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Topic	6 Dr. Seuss books to stop being published due to racist depictions
Zeus 03/02/21 1:40:52 PM #44:	idk, partly it feels stupid, but I'm also sure there are also changing sensibilities and... idk, it's probably mostly stupid. Far-Queue posted... In 2017, a school librarian in Cambridge, Massachusetts, criticized a gift of 10 Seuss books from first lady Melania Trump, saying many of his works were "steeped in racist propaganda, caricatures, and harmful stereotypes." Oh ffs, so it's not actually about Seuss, it's being driven by anti-Trump propaganda? (And anti-Trump stereotypes?) Honestly, I should have fucking known. #NeverTrumpers will literally find any reason to criticize anything anybody associated with the family does. Meanwhile if it came from the Obama or Biden family, they'd be getting a handwritten "thank you" note instead of these ass clowns slamming them in the press. FatalAccident posted... Like no pics at all? They couldn't include pics, they're too offensive! CBS would be canceled! MrMelodramatic posted... it's really not tho Because it got well out of hand ages ago, yes. LeetCheet posted... So children's books are problematic now? Everything is "problematic" now, because society keeps giving into nonsense. Far-Queue posted... Another dumb take. These books aren't being erased, or banned. They're simply stopping publication. They'll still be available and will likely always exist in some form or another. Another dumb take. These works aren't simply being removed from publication, they're also being removed from libraries. And if something is being removed as such, you have the same end result as it being banned and the same external motivation is behind it. Not to mention that being removed from publication effectively removes it from circulation anyway. ReturnOfFa posted... and I had read about Dr. Suess's racist political cartoons at some point in high school idk why people are making a big deal out of this Which is the first real example of propaganda mentioned >_> Offhand, I can't recall if Seuss did any real political cartooning. Or maybe it's just a matter of the hidden messaging in Green Eggs & Ham, The Cat in the Hat, Oh the Places You'll Go, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (that last one has some serious social messaging relevant to the modern day). Even the Lorax is more social than political... and hilariously subverted through its usage now. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:951256984] in 6 Dr. Seus... [t:79325554]...</cite> <quote>idk, partly it feels stupid, but I'm also sure there are also changing sensibilities and... idk, it's probably mostly stupid. Far-Queue posted... </cite> <quote>In 2017, a school librarian in Cambridge, Massachusetts, criticized a gift of 10 Seuss books from first lady Melania Trump, saying many of his works were "steeped in racist propaganda, caricatures, and harmful stereotypes."</quote> Oh ffs, so it's not actually about Seuss, it's being driven by anti-Trump propaganda? (And anti-Trump stereotypes?) Honestly, I should have fucking known. #NeverTrumpers will literally find any reason to criticize anything anybody associated with the family does. Meanwhile if it came from the Obama or Biden family, they'd be getting a handwritten "thank you" note instead of these ass clowns slamming them in the press. FatalAccident posted... </cite> <quote>Like no pics at all?</quote> They couldn't include pics, they're too offensive! CBS would be canceled! MrMelodramatic posted... </cite> <quote>it's really not tho</quote> Because it got well out of hand ages ago, yes. LeetCheet posted... </cite> <quote>So children's books are problematic now?</quote> Everything is "problematic" now, because society keeps giving into nonsense. Far-Queue posted... </cite> <quote>Another dumb take. These books aren't being erased, or banned. They're simply stopping publication. They'll still be available and will likely always exist in some form or another.</quote> Another dumb take. These works aren't simply being removed from publication, they're also being removed from libraries. And if something is being removed as such, you have the same end result as it being banned and the same external motivation is behind it. Not to mention that being removed from publication effectively removes it from circulation anyway. ReturnOfFa posted... </cite> <quote>and I had read about Dr. Suess's racist political cartoons at some point in high school idk why people are making a big deal out of this</quote> Which is the first real example of propaganda mentioned >_> Offhand, I can't recall if Seuss did any real political cartooning. Or maybe it's just a matter of the hidden messaging in Green Eggs & Ham, The Cat in the Hat, Oh the Places You'll Go, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (that last one has some serious social messaging relevant to the modern day). Even the Lorax is more social than political... and hilariously subverted through its usage now. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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