Wait, who are YOU to say nudity isn't acceptable. You are cancelling my right to nudity. Hypocrite. |
Because you're lamenting the excesses of cancel culture (which is not the case here) and the lack of objectivity in cultural norms (which has never been the case), which is a silly argument and a dumb hill to die on, but whatever floats your boat dude. Have a good weekend. |
Nope, that's not the hill I am standing on. I'm standing on a totally differently hill watching you throw rocks at other people and suggesting that why might want to consider the real reason you throw such rocks. |
Yes I cancelled your right to nudity, long ago, and proud of it, because I do think it's the right thing to do. Hypocrite? You bet. And so are you, for the same reason. What did you already cancel on me? Any idea how many people died to preserve their right to nudity, worship pagan gods, and read anti-Christian literature? And how many other people died to give you the right to read that literature back? Why do people have to die over these things? That's how big cultural changes work sometimes. Pay attention to changes that come out of nowhere. They mean more than you might think, especially when you see outrage vuilding on both sides. That's the best I can do for now. Soober or later you'll see it for yourself. |
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Trans books for kids; dr suess cancelled.
Welcome to the woke world. |
Fixed that for you. |
OP is offended that people to portrayed fairly. Why would someone want to buy those books anyway? |
i agree with this- I've been trying to set up a "friends of the ;library" in my parents old hometown in an "islamic republic" and its super hard to stock it with the nytimes bestsellers b/c we keep having to toss certain books b/c we know the program will be stopped if we dont and the majority of the users of the library itself want that censorship. It is self imposed by teh majority but it is still censorship. |
Because this is the United States of America, and that is actually a highly offensive question. Even worse would be if you or any publisher ever decided not to print a book because they didn't think I should read it anymore. Which just happened. They didn't stop publishing these books because they were money losers. They stopped publishing because they thought they were too offensive to read. And they said so. That is a big, big, change in American culture. And if you don't see how huge that is, and why the principle they used is so controversial, then all of you are the blind ones, not me. Open your eyes. Thanks. |
The only big big change is ash clowns Republicans are suddenly very certain that private businesses don’t get to make decisions for their own brand. What are you, some kind of pinko commie, PP? You want to run someone else’s business how you think they should run it, according to the GOP’s collective? You’re being kept dumb on purpose and boy are you having a ball. |
+1 This is the issue for me too. It's totally fine for someone to stop printing their own books because they weren't making money. But caving to public woke pressure is a VERY slippery slope. We should listen to actual Chinese people and ask them what they find offensive. Of the Chinese people I know, a Dr Seuss book does not concern them in the slightest. They're more concerned with being discriminated against for entry to top schools in the interests of "affirmative action" and "diversity". They know they can work hard and it won't make any difference, they'll be denied entry anyway just because of their race. That's what we should be cancelling. |
When people tell you they are, believe them. I believe what the publisher said about themselves. I just told you I am. There was nothing in what I said that is remotely a Republican argument. You don't have to believe what I said. But why is it so hard for you to understand that someone else might believe that? |
Of course people noticed. And since they were in a position of power, the push back was harsh. Why is what is going on today any different than anything that has happened in the past? Do you think that in the past that people looking for change tried to "understand" those they considered on the wrong side of history? |
um no. Nobody proposes a norm, and then we have some sort of vote, and then hey presto - new norm. They sort of come into being. Some will accept the new norms. Some will continue to fight against them. But yes, when large companies start reworking their advertising, or publishers start choosing what to publish based on evolving societal standards, new norms are being codified. |