BABY CRYING

OR we could let the publishers decide for themselves what they want to do.

I also think he's completely missed the point that Mark Twain was making. Huckleberry Finn was absolutely meant to be an offensive stereotype of white trash, in sharp contrast to Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain was not holding any punches with Finn's character. And Twain was saying that EVEN AN UNEDUCATED WHITE TRASH KID LIKE HUCK FINN could tell that something was wrong with Southern culture's treatment of black people.

So you're absolutely right, anyone who read that book without judging the past didn't understand one page of what they read. It was SUPPOSED to be an indictment of the past.

Yeah, no, if you read Tom Sawyer again you'll notice it - Huck Finn is the only person in the whole book who talks like that. And yeah, it's not like he's using a particular word that nobody else uses, but it's the way he puts those words so intensely in everything he says that sets him apart. It's lost a lot in translation across time, but you were supposed to think of Huck Finn as a super trashy, broken home, superstitious, unschooled, vagrant kid, trading for dead frogs from travellors to cure his warts, he represents a kid growing up in the absolute dregs of poor white society - and Tom Sawyer, kind heart that he had, was really the only kid who treated him like he was part of the village. That was the whole purpose of the character and people forget that or never really understood that when they read it in school.

It was an indictment on the injustice of the time, HOW COULD YOU MISS IT??? It's not even subtext at that point, that's just straight up text.

To be clear, the "misadventures" were trying not to let a black guy get lynched in the deep South.

WHAT are you TALKING ABOUT? That book is still in f**king print.

We can judge the past but we need the works to exist to see the flaws, and just because something is racist does not mean it has no merit.

The ENTIRE MERIT of Huckleberry Finn was to identify racism and to condemn it.

I'm sure to you that is the case since moral superiority is your driving force. That has nothing to do with my comment though.

I was simply stating a racist work can have redeeming qualities or maybe teachable moments and that is why the freedom of speech covers things you would deem offensive, whether it is racism, sexism or "misinformation".

Nietzsche, Marx and even Hitler have things to teach you. Maybe even these Seuss books lol

Yeah, the teachable moment is that publishers don't always want to keep publishing their stuff anymore.

Using your analogy, then, Dr. Seuss is a racist who needs to be canceled.

"The works of Dr. Seuss, born Theodore Seuss Geisel, have long been considered canon for children’s literature thanks to their playful illustrations and tongue-twisting rhymes. In recent years, however, Geisel’s work has been called out for his caricature and stereotype-ridden depictions of racial minorities, particularly Black and Asian people.

Geisel has also been critiqued for his work before becoming Dr. Seuss, including drawing WWII cartoons that used racist slurs and imagery, as well as writing and producing a minstrel show in college, where he performed in blackface—a form of entertainment that some children’s literature experts point to as the inspiration for Geisel’s most famous character, the Cat in the Hat."

OR we could let the publishers decide for themselves what they want to do.

Sure, until a publisher wants to put out a book that you'd piss and bitch about. You disingenuous scumbag.

And the teachable moment there is that they are doing it not for wokeism but because the books probably don't make money.

I've never been a big Seuss fan in general seems all the abstract to me. I'd rather read stuff like Five Chinese brothers when I was a kid.

If the books weren't selling anyway THEN WHAT THE HELL IS Y'ALL'S PROBLEM IN THE FIRST PLACE?????????

We don't like book burning cancel culture trash like you. The publishers didn't decide this out of the blue. Bitch sjw f**ktards forced the issue.

Except that the six books are being pulled because woke liberals believe they are racist.

Sidenote: All caps = you can’t control your emotions. You are a typical woman. You shouldn’t be on the internet, let alone walking around in society. #FutureSerialKiller

No, they're being pulled because they don't want to publish them anymore.

AND no. All caps conventionally means shouting, but shouting does not necessarily imply a lack of emotional control. I'm dead calm as I type EVERY SINGLE WORD I write to you. And there's NOTHING you can do about it but cry in a bucket.

dead calm hahaha

Quit making shit up. It only makes you look like an emotional and hysterical woman who can’t think logically or critically.

Here is the actual statement from the actual owners of the books:

“Today, on Dr. Seuss’s Birthday, Dr. Seuss Enterprises celebrates reading and also our mission of supporting all children and families with messages of hope, inspiration, inclusion, and friendship.

We are committed to action. To that end, Dr. Seuss Enterprises, working with a panel of experts, including educators, reviewed our catalog of titles and made the decision last year to cease publication and licensing of the following titles: 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. These books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong.

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.“

Citation:

https://www.seussville.com/statement-from-dr-seuss-enterprises/

You just proved EXACTLY what I've been saying this entire time.

Oy vey are you an idiot.

“These books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong.”

Part of me wants to block you, but the other part of me wants to keep you around so I can see all of the hyperbole and bullshit you spew, and then laugh in your face.

Huckleberry Finn is still very much in print. What are you whining about now?

Exactly. Thanks for making our point.

I don't think you've understood.

It's their favorite argument, isn't it? "You MUST be wrong, because you're acting on your emotions." "What makes you say that?" "Well, you MUST be acting on your emotions because you're saying things I think are wrong."

Looks like she is trying to cancel anything you say too PBTG. You can't have one wrong opinion or you will be written off. What a way to live and think.

It was a pretty stupid comment to make.

Yeah, well, destroy him in that thread lol

No. Don't have to.

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No.

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