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That's not how you're supposed to play the game | THE LEFT: CANCELS DOCTOR SEUSS FOR ALLEGEDLY BEING RACIST; SALES OF DOCTOR SEUSS BOOKS: INCREASES; THE LEFT: | image tagged in that's not how you're supposed to play the game | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
1,682 views 87 upvotes Made by FrankG3 4 years ago in politics
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2 ups, 4y,
2 replies
Well considering the suess foundation did it to themselves...they chose to discontinue the printing.
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1 up, 4y
A crafty way of re-inventing his image.
0 ups, 4y,
1 reply
You seem to forget that they make millions from royalties.
1 up, 4y,
1 reply
Who cares. They decided to pull it, not external pressures...it was a self reflection moment for the trust, and they decided to discontinue. So of they want to stop making profits off of subject matter that they themselves see as edgy, IT IS THEIR OWN CHOICE TO DO SO. SMH.
1 up, 4y,
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I would just add that it seems this isn't the first time they've censored their own books in one way or another.

I noticed that there are different iterations of a questionable image from " I Saw it on Mulberry Street" and it's text...

The original asian guy's skin is yellow and the text says:
" a chinaman who eats with sticks"...

A (probably later) version he is not yellow and the text says:
" a chinese boy who eats with sticks".

Idk.. just sayin.
1 up, 4y,
1 reply
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0 ups, 4y
Darko's half-baked conspiracy #829..
The Dr Seuss book company edited and eventually pulled the books just to make the originals more valuable!
:o
2 ups, 4y,
1 reply
Well if the DR is out, up next is the very racist Disney
1 up, 4y
LOL!
1 up, 4y
PERFECT
1 up, 4y,
1 reply
[image deleted] So, the Star-Bellied Sneetches book tells a perfect story about how bigotry operates and why bigotry is wrong, and the joy we can all experience when it’s ended. There’s really no better parable that I know of that can explain the concept so well even to children.

I feel like this story on its own goes a long way toward exonerating Dr. Seuss for some of his cringier illustrations.

Those 4-5 books, (and they weren’t any of his famous ones) can be quietly dropped without tossing out the entire legacy of this brilliant, iconic American illustrator-storyteller.

There’s the nuanced take you probably won’t hear from anyone on the Right or Left: We now return you to your regularly-scheduled 24-hour outrage cycle.
1 up, 4y,
2 replies
I agree.
1 up, 4y
Oh I meant to post some Star-Bellied Sneetches here, not sure what happened.
1 up, 4y,
1 reply
This is a wholesome lesson
0 ups, 4y
And yet, people want to cancel Doctor Seuss for supposed Racism.
2 ups, 4y,
1 reply
Ya the lefts boycotts are like advertisements. Look at Chik fil a and Goya foods. They are not the majority they just have more shriekers.
3 ups, 4y,
1 reply
Most people don't care what some Leftists on Social Media say or what they boycott.
3 ups, 4y
Exactly
1 up, 4y
0 ups, 4y
"No this isn't how you're supposed to play the game."

*butchers Banjo-Kazooie in the future*
8 ups, 4y,
1 reply
Too bad you once did something stupid or said something offensive. You’re cancelled too fool.
6 ups, 4y
Laughs in having no f**ks to give
5 ups, 4y,
1 reply
Funny how the Left cancels dead people who write stuff they don't read. Who cares if Doctor Seuss drew blackface comics back when that was still acceptable? That's not what he's known for. What he's known for is writing beloved children's books.
7 ups, 4y
My point is that the blackface comics are not what Doctor Seuss is remembered for. They are not his legacy. Were they wrong? Yes. Is that an excuse to throw the baby out with the bathwater? No. The world is more nuanced than "all White people are racist".
1 up, 4y
So we should just erase our history? Guess what, all nations were founded by using slave labor, and other inhumane tactics...That would mean we would have to erase all of our history, and then wouldn't have one. 1984.
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