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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, you voted for this type of leadership, OP.

We warned you.

By the way, info/clips of Michelle O and Kamala are circulating. They LOVED Dr. Seuss! Lol![/quote]

I love Dr Seuss too. You now he wrote some 60 books right? I don't need to read the old ones with racist imagery. There are plenty of others to read my kids. And so much other literature out there I don't need to be reading only Dr Seuss books.

Why are people so fixated on a few books out of the millions that are out there? Oh I know, because the whole stupid culture war thing is the only topic the right has going for it.

Someone on another thread was arguing about the Nazi rune used as the design of the CPAC stage, saying it was obscure because probably only 1/1000 Americans even knew what it was, so therefore it didn't matter.

Well, I bet fewer than 1/1000 Americans have ever read all 6 of the books the publisher is no longer publishing, or even heard of them. So why are cons so verklempt over obscure books?

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You know, I bet most people never noticed all those General Lee statues until the left demanded they be torn down.  Why so verklempt over a stupid old statue nobody looks at?

Personally, I don't care either way, but let's stop pretending that there aren't two sides in the culture wars, each with their own concerns  [/quote]

Yeah, why so verklempt over removing a stupid old statue nobody looks at? (Except the descendants of enslaved people who did notice it, of which group I'm assuming you are not a part of, am I correct?)  So anyway, I guess we're in agreement![/quote]
Well somebody apparently noticed this book and thought that it should stay in print.  You can always belittle the other by saying your concerns matter more than theirs, no matter the issue. Do you really think 100% of black people agree with you?  [/quote]

No, nobody really cares whether the book stays in print or not.  How can I make this statement?  Because the sales of the books have not been great. So people have been voting with their wallets. It became a “thing” for some because it fit into their “cancel culture” narrative.  I don’t think the people complaining about the estate’s decision care whether the book goes back into circulation. What they want is something different. For racist tropes from a different time to be commonly accepted today. And that just isn’t going to happen broadly speaking. [/quote]
How do you know what other people really care about?  Are you God?  So what if the sales of the book were not great?  You know why they weren't great?  Because they were already being pulled from the shelves due bogus charges of racism.

And no they don't want racist tropes because they don't think that was racist to begin with.  Can't talk about chopsticks now?  Really?  [/quote]

How many of these books did you own as a child and how many of them did you buy for your child or for other children as an adult?

I buy children's books all the time. I have never bought one of the titles that are no longer being published. No one - no grandparent, no aunt or uncle, godparent, friend, -- no one ever once gave us one of those titles as a gift.

Let's take a poll to see who else never bought one of those titles when they were in print or never received one or never owned them growing up.[/quote]
I don't care what you think.  I told you I care, that should be good enough.  
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^^^Has never owned any of these Dr. Seuss books or bought them or read them.[/quote]
Sure, whatever you say.  You don't know me or care about me.  You made up your own story anyway.  Good job.

You only care about scrubbing old books you claim nobody cares about and don't know anything about.  Somebody told you it was racist, so you believe it and that's good enough for you.  [/quote]

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