanced.

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Anonymous wrote:I came to the US in the mid 80s, from communist China. People in the modern day have no conception of what it's like to experience the western culture for the first time, coming from a nearly perfect state of vacuum. Everything was new, vibrant, and amazing, including sliced bread and bologna.

Now throw on top of this, Dr Seuss books. It's like adding Mentos to a bottle of soda. I remember vividly pulling those books off the shelf at the local public library, which was mind blowing in and of itself. An air-conditioned building where everyone is polite and quiet, filled with books! A children's section, my gawd! What are these books, with cats, funny hats, strange words, what does it all mean?

Of all the books I read during those first few months of being in the US, the only ones I remember is my English text book, and Dr Seuss books. Maybe Dr Seuss books contain racially insensitive content, but to stop printing a volume because it talks about Chinese people using chopsticks? I imagine the 11-year-old me would have giggled at understanding that one reference, a moment of familiarity on and otherwise wild mental ride.

Read the article, it isn't the government taking this action. It is the company that holds the rights. This isn't the authoritarian communist state. Please.

You didn't read what I wrote. I only mentioned my home country as a contrast to the rich and vibrant culture I encountered in the US. Dr. Seuss books are representative of the unrestrained imaginations of a child's mind, immersed in the glimmering melting pot that is the United States, feeding off of its nutrients. Ironically, the same parents who pay $6 for a dozen of eggs from certified cage-free antibiotic-free grain-fed chickens want their kids to experience a literary world that is sterile, scrubbed of impurities, liberally sprayed with the pesticide of leftist conformity.

Notice I didn't blame the government for anything in the above.

Good news! There will still be tons of Dr. Seuss books in the library with the unrestrained imaginations of a child's mind on full display! And go buy whatever eggs you want, dude, although I don't quite get why that's relevant.

But now there will be less, and the book that's no longer printed contains an image that portrays a culture that I identify with, not because people like me complained, but because some people who don't understand my culture pressured the publisher to stop printing it. That vibrant world is now dimmer out of ignorance.

Ok. So go print your own book. Brighten up that culture!

I see you've conceded the point. You ought to be ashamed of being aligned with people who support destroying and erasing things because of your misinformed sensibilities.

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Anonymous wrote:I came to the US in the mid 80s, from communist China. People in the modern day have no conception of what it's like to experience the western culture for the first time, coming from a nearly perfect state of vacuum. Everything was new, vibrant, and amazing, including sliced bread and bologna.

Now throw on top of this, Dr Seuss books. It's like adding Mentos to a bottle of soda. I remember vividly pulling those books off the shelf at the local public library, which was mind blowing in and of itself. An air-conditioned building where everyone is polite and quiet, filled with books! A children's section, my gawd! What are these books, with cats, funny hats, strange words, what does it all mean?

Of all the books I read during those first few months of being in the US, the only ones I remember is my English text book, and Dr Seuss books. Maybe Dr Seuss books contain racially insensitive content, but to stop printing a volume because it talks about Chinese people using chopsticks? I imagine the 11-year-old me would have giggled at understanding that one reference, a moment of familiarity on and otherwise wild mental ride.

Read the article, it isn't the government taking this action. It is the company that holds the rights. This isn't the authoritarian communist state. Please.

Exactly. I thought Republicans all had such a boner for the rights of private businesses to do as they wish. Or is that only when they refuse to bake cakes for gay couples?

I see that lack of reading comprehension is an endemic challenge among certain populations. Maybe that's why they spend so much time focusing their attention on picturebooks.

I was adding on to what the poster I was quoting said. And I'm the one with reading comprehension issues? Did you honestly think what was some kind of zinger?

I'm the original quoted PP, I didn't write anything suggesting that the government should step in, or that a private company doesn't/shouldn't have the ability to decide what they print. You and the PP's observations are, therefore, strawmen attacks. So yes, you have reading comprehension problems.

So what, exactly, is your problem? What do you want us to do, and how are you tying this to "liberals" and "censorship"?

Improve your reading comprehension skills. That would help in a discussion that involves reading.

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Anonymous wrote:I came to the US in the mid 80s, from communist China. People in the modern day have no conception of what it's like to experience the western culture for the first time, coming from a nearly perfect state of vacuum. Everything was new, vibrant, and amazing, including sliced bread and bologna.

Now throw on top of this, Dr Seuss books. It's like adding Mentos to a bottle of soda. I remember vividly pulling those books off the shelf at the local public library, which was mind blowing in and of itself. An air-conditioned building where everyone is polite and quiet, filled with books! A children's section, my gawd! What are these books, with cats, funny hats, strange words, what does it all mean?

Of all the books I read during those first few months of being in the US, the only ones I remember is my English text book, and Dr Seuss books. Maybe Dr Seuss books contain racially insensitive content, but to stop printing a volume because it talks about Chinese people using chopsticks? I imagine the 11-year-old me would have giggled at understanding that one reference, a moment of familiarity on and otherwise wild mental ride.

Read the article, it isn't the government taking this action. It is the company that holds the rights. This isn't the authoritarian communist state. Please.

You didn't read what I wrote. I only mentioned my home country as a contrast to the rich and vibrant culture I encountered in the US. Dr. Seuss books are representative of the unrestrained imaginations of a child's mind, immersed in the glimmering melting pot that is the United States, feeding off of its nutrients. Ironically, the same parents who pay $6 for a dozen of eggs from certified cage-free antibiotic-free grain-fed chickens want their kids to experience a literary world that is sterile, scrubbed of impurities, liberally sprayed with the pesticide of leftist conformity.

Notice I didn't blame the government for anything in the above.

You're far down the propaganda rabbit hole with this kind of stereotyping. You see yourself an enlightened thinker, but you're not. You resolve your trauma by swinging hard to the opposite side of the ideological spectrum. You're not the first - or last - immigrant to experience this. Your kids will be more balanced.

Wow, wanting certain Dr Seuss books to remain in print is the "opposite side of the ideological spectrum?" Right, your views on this are so balanced.

The scorn you heaped upon parents who buy $6 eggs and apparently want their children to experience a sterile literary world "sprayed with the pesticide of leftist conformity" gives away your hatred. You might be able to fool some people, but your shtick is pretty transparent.

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Anonymous wrote:I came to the US in the mid 80s, from communist China. People in the modern day have no conception of what it's like to experience the western culture for the first time, coming from a nearly perfect state of vacuum. Everything was new, vibrant, and amazing, including sliced bread and bologna.

Now throw on top of this, Dr Seuss books. It's like adding Mentos to a bottle of soda. I remember vividly pulling those books off the shelf at the local public library, which was mind blowing in and of itself. An air-conditioned building where everyone is polite and quiet, filled with books! A children's section, my gawd! What are these books, with cats, funny hats, strange words, what does it all mean?

Of all the books I read during those first few months of being in the US, the only ones I remember is my English text book, and Dr Seuss books. Maybe Dr Seuss books contain racially insensitive content, but to stop printing a volume because it talks about Chinese people using chopsticks? I imagine the 11-year-old me would have giggled at understanding that one reference, a moment of familiarity on and otherwise wild mental ride.

Read the article, it isn't the government taking this action. It is the company that holds the rights. This isn't the authoritarian communist state. Please.

You didn't read what I wrote. I only mentioned my home country as a contrast to the rich and vibrant culture I encountered in the US. Dr. Seuss books are representative of the unrestrained imaginations of a child's mind, immersed in the glimmering melting pot that is the United States, feeding off of its nutrients. Ironically, the same parents who pay $6 for a dozen of eggs from certified cage-free antibiotic-free grain-fed chickens want their kids to experience a literary world that is sterile, scrubbed of impurities, liberally sprayed with the pesticide of leftist conformity.

Notice I didn't blame the government for anything in the above.

Good news! There will still be tons of Dr. Seuss books in the library with the unrestrained imaginations of a child's mind on full display! And go buy whatever eggs you want, dude, although I don't quite get why that's relevant.

But now there will be less, and the book that's no longer printed contains an image that portrays a culture that I identify with, not because people like me complained, but because some people who don't understand my culture pressured the publisher to stop printing it. That vibrant world is now dimmer out of ignorance.

Ok. So go print your own book. Brighten up that culture!

I see you've conceded the point. You ought to be ashamed of being aligned with people who support destroying and erasing things because of your misinformed sensibilities.

Tastes change. The culture changes. It’s destruction in the sense that the passage of time is destruction.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I came to the US in the mid 80s, from communist China. People in the modern day have no conception of what it's like to experience the western culture for the first time, coming from a nearly perfect state of vacuum. Everything was new, vibrant, and amazing, including sliced bread and bologna.

Now throw on top of this, Dr Seuss books. It's like adding Mentos to a bottle of soda. I remember vividly pulling those books off the shelf at the local public library, which was mind blowing in and of itself. An air-conditioned building where everyone is polite and quiet, filled with books! A children's section, my gawd! What are these books, with cats, funny hats, strange words, what does it all mean?

Of all the books I read during those first few months of being in the US, the only ones I remember is my English text book, and Dr Seuss books. Maybe Dr Seuss books contain racially insensitive content, but to stop printing a volume because it talks about Chinese people using chopsticks? I imagine the 11-year-old me would have giggled at understanding that one reference, a moment of familiarity on and otherwise wild mental ride.

Read the article, it isn't the government taking this action. It is the company that holds the rights. This isn't the authoritarian communist state. Please.

You didn't read what I wrote. I only mentioned my home country as a contrast to the rich and vibrant culture I encountered in the US. Dr. Seuss books are representative of the unrestrained imaginations of a child's mind, immersed in the glimmering melting pot that is the United States, feeding off of its nutrients. Ironically, the same parents who pay $6 for a dozen of eggs from certified cage-free antibiotic-free grain-fed chickens want their kids to experience a literary world that is sterile, scrubbed of impurities, liberally sprayed with the pesticide of leftist conformity.

Notice I didn't blame the government for anything in the above.

You're far down the propaganda rabbit hole with this kind of stereotyping. You see yourself an enlightened thinker, but you're not. You resolve your trauma by swinging hard to the opposite side of the ideological spectrum. You're not the first - or last - immigrant to experience this. Your kids will be more balanced.

Wow, wanting certain Dr Seuss books to remain in print is the "opposite side of the ideological spectrum?" Right, your views on this are so balanced.

The scorn you heaped upon parents who buy $6 eggs and apparently want their children to experience a sterile literary world "sprayed with the pesticide of leftist conformity" gives away your hatred. You might be able to fool some people, but your shtick is pretty transparent.

Pointing out hypocritical behavior is the "opposite side of the ideological spectrum?" I don't hate anyone, you are just projecting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I came to the US in the mid 80s, from communist China. People in the modern day have no conception of what it's like to experience the western culture for the first time, coming from a nearly perfect state of vacuum. Everything was new, vibrant, and amazing, including sliced bread and bologna.

Now throw on top of this, Dr Seuss books. It's like adding Mentos to a bottle of soda. I remember vividly pulling those books off the shelf at the local public library, which was mind blowing in and of itself. An air-conditioned building where everyone is polite and quiet, filled with books! A children's section, my gawd! What are these books, with cats, funny hats, strange words, what does it all mean?

Of all the books I read during those first few months of being in the US, the only ones I remember is my English text book, and Dr Seuss books. Maybe Dr Seuss books contain racially insensitive content, but to stop printing a volume because it talks about Chinese people using chopsticks? I imagine the 11-year-old me would have giggled at understanding that one reference, a moment of familiarity on and otherwise wild mental ride.

Read the article, it isn't the government taking this action. It is the company that holds the rights. This isn't the authoritarian communist state. Please.

You didn't read what I wrote. I only mentioned my home country as a contrast to the rich and vibrant culture I encountered in the US. Dr. Seuss books are representative of the unrestrained imaginations of a child's mind, immersed in the glimmering melting pot that is the United States, feeding off of its nutrients. Ironically, the same parents who pay $6 for a dozen of eggs from certified cage-free antibiotic-free grain-fed chickens want their kids to experience a literary world that is sterile, scrubbed of impurities, liberally sprayed with the pesticide of leftist conformity.

Notice I didn't blame the government for anything in the above.

Good news! There will still be tons of Dr. Seuss books in the library with the unrestrained imaginations of a child's mind on full display! And go buy whatever eggs you want, dude, although I don't quite get why that's relevant.

But now there will be less, and the book that's no longer printed contains an image that portrays a culture that I identify with, not because people like me complained, but because some people who don't understand my culture pressured the publisher to stop printing it. That vibrant world is now dimmer out of ignorance.

Ok. So go print your own book. Brighten up that culture!

I see you've conceded the point. You ought to be ashamed of being aligned with people who support destroying and erasing things because of your misinformed sensibilities.

So you're saying that people should not be advocating for things they believe in?

Honestly, I don't know why you have worked yourself up so much about this one book (that I, as an Asian, have never heard of). This is not the 80s; there are plenty more books out there that depict people of all sorts of cultures accurately, than there used to be. If you have a problem with others having a differing POV than you do, I'm afraid you're going to spend much of your life, outraged.

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Anonymous wrote:I came to the US in the mid 80s, from communist China. People in the modern day have no conception of what it's like to experience the western culture for the first time, coming from a nearly perfect state of vacuum. Everything was new, vibrant, and amazing, including sliced bread and bologna.

Now throw on top of this, Dr Seuss books. It's like adding Mentos to a bottle of soda. I remember vividly pulling those books off the shelf at the local public library, which was mind blowing in and of itself. An air-conditioned building where everyone is polite and quiet, filled with books! A children's section, my gawd! What are these books, with cats, funny hats, strange words, what does it all mean?

Of all the books I read during those first few months of being in the US, the only ones I remember is my English text book, and Dr Seuss books. Maybe Dr Seuss books contain racially insensitive content, but to stop printing a volume because it talks about Chinese people using chopsticks? I imagine the 11-year-old me would have giggled at understanding that one reference, a moment of familiarity on and otherwise wild mental ride.

Read the article, it isn't the government taking this action. It is the company that holds the rights. This isn't the authoritarian communist state. Please.

You didn't read what I wrote. I only mentioned my home country as a contrast to the rich and vibrant culture I encountered in the US. Dr. Seuss books are representative of the unrestrained imaginations of a child's mind, immersed in the glimmering melting pot that is the United States, feeding off of its nutrients. Ironically, the same parents who pay $6 for a dozen of eggs from certified cage-free antibiotic-free grain-fed chickens want their kids to experience a literary world that is sterile, scrubbed of impurities, liberally sprayed with the pesticide of leftist conformity.

Notice I didn't blame the government for anything in the above.

You're far down the propaganda rabbit hole with this kind of stereotyping. You see yourself an enlightened thinker, but you're not. You resolve your trauma by swinging hard to the opposite side of the ideological spectrum. You're not the first - or last - immigrant to experience this. Your kids will be more balanced.

Wow, wanting certain Dr Seuss books to remain in print is the "opposite side of the ideological spectrum?" Right, your views on this are so balanced.

The scorn you heaped upon parents who buy $6 eggs and apparently want their children to experience a sterile literary world "sprayed with the pesticide of leftist conformity" gives away your hatred. You might be able to fool some people, but your shtick is pretty transparent.

Pointing out hypocritical behavior is the "opposite side of the ideological spectrum?" I don't hate anyone, you are just projecting.

Protest all you want, but like I said, your gimmick is transparent. Your exasperated and hostile replies to anyone who dares to disagree with you on this keep proving me right.

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Anonymous wrote:I came to the US in the mid 80s, from communist China. People in the modern day have no conception of what it's like to experience the western culture for the first time, coming from a nearly perfect state of vacuum. Everything was new, vibrant, and amazing, including sliced bread and bologna.

Now throw on top of this, Dr Seuss books. It's like adding Mentos to a bottle of soda. I remember vividly pulling those books off the shelf at the local public library, which was mind blowing in and of itself. An air-conditioned building where everyone is polite and quiet, filled with books! A children's section, my gawd! What are these books, with cats, funny hats, strange words, what does it all mean?

Of all the books I read during those first few months of being in the US, the only ones I remember is my English text book, and Dr Seuss books. Maybe Dr Seuss books contain racially insensitive content, but to stop printing a volume because it talks about Chinese people using chopsticks? I imagine the 11-year-old me would have giggled at understanding that one reference, a moment of familiarity on and otherwise wild mental ride.

Read the article, it isn't the government taking this action. It is the company that holds the rights. This isn't the authoritarian communist state. Please.

You didn't read what I wrote. I only mentioned my home country as a contrast to the rich and vibrant culture I encountered in the US. Dr. Seuss books are representative of the unrestrained imaginations of a child's mind, immersed in the glimmering melting pot that is the United States, feeding off of its nutrients. Ironically, the same parents who pay $6 for a dozen of eggs from certified cage-free antibiotic-free grain-fed chickens want their kids to experience a literary world that is sterile, scrubbed of impurities, liberally sprayed with the pesticide of leftist conformity.

Notice I didn't blame the government for anything in the above.

Good news! There will still be tons of Dr. Seuss books in the library with the unrestrained imaginations of a child's mind on full display! And go buy whatever eggs you want, dude, although I don't quite get why that's relevant.

But now there will be less, and the book that's no longer printed contains an image that portrays a culture that I identify with, not because people like me complained, but because some people who don't understand my culture pressured the publisher to stop printing it. That vibrant world is now dimmer out of ignorance.

Ok. So go print your own book. Brighten up that culture!

I see you've conceded the point. You ought to be ashamed of being aligned with people who support destroying and erasing things because of your misinformed sensibilities.

Tastes change. The culture changes. It’s destruction in the sense that the passage of time is destruction.

It's not the same for something to fade away on its own, as for something to be forced out of the marketplace for ideological reasons.

[Anonymous]

AP text books are next!

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Anonymous wrote:I came to the US in the mid 80s, from communist China. People in the modern day have no conception of what it's like to experience the western culture for the first time, coming from a nearly perfect state of vacuum. Everything was new, vibrant, and amazing, including sliced bread and bologna.

Now throw on top of this, Dr Seuss books. It's like adding Mentos to a bottle of soda. I remember vividly pulling those books off the shelf at the local public library, which was mind blowing in and of itself. An air-conditioned building where everyone is polite and quiet, filled with books! A children's section, my gawd! What are these books, with cats, funny hats, strange words, what does it all mean?

Of all the books I read during those first few months of being in the US, the only ones I remember is my English text book, and Dr Seuss books. Maybe Dr Seuss books contain racially insensitive content, but to stop printing a volume because it talks about Chinese people using chopsticks? I imagine the 11-year-old me would have giggled at understanding that one reference, a moment of familiarity on and otherwise wild mental ride.

Read the article, it isn't the government taking this action. It is the company that holds the rights. This isn't the authoritarian communist state. Please.

You didn't read what I wrote. I only mentioned my home country as a contrast to the rich and vibrant culture I encountered in the US. Dr. Seuss books are representative of the unrestrained imaginations of a child's mind, immersed in the glimmering melting pot that is the United States, feeding off of its nutrients. Ironically, the same parents who pay $6 for a dozen of eggs from certified cage-free antibiotic-free grain-fed chickens want their kids to experience a literary world that is sterile, scrubbed of impurities, liberally sprayed with the pesticide of leftist conformity.

Notice I didn't blame the government for anything in the above.

Good news! There will still be tons of Dr. Seuss books in the library with the unrestrained imaginations of a child's mind on full display! And go buy whatever eggs you want, dude, although I don't quite get why that's relevant.

But now there will be less, and the book that's no longer printed contains an image that portrays a culture that I identify with, not because people like me complained, but because some people who don't understand my culture pressured the publisher to stop printing it. That vibrant world is now dimmer out of ignorance.

Ok. So go print your own book. Brighten up that culture!

I see you've conceded the point. You ought to be ashamed of being aligned with people who support destroying and erasing things because of your misinformed sensibilities.

Tastes change. The culture changes. It’s destruction in the sense that the passage of time is destruction.

It's not the same for something to fade away on its own, as for something to be forced out of the marketplace for ideological reasons.

One of the reasons things 'fade away on their own' is because things change, and people decide that they don't need that product. Considering that the Seuss family is making the decision to pull books nobody has heard of, it's pretty much the same thing. It's a business decision, but it also puts them more in alignment with a culture that is becoming less tolerant of racism.