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I believe this is ridiculous. Beacool Mar 2021 #1
It appears that the publisher and right's holder Miguelito Loveless Mar 2021 #5
+1 Deminpenn Mar 2021 #6
re: "Books need to be taken into the historical context of their time" thesquanderer Mar 2021 #19
+1 wnylib Mar 2021 #30
this --- except for the "right wing parents in Texas" TxGuitar Mar 2021 #32
True. n/t thesquanderer Mar 2021 #38
The publisher made the decision. I suspect it was a matter of looking at the bottom line and Martin68 Mar 2021 #25
That Is What I Thought erpowers Mar 2021 #48
This is not censorship. This is a publisher that has evaluated its product and determined that it Politicub Mar 2021 #35
This wasn't "Uber liberals" moose65 Mar 2021 #49
This message was self-deleted by its author Beacool Mar 2021 #2
While I agree with the decision this only gives the right another talking point about the bs kimbutgar Mar 2021 #3
Do we base our decisions abou tdoing what is right based Miguelito Loveless Mar 2021 #7
Of course what is right. kimbutgar Mar 2021 #8
Agreed... Miguelito Loveless Mar 2021 #9
Kimbutgar, I agree with you 100%. I'm really surprised now when I see offensive stereotypes in Martin68 Mar 2021 #27
Like the right really love Dr. Seuss. I bet they all have a copy of the Lorax. Martin68 Mar 2021 #52
I'd only heard of one and yes he was a horrible racist and anti-Semite underpants Mar 2021 #4
He was not an anti-semite edhopper Mar 2021 #16
He Was Jewish. Silver1 Mar 2021 #28
Dr. Seuss was Jewish. Silver1 Mar 2021 #26
Where did you see that he was Jewish? IronLionZion Mar 2021 #37
I always thought he was ... Silver1 Mar 2021 #43
He may be ethnically Jewish but not practicing the religion IronLionZion Mar 2021 #44
I saw that for the first time today. Strange juxtaposition of cruel and harmless. Silver1 Mar 2021 #47
That's a lie. He wasn't a anti-Semite. He was very much against Nazism. rockfordfile Mar 2021 #57
I personally have a problem with "cancel culture"... RevBrotherThomas Mar 2021 #10
So how is "cancel culture" any different? Happy Hoosier Mar 2021 #17
do you mean Skittles Mar 2021 #55
I know it's a couple days late DashOneBravo Mar 2021 #56
In the same way we frame the founding fathers.... phandancer917 Mar 2021 #11
+1000 wnylib Mar 2021 #31
"out of print" JohnnyRingo Mar 2021 #12
It's more complicated. cab67 Mar 2021 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Mar 2021 #14
Would you say it should be something taught in schools today? Happy Hoosier Mar 2021 #21
Exactly! Lunabell Mar 2021 #22
Try that in today's world, where classrooms wnylib Mar 2021 #33
This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Mar 2021 #50
Yes you were receiving a lecture. wnylib Mar 2021 #51
Good, destroying cultural icons of whiteness will destroy white supremacy Devil Child Mar 2021 #15
and gross overreach undermines the legitimate efforts in this area Amishman Mar 2021 #24
Have other attempts to erase the past been successful? bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 #18
I still have a copy of, "Green Eggs and Ham" Bayard Mar 2021 #20
With figures like Washington & Jefferson, you have to show the blunt truth about them. Bucky Mar 2021 #41
The heirs should have the books updated to replace stereotypes Liberty Belle Mar 2021 #23
That is eye-opening. I didn't know that about him. C Moon Mar 2021 #29
My sister-in-law was an elementary librarian TxGuitar Mar 2021 #34
Can't we all just agree to evolve? Cozmo Mar 2021 #36
Red meat for Republicans Polybius Mar 2021 #39
Too Late Roy Rolling Mar 2021 #40
People still read the shit out of Dr. Seuss. He still has some unsung gems Bucky Mar 2021 #42
So a company is not printing some still-existing books anymore, eh? LanternWaste Mar 2021 #45
Interesting. The Birch Society strongly advocated for banning Dr Seuss Books msfiddlestix Mar 2021 #46
First, no one canceled anything. His estate decided not to publish them. GulfCoast66 Mar 2021 #53
I'm sure anyone interested can buy used copies. pfitz59 Mar 2021 #54
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