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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did everyone gloss over my transcript from the View today?

Joy and Whoopi...the most liberal members of the bunch...both thought getting rid of the books was wrong. Both felt it’s better to use art (including these books) for discussion to foster understanding. Flag when the books were written, acknowledge it was a different time, highlight the racism, discuss why it’s racist, and affirm that we know better now.

Again: these are liberal voices saying this is going too far. These are not conservatives. These are not racists.

They are admittedly older, and I suspect there might be a generational divide on this topic. But these are comics who value free speech and abhor censorship. They also believe it’s better to talk about issues instead of bury them. There’s value in learning from past mistakes. [/quote]

Who is doing the censoring?

If they want to read these to their children no one is stopping them.

Are you suggesting parents MUST read these books, that you want to force people to read them? [/quote]

No, nobody is suggesting that.

My takeaway from their discussion is the fear is the slippery slope.

Joy actually did say if she were a teacher, she would use texts like this to foster discussion. Read the sentence, show the picture, etc. and ask students to point out the racism.

I personally think the Seuss co simply wants to dump books that aren’t profitable.

The larger issue imho is the takeaway today seems to be that Seuss was a racist, his books should no longer be read, and his legacy is forever tarnished. Note: he was removed from Read across America.

Will people forego gifting pregnant moms and toddlers with other Seuss books? I think they might. His name has been tarnished, and that’s the takeaway.

^^^This is the actual cancel aspect.[/quote]

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