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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who the hell is hurt by the publisher taking this book out of print? Good god. Don’t make this bigger than it is. The books are old, some people find them offensive, some don’t. Nothing sinister to wor er about. Concern troll is a concern troll.[/quote]

I’m in total agreement with this!!  PP,  what other offensive books do you think we can start to take down from circulation?   Nothing bad ever happened from these actions.[/quote]

The book was taken out of print. As in the seller has decided not to sell them any more. They aren’t being burned or removed from existence. You can find a copy at a used bookstore somewhere, if they want to sell it.[/quote]

Please tell us how many should we not be concerned about? What’s the tipping point? And which books? And if the reason is “because we’ve deemed them racist so don’t want to publish racist books but go ahead if you want to sell them,” who is going to risk selling them in a climate that decides you are a racist if you sell them, read them, own them, but them? The problem is with the idea that these practices are creating a climate of cultural pariahs. Sure, right now you don’t care bc Dr Seuss isn’t your hill to die on. You can take it or leave it. It’s just a couple of books.

But why those books??? Mein Kempf is still in print and up for sale on every platform (And I think it should be!) because you don’t erase the past or evidence of it just because it may be ugly. Doing so will
Push it underground! It always will!

Instead you shine a light on it. Publish it, sell it, point out why it’s not good or how sensibilities of western society have changed and how our mobility as a people has helped us grow to appreciate one another’s differences and celebrate each other’s varied cultures rather than point or laugh at the “funny” or “odd” ways of the “other.” Allow for growth, change, human betterment rather than erasing evidence that it used to be another way. 
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