03-03-2021, 01:02 PM
(03-03-2021, 09:01 AM)Nately120 Wrote: This is getting ridiculous? 52 years ago people were trying to get Sesame Street pulled for glorifying a multi cultural neighborhood. Before that people were trying to cancel Elvis and The Beatles. Before that Amos and Andy and Al Jolson and blackface fell out of favor.
The notion that people getting offended is a new concept is just laughable. Stuff is always being labeled as dangerous and offensive. This ain't new.
Oh and I forgot, the guy who played Ronald McDonald in the 70s and Johnny Mathis were both cancelled in the 70s because they were gay. But hey let's pretend this is some new liberal conspiracy and make it the focus of politics now.
And there were people who were upset by these attempts/actions. Right now the cancelling is coming largely from the far left, hence the complaints about it are largely coming from right leaning people.
(03-03-2021, 09:45 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Why do conservatives hate the free market?
A toy company drops "Mr." from the brand name (but keeps it for the character) and they're mad.
A publishers decides to not publish 6 of their own books and they're mad.
A billion dollar company fires an employee and they're mad.
They now want an official investigation into "cancel culture". What are they going to do, force the companies to print books that the company has decided to stop printing?
I think for many it's the pandering to a small, very loud, group of people who wield influence far beyond what they should. I will concede that it's currently a right leaning issue because that small, very loud, group of people are very far left leaning.
(03-03-2021, 09:47 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Remember when conservatives wanted to cancel rap music and video games?
Hell, I'm old enough to remember the PMRC, headed by Al Gore's wife. People love a good wedge issue to gin up panic/fear/disgust. I think what makes today different is that social media gives the ability to generate this inane outrage about anything at a moments notice. There's a very good reason that very smart people like Dave Chappelle, Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Jerry Seinfeld and Norm MacDonald have called out this behavior and trend.
The cancelling of these Dr. Seuss books is a preemptive move on the part of the foundation that owns the rights so they don't become the next target and they get some positive PR out of it. As I said earlier, I'd have zero issue with replacing the offensive imagery, but that's not really the point. As I stated above, I think it's the pandering to the screeching social media mob that is bothering people because one has to wonder what is the endgame and how far will it go. Yes, I realize that sounds crazy in a thread about Dr. Seuss books, but we all know this is not even remotely confined to this one event.
