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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is appalling to me that they are pulling some of Dr. Seuss’s classic children’s books off the shelves because they are potentially offensive. At what point does this cancel culture not become Fahrenheit 451?

I just re-read one of the titles being discontinued, “...Saw it on Mulberry St”, Dr. Seuss’s first children’s book and a wonderful story about imagination. The only potentially offensive line in the whole book is “a Chinese man that eats with sticks”. Is acknowledging that Chinese eat with chopsticks now so offensive that we are banning a book that mentions it? Can any Asians out there please enlighten me and tell me if you’re happy with the choice to remove this classic book from the shelves?

I’m really afraid of what’s going on, and that this kind of move is supported and applauded by the left.

Whenever I see these posts, I can’t help but think “I am a human being and appalled at how cats have never ever been fed in their entire lives.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is appalling to me that they are pulling some of Dr. Seuss’s classic children’s books off the shelves because they are potentially offensive. At what point does this cancel culture not become Fahrenheit 451?

I just re-read one of the titles being discontinued, “...Saw it on Mulberry St”, Dr. Seuss’s first children’s book and a wonderful story about imagination. The only potentially offensive line in the whole book is “a Chinese man that eats with sticks”. Is acknowledging that Chinese eat with chopsticks now so offensive that we are banning a book that mentions it? Can any Asians out there please enlighten me and tell me if you’re happy with the choice to remove this classic book from the shelves?

I’m really afraid of what’s going on, and that this kind of move is supported and applauded by the left.

Try again.

Your post is wrong period.

No one is censoring anything except of course all the book banning by conservatives for public schools and libraries. Stop spreading garbage get educated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is appalling to me that they are pulling some of Dr. Seuss’s classic children’s books off the shelves because they are potentially offensive. At what point does this cancel culture not become Fahrenheit 451?

I just re-read one of the titles being discontinued, “...Saw it on Mulberry St”, Dr. Seuss’s first children’s book and a wonderful story about imagination. The only potentially offensive line in the whole book is “a Chinese man that eats with sticks”. Is acknowledging that Chinese eat with chopsticks now so offensive that we are banning a book that mentions it? Can any Asians out there please enlighten me and tell me if you’re happy with the choice to remove this classic book from the shelves?

I’m really afraid of what’s going on, and that this kind of move is supported and applauded by the left.

You are a liar and a troll who has not done their homework
1. There was no "censorship
2. Look up Dr Suesses estate moron
3. Learn what "censorship" means
4. Again troll stop it.

By the way who tries to "censor" more. Conservatives you idiot! Book banning for one.

Get a brain stop being a sheep yes Conservatives are the sheep and learn to read!

[Anonymous]

Article in the Nation by a very liberal author of several books and Harvard grad taking OPs position which geniuses on DCUM are CERTAIN is only held by racists, idiots, trolls and Republicans.


https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/banning-books-historical-context/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Article in the Nation by a very liberal author of several books and Harvard grad taking OPs position which geniuses on DCUM are CERTAIN is only held by racists, idiots, trolls and Republicans.


https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/banning-books-historical-context/

The government isn't banning books.

A publisher is suspending printing copies of low sales volumes.

The only outrage is from Fox "News"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Article in the Nation by a very liberal author of several books and Harvard grad taking OPs position which geniuses on DCUM are CERTAIN is only held by racists, idiots, trolls and Republicans.


https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/banning-books-historical-context/

The government isn't banning books.

A publisher is suspending printing copies of low sales volumes.

The only outrage is from Fox "News"

The Nation is now owned by Fox News? Interesting. I did not know that.

[Anonymous]

I found this article very illuminating and fair to both sides. We don't want to promote negative stereotypes, and we don't want to make classics of children's literature -- such as "...saw it on Mulberry Street" -- unavailable. A much better solution for the Seuss estate would have been to replace the couple of offending illustrations in "..Mulberry Street".

https://quillette.com/2021/03/18/we-can-revisit-and-even-replace-the-classic-books-we-teach-children-without-cancelling-them/

[Anonymous]

He was a horrible man. Drove his wife to suicide, only to marry his mistress days after. Who care about him? DCUM people hate cheaters, right?



Dr. Seuss was married to his first wife, an author named Helen Palmer, from 1927 to 1967. However, their relationship was far from plain sailing. Helen was believed to be suspicious of her husband’s extramarital affair, which actually turned out to be true as he ended up marrying the same person after her death.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I found this article very illuminating and fair to both sides. We don't want to promote negative stereotypes, and we don't want to make classics of children's literature -- such as "...saw it on Mulberry Street" -- unavailable. A much better solution for the Seuss estate would have been to replace the couple of offending illustrations in "..Mulberry Street".

https://quillette.com/2021/03/18/we-can-revisit-and-even-replace-the-classic-books-we-teach-children-without-cancelling-them/

The woke don't read Quillette.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He was a horrible man. Drove his wife to suicide, only to marry his mistress days after. Who care about him? DCUM people hate cheaters, right?



Dr. Seuss was married to his first wife, an author named Helen Palmer, from 1927 to 1967. However, their relationship was far from plain sailing. Helen was believed to be suspicious of her husband’s extramarital affair, which actually turned out to be true as he ended up marrying the same person after her death.

Correction: he married his mistress months later (in 1968), not days later. His first wife had a long history of illness and was partially paralyzed, which contributed to her depression.

But I am shocked, shocked that any author, politician or celebrity would ever have an affair!!! /s