Cancel culture has gone too far

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Cuddles, Feb 13, 2021.

  1. userque

    userque

    Dr. Seuss was a book that was typically available to children while in school. Rap music isn't.
     
    #101     Mar 3, 2021
  2. userque

    userque

    Oh, and they tried that. It failed. Research the group 'Too Live Crew.'

    Tell us how you like their videos. :)
     
    #102     Mar 3, 2021
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  3. FACTS MATTER!

    Dr. Seuss company decided on their own to pull 6 titles that were first written in the 1930s and 40s with a sterotypical carton depiction of a chinaman and an african tribesman. All the classics are still in heavy publication. I bet you did not even know the 6 titles they are pulling.

    Dr. Seuss Enterprises, the company that preserves the author’s legacy, announced on Tuesday that it would “cease publication and licensing” for the books: “And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street,” “If I Ran The Zoo,” “McElligot’s Pool,” “On Beyond Zebra!,” “Scrambled Eggs Super!,” and “The Cat’s Quizzer.” The statement’s release came on the late author’s birthday.

    The company said it decided to pull the books last year after consulting with a “panel of experts, including educators” who reviewed Dr. Seuss’ catalogue.

    “These books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong,” Dr. Seuss Enterprises wrote in a statement. “Ceasing sales of these books is only part of our commitment and our broader plan to ensure Dr. Seuss Enterprises’s catalog represents and supports all communities and families.”
     
    #103     Mar 3, 2021
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  4. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    Dr. Seuss books sold w/parental advisory stickers and to adults only?
     
    #104     Mar 3, 2021
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  5. Also why only rap lyrics...if you want real censorship why not all R rated movies......
     
    #105     Mar 3, 2021
  6. userque

    userque

    Tell us @gwb-trading , since you raised this point, and in light of the responses you've received:

    Has your opinion changed on this issue?
     
    #106     Mar 3, 2021
  7. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Not in the least bit — Cancel Culture has gone to far... reaching the point of absurdity.
     
    #107     Mar 3, 2021
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  8. userque

    userque

    Ok, thanks for the swift reply.

    But I was referring specifically to the Dr. Seuss issue; not your position on "Cancel Culture" in general.

    Has your original position on the Dr. Seuss issue changed?
     
    #108     Mar 3, 2021
  9. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    So tell us the part about cancel advocates demanding for over a year that Dr Seuss be cancelled and all of his books banned from schools, etc.

    This move by the Seuss publishing foundation is simply an attempt to get ahead of the cancel advocates and hope they stop.

    Sadly they will shortly find out that appeasing Cancel advocates does not work and this move will simply rile them up to demand the cancellation of more Dr. Seuss books.

    As noted before — the only way to eliminate this absurd Cancel Culture is to stand-up and tell these cancel advocates “No”. Enough of this idiocy.
     
    #109     Mar 3, 2021
  10. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    why do you hate free market capitalism? Why do you hate America?
     
    #110     Mar 3, 2021
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