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Ugh ^. Meme snowflakes are blaming cancel culture for pulling Dr Seuss books out of the grasps of wanting 4-year-olds. A little digging will show that six titles were pulled, none of which this 45-year-old has ever heard of. They were pulled by the owner of the Dr Seuss estate, and they were titles that Dr Seuss himself said he regretted.
So what we have here is good old-fashioned American freedom of choice. The owner of the copyright decides that he doesn't want to publish these books anymore, and the OAN snowflakes become enraged that they don't get to buy their great grandchildren books that have pictures of little black kids and grass skirts behind bars.
Michelle Obama was reading Green eggs and Ham. Test question: name any of the six titles that the Dr Seuss trust decided to pull from the printing press without doing a Google search. For extra credit, show me your copy of That book and Tell your arduous story about how it'll negatively affect your life.
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I mean, it would be different if the publisher or the printer refused to print these titles. I would see a point to the discontent. It would be different if a politician or a government tried to ban or censor these books. The liberal cancel culture argument might hold a little weight In that case. Tipper Gore trying to censor black music groups in the '90s was a travesty. Where was the OAN culture then?
This is the owner of the copyright voluntarily pulling their own book titles under zero pressure from anybody, fulfilling what they suspect would have been the wishes of the creator. It's their right to do so.
As long as we continue to give these stories credence by giving these media outlets ratings and viewership, we will continue to be lied to like sheep in a slaughterhouse.
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Frank...Stop bringing facts into the conversation.....It only confuses what people want to believe in.
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Sorry Julian. Let me try my hand at meme culture for a second
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1994-09-21-1994264147-story,amp.html
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Yes better.....I think....
Poor Ronny is in his grave spinning like a knob on a s h i t house door for the last couple of years.
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@VegasFrank said:
Sorry Julian. Let me try my hand at meme culture for a secondhttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1994-09-21-1994264147-story,amp.html
Either of the engaged parties is free to choose, contraception. I think the concept is called consequences.
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I was once arguing this point with a friend of mine "A woman has the right to choose!" she screamed at me. "Of course" I replied, "Rape is a terrible thing".
I don't think she recognized that I was agreeing with her.
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Jeez, where is that ^ Here in Taxachusetts:
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@silvermouse said:
Jeez, where is that ^ Here in Taxachusetts:
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@deadman said:
@silvermouse said:
Jeez, where is that ^ Here in Taxachusetts:
Gasoline/Diesel
This weekRegular
$2.622Midgrade
$2.892Premium
$3.110Diesel
$2.890Not sure it’s the inter web so it could be old.
Diesel is $2.85 here I don’t know what gas is up toHere in South, Florida Regular is $2.69 and up
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@deadman said:
@silvermouse said:
Jeez, where is that ^ Here in Taxachusetts:
Gasoline/Diesel
This weekRegular
$2.622Midgrade
$2.892Premium
$3.110Diesel
$2.890Not sure it’s the inter web so it could be old.
Diesel is $2.85 here I don’t know what gas is up toDiesel for $2.85 a stick! That’s not awful at all!
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Diesel is 2.89 here also and the truck is empty. Was at or under 2.00 a couple weeks ago.
Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.
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@VegasFrank said:
Test question: name any of the six titles that the Dr Seuss trust decided to pull from the printing press without doing a Google search.I have a copy of "I Swear I Saw it on Mulberry Street". I still can't find anything offensive in it.
"Cooking isn't about struggling; It's about pleasure. It's like sǝx, with a wider variety of sauces."
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@Wylaff said:
@VegasFrank said:
Test question: name any of the six titles that the Dr Seuss trust decided to pull from the printing press without doing a Google search.I have a copy of "I Swear I Saw it on Mulberry Street". I still can't find anything offensive in it.
Curious. If I remember correctly, when I was a kid in Brooklyn, Mulberry St. was a very "organized" Italian neighborhood, if you take my meaning. Could it have anything to do with that?
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It looks like it was pulled because a yellow colored character with a ponytail and a bowl of rice was offensive to Chinese.
I wonder if any of these "offended" cultures are actually offended, or if we're just getting offended on their behalf...
"Cooking isn't about struggling; It's about pleasure. It's like sǝx, with a wider variety of sauces."
At any given time the urge to sing "In The Jungle" is just a whim away... A whim away... A whim away...3 -
@Wylaff said:
It looks like it was pulled because a yellow colored character with a ponytail and a bowl of rice was offensive to Chinese.
I wonder if any of these "offended" cultures are actually offended, or if we're just getting offended on their behalf...I don’t understand why they couldn’t keep the books and replace the pictures
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I don’t understand why they couldn’t keep the books and replace the pictures
When did the Chinese guit eating with sticks?
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I think it was the skin color. Someone needs to call China and tell them that they must stop referring to the first Chinese Emperor as "The Yellow Emperor" because white Americans are offended by the reference to skin color. Quick, change all the history books!
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@Trykflyr_1 said:
Actually, it's pretty easy to find vegans. They usually make it a point to let you know they're vegan, is if that's actually something cool.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
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@ShawnOL said:
@Trykflyr_1 said:
Actually, it's pretty easy to find vegans. They usually make it a point to let you know they're vegan, is if that's actually something cool.
They're known to be easy to overpower as well.
"Cooking isn't about struggling; It's about pleasure. It's like sǝx, with a wider variety of sauces."
At any given time the urge to sing "In The Jungle" is just a whim away... A whim away... A whim away...4 -
@deadman said:
@Wylaff said:
It looks like it was pulled because a yellow colored character with a ponytail and a bowl of rice was offensive to Chinese.
I wonder if any of these "offended" cultures are actually offended, or if we're just getting offended on their behalf...I don’t understand why they couldn’t keep the books and replace the pictures
It's likely because the good doctor illustrated them himself.
"Cooking isn't about struggling; It's about pleasure. It's like sǝx, with a wider variety of sauces."
At any given time the urge to sing "In The Jungle" is just a whim away... A whim away... A whim away...0 -
@Wylaff said:
@ShawnOL said:
@Trykflyr_1 said:
Actually, it's pretty easy to find vegans. They usually make it a point to let you know they're vegan, is if that's actually something cool.
They're known to be easy to overpower as well.
And pale and pasty looking.
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@0patience said:
@Wylaff said:
@ShawnOL said:
@Trykflyr_1 said:
Actually, it's pretty easy to find vegans. They usually make it a point to let you know they're vegan, is if that's actually something cool.
They're known to be easy to overpower as well.
And pale and pasty looking.
I enjoy a bit of fat on my ribs, but some people do seem to enjoy the leaner ones.
"Cooking isn't about struggling; It's about pleasure. It's like sǝx, with a wider variety of sauces."
At any given time the urge to sing "In The Jungle" is just a whim away... A whim away... A whim away...1 -
Did the copyright holder for Dr. Seuss books really think it was a great idea to voluntarily pull these books? I guess they were trying to get ahead of any possible future reppercussions, but it seems like they've grabbed the spotlight now.
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