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Duncanwii 03/02/21 7:59:07 PM #1:	And therefore several books have been banned from publishing. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/these-dr-seuss-books-wont-be-published-again-due-to-hurtful-and-wrong-imagery/1100-6488277/? --- Hello I'm Duncan, I like Video Games and comedies let's be friends Everything I say about myself is true. I never lie. <cite>Duncanwii posted [p:951270505] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>And therefore several books have been banned from publishing. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/these-dr-seuss-books-wont-be-published-again-due-to-hurtful-and-wrong-imagery/1100-6488277/?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrToothHasYou 03/02/21 8:00:02 PM #2:	Banned by whom --- An Injury to One is an Injury to All https://iww.org/ <cite>MrToothHasYou posted [p:951270542] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>Banned by whom </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheGoldenEel 03/02/21 8:00:09 PM #3:	what happened, I thought I had this user ignored --- The words of The Golden Eel have been revealed... Games: http://backloggery.com/wrldindstries302 \\ Music: http://www.last.fm/user/DrMorberg/ <cite>TheGoldenEel posted [p:951270547] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>what happened, I thought I had this user ignored </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SPE 03/02/21 8:00:33 PM #4:	Duncanwii posted... And therefore several books have been banned from publishing. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/these-dr-seuss-books-wont-be-published-again-due-to-hurtful-and-wrong-imagery/1100-6488277/? THIS is what you came back to post. Damn. your eloquence and political views make me think youre the son of Tucker Carson. --- Welcome to the Spore Store! My shrooms are delicious, suspicious, but never malicious! <cite>SPE posted [p:951270558] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>Duncanwii posted... </cite> <quote>And therefore several books have been banned from publishing. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/these-dr-seuss-books-wont-be-published-again-due-to-hurtful-and-wrong-imagery/1100-6488277/?</quote> THIS is what you came back to post. Damn. your eloquence and political views make me think youre the son of Tucker Carson. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
skermac 03/02/21 8:00:48 PM #5:	Sounds like tabloid journalism --- To the edge of the universe and back, endure and survive <cite>skermac posted [p:951270567] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>Sounds like tabloid journalism </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
theAteam 03/02/21 8:01:54 PM #6:	"You may not be aware of this, but Dr. Seuss is a bit of a clich, a tired and worn ambassador for children's literature," librarian Liz Phipps Soeiro said in an editorial. Damn she went straight at my childhood with that --- Buffalo Bills Preseason Prediction: 10-6 2020 Final Record: 13-3 <cite>theAteam posted [p:951270609] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>"You may not be aware of this, but Dr. Seuss is a bit of a clich, a tired and worn ambassador for children's literature," librarian Liz Phipps Soeiro said in an editorial. Damn she went straight at my childhood with that </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hexenherz 03/02/21 8:02:47 PM #7:	They weren't banned and those six books did contain some really questionable shit lol --- FFXIV: Lucius Hexenseele (Brynhildr) \| RS3: UltimaSuende . 99 WC/Fish/Cook/Fletch/Div/Mining/Smithing/Thieving/Crafting/RC https://letterboxd.com/BMovieBro/ <cite>Hexenherz posted [p:951270637] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>They weren't banned and those six books did contain some really questionable shit lol </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Intro2Logic 03/02/21 8:03:52 PM #8:	I think you have to use the past tense in describing dead people --- Have you tried thinking rationally? <cite>Intro2Logic posted [p:951270678] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>I think you have to use the past tense in describing dead people </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The_Creep_2020 03/02/21 8:04:43 PM #9:	Theyre not banned, Dr Seuss Enterprises is choosing not to print them again. --- Have I carved enough, my Lord? Child, you are a bone <cite>The_Creep_2020 posted [p:951270704] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>Theyre not banned, Dr Seuss Enterprises is choosing not to print them again. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The_Creep_2020 03/02/21 8:05:05 PM #10:	Hexenherz posted... They weren't banned and those six books did contain some really questionable shit lol Yup --- Have I carved enough, my Lord? Child, you are a bone <cite>The_Creep_2020 posted [p:951270717] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>Hexenherz posted... </cite> <quote>They weren't banned and those six books did contain some really questionable shit lol</quote>Yup </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
2Pacavelli 03/02/21 8:05:29 PM #11:	Almost every white person at that time was racist against Black people that's a sad fact <cite>2Pacavelli posted [p:951270734] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>Almost every white person at that time was racist against Black people that's a sad fact </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RadiantJoyrock 03/02/21 8:05:57 PM #12:	Also, Dr Seuss has always been known as a white supremacist and generally garbage person. <cite>RadiantJoyrock posted [p:951270752] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>Also, Dr Seuss has always been known as a white supremacist and generally garbage person. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Broseph_Stalin 03/02/21 8:06:10 PM #13:	why is gamespot reporting on this lol <cite>Broseph_Stalin posted [p:951270760] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>why is gamespot reporting on this lol </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kastrada 03/02/21 8:06:30 PM #14:	https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41431144 Couldn't access the other link but I googled the quote and found that. The White House picked one school from each US state to receive 10 books as part of National Read a Book Day. That's fucking hilariously inept. "Why not go out of your way to gift books to underfunded and underprivileged communities that continue to be marginalized and maligned by policies put in place by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos?" she wrote. I quite like this woman. --- PoW '09 Topic of the Year Co-Winners (Rada and Texy) FFD <cite>Kastrada posted [p:951270772] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41431144 Couldn't access the other link but I googled the quote and found that. <quote>The White House picked one school from each US state to receive 10 books as part of National Read a Book Day.</quote> That's fucking hilariously inept. <quote>"Why not go out of your way to gift books to underfunded and underprivileged communities that continue to be marginalized and maligned by policies put in place by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos?" she wrote.</quote> I quite like this woman. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Duncanwii 03/02/21 8:06:36 PM #15:	RadiantJoyrock posted... Also, Dr Seuss has always been known as a white supremacist and generally garbage person. Since When? --- Hello I'm Duncan, I like Video Games and comedies let's be friends Everything I say about myself is true. I never lie. <cite>Duncanwii posted [p:951270774] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>RadiantJoyrock posted...</cite> <quote>Also, Dr Seuss has always been known as a white supremacist and generally garbage person. </quote> Since When?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
skermac 03/02/21 8:06:44 PM #16:	Biden erases Dr. Seuss from 'Read Across America' proclamation as progressives seek to cancel beloved author --- To the edge of the universe and back, endure and survive <cite>skermac posted [p:951270779] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>Biden erases Dr. Seuss from 'Read Across America' proclamation as progressives seek to cancel beloved author </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The_Creep_2020 03/02/21 8:08:08 PM #17:	Duncanwii posted... Since When? Not white supremacist, but definitely racist a f: https://www.businessinsider.com/before-dr-seuss-was-famous-he-drew-these-sad-racist-ads-2012-3?amp --- Have I carved enough, my Lord? Child, you are a bone <cite>The_Creep_2020 posted [p:951270824] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>Duncanwii posted... </cite> <quote>Since When?</quote>Not white supremacist, but definitely racist a f: https://www.businessinsider.com/before-dr-seuss-was-famous-he-drew-these-sad-racist-ads-2012-3?amp </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Webmaster4531 03/02/21 8:09:02 PM #18:	How the hell is "Hop on Pop" not one of them? --- Ad Hominem. <cite>Webmaster4531 posted [p:951270857] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>How the hell is "Hop on Pop" not one of them?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RadiantJoyrock 03/02/21 8:09:13 PM #19:	Duncanwii posted... Since When? Since always. <cite>RadiantJoyrock posted [p:951270868] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>Duncanwii posted... </cite> <quote>Since When?</quote>Since always. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
a-c-a-b 03/02/21 8:12:44 PM #20:	Duncan's upset because the books that Mommy still read him before beddy-bye time are getting called out on racist shit. --- Save for your doomed future <cite>a-c-a-b posted [p:951271005] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>Duncan's upset because the books that Mommy still read him before beddy-bye time are getting called out on racist shit.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Duncanwii 03/02/21 8:15:38 PM #21:	skermac posted... Biden erases Dr. Seuss from 'Read Across America' proclamation as progressives seek to cancel beloved author This. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Dr Suess. --- Hello I'm Duncan, I like Video Games and comedies let's be friends Everything I say about myself is true. I never lie. <cite>Duncanwii posted [p:951271131] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>skermac posted...</cite> <quote>Biden erases Dr. Seuss from 'Read Across America' proclamation as progressives seek to cancel beloved author </quote> This. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Dr Suess.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The_Creep_2020 03/02/21 8:20:04 PM #22:	a-c-a-b posted... Duncan's upset because the books that Mommy still read him before beddy-bye time are getting called out on racist shit. Well, of course. If mummy doesnt read him exactly two books of between twelve to thirty pages each night, he has the temper tantrum to end all tantrums and wont eat his dinner time tendies for days. --- Have I carved enough, my Lord? Child, you are a bone <cite>The_Creep_2020 posted [p:951271271] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>a-c-a-b posted... </cite> <quote>Duncan's upset because the books that Mommy still read him before beddy-bye time are getting called out on racist shit.</quote>Well, of course. If mummy doesnt read him exactly two books of between twelve to thirty pages each night, he has the temper tantrum to end all tantrums and wont eat his dinner time tendies for days. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RadiantJoyrock 03/02/21 8:21:12 PM #23:	Duncanwii posted... This. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Dr Suess. But as has been proven, there's a lot wrong with him. <cite>RadiantJoyrock posted [p:951271298] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>Duncanwii posted... </cite> <quote>This. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Dr Suess.</quote>But as has been proven, there's a lot wrong with him. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SPE 03/02/21 8:21:52 PM #24:	Duncanwii posted... This. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Dr Suess. just in case you thought tc was only reporting --- Welcome to the Spore Store! My shrooms are delicious, suspicious, but never malicious! <cite>SPE posted [p:951271325] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>Duncanwii posted... </cite> <quote>This. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Dr Suess.</quote> just in case you thought tc was only reporting </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
__aCEr__ 03/02/21 8:22:34 PM #25:	Oh no that only leaves like 50 books to choose from. --- See you next Wednesday. <cite>__aCEr__ posted [p:951271345] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>Oh no that only leaves like 50 books to choose from. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The_Creep_2020 03/02/21 8:26:06 PM #26:	Duncanwii posted... This. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Dr Suess. --- Have I carved enough, my Lord? Child, you are a bone <cite>The_Creep_2020 posted [p:951271449] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>Duncanwii posted... </cite> <quote>This. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Dr Suess.</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Funkydog 03/02/21 8:28:48 PM #27:	Duncanwii posted... This. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Dr Suess. You think racist stereotypes are okay then? You ARE aware the books that were pulled (not all of them, only a select few) played on racist stereotypes, yes? --- https://imgur.com/BGbZK <cite>Funkydog posted [p:951271555] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>Duncanwii posted... </cite> <quote>This. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Dr Suess.</quote>You think racist stereotypes are okay then? You ARE aware the books that were pulled (not all of them, only a select few) played on racist stereotypes, yes? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The_Creep_2020 03/02/21 8:29:46 PM #28:	Funkydog posted... You think racist stereotypes are okay then? You ARE aware the books that were pulled (not all of them, only a select few) played on racist stereotypes, yes? Spoilers: he is aware and doesnt care because he likes the books, so they cant be racist. --- Have I carved enough, my Lord? Child, you are a bone <cite>The_Creep_2020 posted [p:951271586] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>Funkydog posted... </cite> <quote>You think racist stereotypes are okay then? You ARE aware the books that were pulled (not all of them, only a select few) played on racist stereotypes, yes?</quote>Spoilers: he is aware and doesnt care because he likes the books, so they cant be racist. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SPE 03/02/21 8:31:02 PM #29:	The_Creep_2020 posted... Spoilers: he is aware and doesnt care because he likes the books, so they cant be racist. he is just starved for attention and this is his way to get it. --- Welcome to the Spore Store! My shrooms are delicious, suspicious, but never malicious! <cite>SPE posted [p:951271625] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>The_Creep_2020 posted... </cite> <quote>Spoilers: he is aware and doesnt care because he likes the books, so they cant be racist.</quote> he is just starved for attention and this is his way to get it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Duncanwii 03/02/21 8:31:17 PM #30:	SPE posted... just in case you thought tc was only reporting Dr Seuss is a beloved Children's author who has been given international proclaim. Now its popular to attack him because he is popular. --- Hello I'm Duncan, I like Video Games and comedies let's be friends Everything I say about myself is true. I never lie. <cite>Duncanwii posted [p:951271635] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>SPE posted...</cite> <quote> just in case you thought tc was only reporting </quote> Dr Seuss is a beloved Children's author who has been given international proclaim. Now its popular to attack him because he is popular.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Funkydog 03/02/21 8:32:02 PM #31:	Duncanwii posted... Dr Seuss is a beloved Children's author who has been given international proclaim. Now its popular to attack him because that is popular. People have long attacked him for his racism though. You can enjoy his other material just fine, as he does have plenty that isn't racist, but you can't ignore that some of it is racist. --- https://imgur.com/BGbZK <cite>Funkydog posted [p:951271662] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>Duncanwii posted... </cite> <quote>Dr Seuss is a beloved Children's author who has been given international proclaim. Now its popular to attack him because that is popular.</quote>People have long attacked him for his racism though. You can enjoy his other material just fine, as he does have plenty that isn't racist, but you can't ignore that some of it is racist. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tsuyoi3 03/02/21 8:35:35 PM #32:	Suess had a large amount of guilt and worked to make works against his previously made ones. Horton Hears a Who was made as such due to his ads against the Japanese in ww2. --- Manliness transcends both space, and time. <cite>Tsuyoi3 posted [p:951271778] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>Suess had a large amount of guilt and worked to make works against his previously made ones. Horton Hears a Who was made as such due to his ads against the Japanese in ww2. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
radical rhino 03/02/21 8:38:11 PM #33:	Dont know why they dont just delete the offensive pages. The toddler board books already abridge like 30% of the big books. --- .____ [____]===0 . . . . Ye olde beating stick. <cite>radical rhino posted [p:951271864] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>Dont know why they dont just delete the offensive pages. The toddler board books already abridge like 30% of the big books. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The_Creep_2020 03/02/21 8:38:30 PM #34:	Tsuyoi3 posted... Suess had a large amount of guilt and worked to make works against his previously made ones. Horton Hears a Who was made as such due to his ads against the Japanese in ww2. This is a good point. I dont agree that his problematic work should be erased. Instead they should be noted, particularly given the way his beliefs changed over time. He was still quite racist at one stage though, that should neither be ignored nor used to cancel all his work. --- Have I carved enough, my Lord? Child, you are a bone <cite>The_Creep_2020 posted [p:951271875] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>Tsuyoi3 posted... </cite> <quote>Suess had a large amount of guilt and worked to make works against his previously made ones. Horton Hears a Who was made as such due to his ads against the Japanese in ww2.</quote> This is a good point. I dont agree that his problematic work should be erased. Instead they should be noted, particularly given the way his beliefs changed over time. He was still quite racist at one stage though, that should neither be ignored nor used to cancel all his work. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
_Marka_Ragnos_ 03/02/21 8:38:47 PM #35:	If anyone wants to see some of the offending photos... https://www.lovebscott.com/six-dr-seuss-books-wont-published-racist-imagery-photos Realistically, I don't think he was racist. These books were written in a different time and Seuss went back and changed several images and rewrote several passages over the years from the originals. In Mulberry street, the chinese man was originally colored yellow and called "chinaman". This was changed by Seuss years later to be chinese man and with white skin. But you have to realize that this was 1937, a completely different world and Seuss corrected almost all of these things over the decades that followed and went on to write books specifically against racism. <cite>_Marka_Ragnos_ posted [p:951271888] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>If anyone wants to see some of the offending photos... https://www.lovebscott.com/six-dr-seuss-books-wont-published-racist-imagery-photos Realistically, I don't think he was racist. These books were written in a different time and Seuss went back and changed several images and rewrote several passages over the years from the originals. In Mulberry street, the chinese man was originally colored yellow and called "chinaman". This was changed by Seuss years later to be chinese man and with white skin. But you have to realize that this was 1937, a completely different world and Seuss corrected almost all of these things over the decades that followed and went on to write books specifically against racism. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MyTummyHurt 03/02/21 8:39:45 PM #36:	I dont even think I can post the offending images without getting modded tbh but there are quite a few questionable caricatures/racist-based stereotypes in the books theyre no longer printing also I thought you werent coming back --- My Tummy Hurt <cite>MyTummyHurt posted [p:951271916] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>I dont even think I can post the offending images without getting modded tbh but there are quite a few questionable caricatures/racist-based stereotypes in the books theyre no longer printing also I thought you werent coming back </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jagr_68 03/02/21 8:39:49 PM #37:	Broseph_Stalin posted... why is gamespot reporting on this lol Gamespot is that desperate as fuuuuuuu for clicks they're going into literature news. --- New York Rangers [2004-2008] https://media.giphy.com/media/WvQHBYW0q4TuxdAg61/giphy.gif https://psnprofiles.com/Jaromiroquai68 <cite>Jagr_68 posted [p:951271921] in Apparently... [t:79326718]...</cite> <quote>Broseph_Stalin posted... </cite> <quote>why is gamespot reporting on this lol</quote> Gamespot is that desperate as fuuuuuuu for clicks they're going into literature news. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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