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The Left Is Cancelling Dr Seuss - BFritz21 - 03-02-2021 This is getting ridiculous. Six Dr Seuss books won't be published for "racist images." Democrats continue to destroy pieces of our culture, and pieces of a lot of our childhoods, over stupid things just so they can play the oppressed card. Quote:In “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street,” an Asian person is portrayed wearing a conical hat, holding chopsticks, and eating from a bowl. “If I Ran the Zoo” includes a drawing of two bare-footed African men wearing what appear to be grass skirts with their hair tied above their heads. There's more in the article, but can someone please explain this to me? Can someone please justify how the left is ruining everything? Do Dems just wake up in the morning and think "what can I be offended about today?" I gotta wonder if any of the groups that this is "offending" are actually offended by it. Thoughts? RE: The Left Is Cancelling Dr Seuss - Au165 - 03-02-2021 (03-02-2021, 10:47 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: This is getting ridiculous. You are offended that people are offended. RE: The Left Is Cancelling Dr Seuss - BFritz21 - 03-02-2021 (03-02-2021, 10:50 PM)Au165 Wrote: You are offended that people are offended. Not offended but pissed off that our country is so soft and is ruining everything that made our country great. RE: The Left Is Cancelling Dr Seuss - GMDino - 03-02-2021 Not even close. National Reading Month kicked off on his birthday so he got the bilk of the attention. This year Biden suggested OTHER authors to shake things up. Meanwhile the organization responsible for Seuss' books announced THEY were not reprinting six of them due to racial imagery. The "left" didn't cancel anything. People looked and realized there was stuff in there that we can probably all live without seeing anymore. But people sure did get offended by it. But I guess they needed *something* after fighting about a plastic potato. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2021/03/01/read-across-america-day-dr-seuss-diversity-racism/6878454002/ Quote:Monday marks the start of National Reading Month – with celebrations across the nation planned for Read Across America Day on Tuesday. RE: The Left Is Cancelling Dr Seuss - BFritz21 - 03-02-2021 (03-02-2021, 11:12 PM)GMDino Wrote: Not even close. Your link just basically agreed with what I posted about the left cancelling Dr Seuss, which even you agreed with, you're just wording it different. How was that "not even close"? The left is cancelling books by Dr Seuss because they've become the culture that wakes up with the goal to find things to be offended by. RE: The Left Is Cancelling Dr Seuss - Benton - 03-02-2021 Quote: Six Dr. Seuss books — including “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” and “If I Ran the Zoo” — will stop being published because of racist and insensitive imagery, the business that preserves and protects the author’s legacy said Tuesday. https://apnews.com/article/dr-seuss-books-racist-images-d8ed18335c03319d72f443594c174513 Where da left? I mean, seriously, this is a private entity profiting from those stories opting not to print some. That's a far right move. Meanwhile, far lefties in public education are passing out Dr. Seuss books on Read Across America day like it's Fahrenheit 451 Day. Do you want radical liberals deciding who gets to read what (which would be more Seuss) or do you want to support capitalist enterprises making those decisions (which means allowing private businesses and entities to silence Seuss)? RE: The Left Is Cancelling Dr Seuss - Benton - 03-02-2021 (03-02-2021, 11:33 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: Your link just basically agreed with what I posted about the left cancelling Dr Seuss, which even you agreed with, you're just wording it different. The left, in this instance, is a business created by Seuss's family to manage the works. That's not the left, Brad. That's a business. RE: The Left Is Cancelling Dr Seuss - Sociopathicsteelerfan - 03-02-2021 Anything written more than a few decades ago (or less) runs the risk of being "problematic" by today's standards. The works discussed certainly display stereotypical images, but, as always, I think intent is important. I don't think one can infer that Dr. Seuss was trying to offend. I can see where people would be bothered by this though, Dr. Seuss was a huge part of my childhood and having his works labeled in this manner isn't exactly pleasant. RE: The Left Is Cancelling Dr Seuss - Au165 - 03-02-2021 (03-02-2021, 11:54 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Anything written more than a few decades ago (or less) runs the risk of being "problematic" by today's standards. The works discussed certainly display stereotypical images, but, as always, I think intent is important. I don't think one can infer that Dr. Seuss was trying to offend. Some of the cartoons he did during WW2 were pretty bad. He later regretted it, and the war played a role as it was propaganda in terms of depictions of the Japanese, however, some of those undertones hung around a little longer than they probably should have in later works of his. All that said, it is tough as you pointed out looking at how things age as “off color” becomes offensive. That doesn’t mean it wasn’t always offensive, but I think things just get more attention now and it snowballs past what is probably a called for amount of offense to be taken. RE: The Left Is Cancelling Dr Seuss - Sociopathicsteelerfan - 03-03-2021 (03-02-2021, 11:59 PM)Au165 Wrote: Some of the cartoons he did during WW2 were pretty bad. He later regretted it but it kind of keeps in line with some of these issues from his earlier works that are getting a second look now in terms of racially stereotypes depictions. Oh, to be sure. I'm aware of those and he acknowledged well before his death that those were racist. None of those are represented in this current "banning" though. RE: The Left Is Cancelling Dr Seuss - Au165 - 03-03-2021 (03-03-2021, 12:02 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Oh, to be sure. I'm aware of those and he acknowledged well before his death that those were racist. None of those are represented in this current "banning" though. The “chinaman” line eye depreciations I believe is one of those that are “banned”. RE: The Left Is Cancelling Dr Seuss - Sociopathicsteelerfan - 03-03-2021 (03-03-2021, 12:06 AM)Au165 Wrote: The “chinaman” line eye depreciations I believe is one of those that are “banned”. Yeah, I think that's the "zoo" book. I'd be fine with just altering the image. RE: The Left Is Cancelling Dr Seuss - BFritz21 - 03-03-2021 (03-02-2021, 11:35 PM)Benton Wrote: https://apnews.com/article/dr-seuss-books-racist-images-d8ed18335c03319d72f443594c174513 They're cancelling because the left is bitching, like they always do, and they realize that eventually the left would call for a boycott and it they'd lose money/it's not worth the hassle. That's where da left be. RE: The Left Is Cancelling Dr Seuss - Benton - 03-03-2021 (03-03-2021, 12:12 AM)BFritz21 Wrote: They're cancelling because the left is bitching, like they always do, and they realize that eventually the left would call for a boycott and it they'd lose money/it's not worth the hassle. Where? Where was the outcry? Where were leftists saying "Do not try?" Where? Where was the boycott? Was it under the tree? Under a tater tot? Maybe there wasn't a crusade. Maybe someone wants to get paid. Maybe the books are keeping up with time. Maybe they took the predisposition for fearmongering from a political entity which can't help itself as a sign. Sorry... that last one got wordy. RE: The Left Is Cancelling Dr Seuss - KillerGoose - 03-03-2021 There is absolutely nothing in that article, or any other article, to suggest that the left is doing any of this. The decision was made by the business themselves after hearing feedback from teachers, academics and specialists. We know nothing about their political affiliations. You assuming the political affiliation of these people is just silly. You’re making yourself mad, really. There is no evidence for what you’re saying. RE: The Left Is Cancelling Dr Seuss - BFritz21 - 03-03-2021 (03-03-2021, 12:35 AM)Benton Wrote: Where? Quote:“Dr. Seuss Enterprises listened and took feedback from our audiences including teachers, academics and specialists in the field as part of our review process. We then worked with a panel of experts, including educators, to review our catalog of titles,” it said. They obviously looked for feedback because there had to be people mad about it, which is made evident here: Quote:Still, many educators have slowly moved away from including Geisel's books in curriculum. There was the outcry, You cannot outsmart me, So do not try Like they always do, The left is crying again, If, is never the question, But rather when. Our country was made great by those who were brave, But now Dems get offended at every little thing, And you can take that to the grave. RE: The Left Is Cancelling Dr Seuss - BFritz21 - 03-03-2021 (03-03-2021, 12:51 AM)KillerGoose Wrote: There is absolutely nothing in that article, or any other article, to suggest that the left is doing any of this. The decision was made by the business themselves after hearing feedback from teachers, academics and specialists. We know nothing about their political affiliations. You assuming the political affiliation of these people is just silly. You’re making yourself mad, really. Given how the left is offended by everything else in the world, you don't think that this was driven by them? RE: The Left Is Cancelling Dr Seuss - CKwi88 - 03-03-2021 An understandable business decision by Dr. Seuss Enterprises. I'm not sure why an updated illustration wouldn't work. I like Disney's disclaimer approach as well. Either way, it's pretty undeniable that the illustrations in question are quite inappropriate. RE: The Left Is Cancelling Dr Seuss - Benton - 03-03-2021 (03-03-2021, 12:57 AM)BFritz21 Wrote: Given how the left is offended by everything else in the world, you don't think that this was driven by them? Meh. The right is equally as offended, just by different stuff. In this instance, I would say the right has a far longer history of banning books, whether because of business decisions or religion, than the left. RE: The Left Is Cancelling Dr Seuss - NATI BENGALS - 03-03-2021 Isn't the Republican platform right now based on cancel culture? Cancel taxes Cancel regulations Cancel anything the dems propose Cancel immigration Cancel voting Cancel initiatives to help the environment Cancel attempts to make health care affordable for all Cancel mask mandates |