Current Events > Can anyone justify Amazon pulling DrSeuss's 'If I ran a Zoo' and not Mein Kampf?
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joe40001 03/10/21 11:41:31 PM #1: |
Surely Mein Kampf is more racist that this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8OsP-iDDF4 So why does it make sense for amazon to stop selling it but it doesn't make sense for amazon to stop selling Mein Kampf? I think the most obvious answer would be "because of it's cultural/historical significance" but Dr. Seuss is also culturally/historically significant and the earlier books provide good context for his later works many of which are about celebrating inclusiveness and sympathy. Can anybody justify this? --- "joe is attractive and quite the brilliant poster" - Seiichi Omori https://imgur.com/TheGsZ9 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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BignutzisBack 03/10/21 11:42:47 PM #2: |
They don't want to get yelled at on Twitter
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Tyranthraxus 03/10/21 11:43:38 PM #3: |
The publishers / estate are requesting it be pulled.
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Irony 03/10/21 11:43:40 PM #4: |
No which is why Amazon supporting Hitler needs to trend
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BilalPowell 03/10/21 11:43:54 PM #5: |
Nobody knows who has copyright for Mein Kampf to pressure them to cancel it.
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pure_temper 03/10/21 11:44:37 PM #6: |
dude you want kids to read those old-school harmful ideas? like you want parents to add those dr seuss books to their carts on Amazon and get them to their kids on christmas and shit?
come on man --- proudclad LAYIN DOWN THE SMACK - Error1355 Christian Marxism actually makes sense. (Islamic, Buddhist, Hindu, etc too!) ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Phynaster 03/10/21 11:45:23 PM #7: |
Tyranthraxus posted...
The publishers / estate are requesting it be pulled. --- Rebel ... Copied to Clipboard!
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pure_temper 03/10/21 11:45:41 PM #8: |
adults can purchase and fucking read mein kampf.
but why are you guys so weirded out by a store choosing not to house children's content that has bigoted ideas in it it's not for adults so why do you care that a store no longer wants to sell it to adults who will give it to kids what are you guys really saying hmmm --- proudclad LAYIN DOWN THE SMACK - Error1355 Christian Marxism actually makes sense. (Islamic, Buddhist, Hindu, etc too!) ... Copied to Clipboard!
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AvantgardeAClue 03/10/21 11:46:46 PM #9: |
Something something historical significance
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sondast 03/10/21 11:47:43 PM #10: |
Because the company that owns the distribution rights to the Dr. Seuss books doesnt own the distribution rights to Mein Kampf.
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fuming 03/10/21 11:47:48 PM #11: |
Amazon is a private company and can stock whatever they want regardless of how much sense it makes. If the public library had the same position I'd raise an eyebrow.
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electricbugs2 03/10/21 11:48:19 PM #12: |
pure_temper posted...
dude you want kids to read those old-school harmful ideas? like you want parents to add those dr seuss books to their carts on Amazon and get them to their kids on christmas and shit?Not sure whos alt this is but theyre one more horrible post away from going on ignore. --- Balenciaga hoodies and Gucci shoes #FreeMelly ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Tyranthraxus 03/10/21 11:50:46 PM #13: |
BilalPowell posted...
Nobody knows who has copyright for Mein Kampf to pressure them to cancel it. Actually Mein Kampf is public domain as of a few years ago. --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://imgur.com/dQgC4kv ... Copied to Clipboard!
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CommonStar 03/10/21 11:52:03 PM #14: |
can't wait for the next thing for reactionaries to be outraged about
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sneakysnake 03/12/21 3:04:20 PM #17: |
Mein Kampf is just more equal than others.
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monkmith 03/12/21 3:05:58 PM #18: |
wait do pre-schools read mein kampf to the kids!
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__aCEr__ 03/12/21 3:28:41 PM #19: |
For some reason Dr. Seuss's Hitler Hears a Jew! never really took off.
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DeadBankerDream 03/12/21 3:30:15 PM #20: |
Tyranthraxus posted...
So anyone can make a movie franchise based on it? --- "That thick shaft that causes women to shudder!" ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Solid Snake07 03/12/21 3:30:59 PM #21: |
Didn't proceeds of mein kamph go to holocaust survivors?
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joe40001 03/12/21 3:59:54 PM #22: |
sneakysnake posted...
Mein Kampf is just more equal than others. Wait, even ebay won't let you sell the books? That's really fucked up. eBay is an infrastructure for people to sell things to each other, it generally shouldn't make decisions on what can't be sold unless it's illegal. --- "joe is attractive and quite the brilliant poster" - Seiichi Omori https://imgur.com/TheGsZ9 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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CyricZ 03/12/21 4:01:31 PM #23: |
Why don't you ask Amazon instead of rand-oids on the Internets?
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RadiantJoyrock 03/12/21 4:02:25 PM #24: |
Because Mein Kampf has significant historical significance to justify its sale despite its offensive nature. A bottom of the bin Seuss book that most people never even read does not.
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harley2280 03/12/21 4:02:55 PM #25: |
joe40001 posted...
it generally shouldn't make decisions on what can't be sold So you're saying you don't think a private business should be allowed to make decisions on what it sells and doesn't? --- Posted with GameRaven 3.6.0_B3 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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joe40001 03/12/21 4:03:21 PM #26: |
CyricZ posted...
Why don't you ask Amazon instead of rand-oids on the Internets? Because generally people (specifically people like you) are the ones who put pressure on companies to do this crazy shit, and so I'm wondering the justification. Publisher not wanting to make the book anymore? ok Amazon/eBay banning people from selling it? 1984 shit. --- "joe is attractive and quite the brilliant poster" - Seiichi Omori https://imgur.com/TheGsZ9 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DeadBankerDream 03/12/21 4:04:10 PM #27: |
joe40001 posted...
eBay is an infrastructure for people to sell things to each other, it generally shouldn't make decisions on what can't be sold unless it's illegal. You have no valid argument for such a stupid statement. --- "That thick shaft that causes women to shudder!" ... Copied to Clipboard!
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CyricZ 03/12/21 4:05:23 PM #28: |
joe40001 posted...
Because generally people (specifically people like you) are the ones who put pressure on companies to do this crazy shit, and so I'm wondering the justification.Yeah okay prove I did anything of the sort. joe40001 posted... Amazon/eBay banning people from selling it? 1984 shit.You can still sell it, just not through those privately owned businesses. --- CyricZ He/him ... Copied to Clipboard!
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harley2280 03/12/21 4:06:25 PM #29: |
joe40001 posted...
Amazon/eBay banning people from selling it? 1984 shit So you have clearly never read 1984. --- Posted with GameRaven 3.6.0_B3 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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joe40001 03/12/21 4:06:33 PM #30: |
DeadBankerDream posted...
You have no valid argument for such a stupid statement. What? If our current economy and infrastructure funnels all interactions into monopolies, then those monopolies need to function closer to public utilities. bUt JuSt MaKe YoUr OwN eBaY oR aMaZoN!!! --- "joe is attractive and quite the brilliant poster" - Seiichi Omori https://imgur.com/TheGsZ9 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Antifar 03/12/21 4:06:57 PM #31: |
DeadBankerDream posted...
So anyone can make a movie franchise based on it?That is exactly what that means --- kin to all that throbs ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Jiek_Fafn 03/12/21 4:08:53 PM #33: |
Whataboutism is how you get all the hot babes
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CyricZ 03/12/21 4:09:16 PM #34: |
Literally nothing is stopping TC from setting up a yard sale to sell his racist Seuss books.
Heck if he put up a sign saying "Seuss Books For Sale! The Racist Ones!" he'd probably get a taker depending on his location. --- CyricZ He/him ... Copied to Clipboard!
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harley2280 03/12/21 4:09:46 PM #36: |
joe40001 posted...
DeadBankerDream posted...You have no valid argument for such a stupid statement. Well they're not monopolies to start with. There's nothing stopping you from selling it to someone in a yard sale, or on Craigslist. --- Posted with GameRaven 3.6.0_B3 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DeadBankerDream 03/12/21 4:10:44 PM #37: |
Calling a private company a monopoly to be destroyed because it did something you didn't like is peak snowflake racism/conservatism.
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joe40001 03/12/21 4:13:03 PM #38: |
CyricZ posted...
Yeah okay prove I did anything of the sort. I have you tagged. You always fall on one side of issues like this. Hell, if you dispute it, then just say so here. Say "I don't think such companies should have been pressured to stop selling the books." Because if that is literally what you believe but are still asking me to "prove" you believe it, that's just asinine. CyricZ posted... You can still sell it, just not through those privately owned businesses. So what if amazon banned everybody running an AWS service from selling it. Would you acknowledge then that it's not ok? Without googling it, where can you easily buy or sell the book? Like I said before if all of our modern society/economy is funneled through a few monopolies then for us to have the same freedoms we claim to have as a culture then those companies would need to function in accordance with those freedoms. "You can sell the book, just not anywhere that people can buy it" is like saying "you can protest, just not anywhere you can be heard" it goes against our societies principles. --- "joe is attractive and quite the brilliant poster" - Seiichi Omori https://imgur.com/TheGsZ9 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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joe40001 03/12/21 4:13:25 PM #39: |
shockthemonkey posted...
Why arent private businesses doing what I want instead of what they want? is my favorite conservative meltdown I'm not conservative. --- "joe is attractive and quite the brilliant poster" - Seiichi Omori https://imgur.com/TheGsZ9 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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joe40001 03/12/21 4:14:45 PM #40: |
DeadBankerDream posted...
Calling a private company a monopoly to be destroyed because it did something you didn't like is peak snowflake racism/conservatism. I'm not calling for it to be destroyed, just have policies more in keeping with a public utility if it is a hyper monopoly. Also, I'm not racist or conservative. --- "joe is attractive and quite the brilliant poster" - Seiichi Omori https://imgur.com/TheGsZ9 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MaxEffingBemis 03/12/21 4:15:13 PM #41: |
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DeadBankerDream 03/12/21 4:15:41 PM #42: |
joe40001 posted...
Also, I'm not racist or conservative. Maybe not in real life, but the character you play on this forum is both those things. --- "That thick shaft that causes women to shudder!" ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Unsugarized_Foo 03/12/21 4:15:43 PM #43: |
Just sell the Dr Seuss books under Mein Kampf
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joe40001 03/12/21 4:15:58 PM #44: |
Jiek_Fafn posted...
Whataboutism is how you get all the hot babes I don't think you know what whataboutism is. I'm talking about an inconsistent policy, not distracting from one issue by talking about another. --- "joe is attractive and quite the brilliant poster" - Seiichi Omori https://imgur.com/TheGsZ9 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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creativerealms 03/12/21 4:18:43 PM #45: |
Because it wasn't Amazon who pulled it. It was the company that owns the rights to every Seuss book. They don't own the rights to Mein Kampf last I checked. I don't know who owns the publishing rights to that.
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harley2280 03/12/21 4:20:03 PM #47: |
joe40001 posted...
So what if amazon banned everybody running an AWS service from selling it. Would you acknowledge then that it's not ok? No. Because if it was that important to those companies they could use a different company for hosting them. --- Posted with GameRaven 3.6.0_B3 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ultimate reaver 03/12/21 4:21:31 PM #48: |
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Antifar 03/12/21 4:23:02 PM #49: |
harley2280 posted...
No. Because if it was that important to those companies they could use a different company for hosting them.This is a really stupid take, imo. You don't have to blind yourself to the concentrated power of companies like Amazon - and the real dangers posed by that - to say that it's fine the racist cartoons aren't getting sold anymore. --- kin to all that throbs ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Ushiromiya 03/12/21 4:23:53 PM #51: |
joe40001 posted...
I'm talking about an inconsistent policy,wuts the policy --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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CyricZ 03/12/21 4:23:54 PM #52: |
joe40001 posted...
I don't think such companies should have been pressured to stop selling the books.Prove they were pressured. joe40001 posted... So what if amazon banned everybody running an AWS service from selling it.Still owned by Amazon. Gosh I wish you fought for Amazon's workers as much as you fought for racist Dr. Seuss books. --- CyricZ He/him ... Copied to Clipboard!
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