• redthebaron [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      as our friend said you shouldn't but if you want to know basically dr seuss familly had decided that there was some racism in his work and decided to stop publishing some, right wing thinks it is the woke mob canceling dr Seuss instead of the actual owners deciding this is not great we probably shouldn't publish this but yeah it is really dumb stuff

      • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Also it's basically extremely obscure works of his, so there's a good chance they just weren't commercially viable and the racism was used as a post-hoc justification for some publicity.

        • redthebaron [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          yeah and like i don't think anyone in the left was like "HEY DR SEUSS GOTTA GO FIRST THING" it is just culture war shit that the conservatives love

          • StellarTabi [none/use name]
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            4 years ago

            probably the dr. seuss family thought this was a throwaway gesture and assumed nobody would care lol

            • grisbajskulor [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              Probably, but if they did this intentionally - HUGE props. Their sales have fucking SOARED.

        • Melenkor [he/him,any]
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          4 years ago

          I read somewhere that 3 of the books they cut haven't even been printed in a few years because they didn't sell.

          It's like, if they just didn't make an announcement about it, then nobody would've even noticed.

    • CuminAndSalt [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      One part that's been missed is that conservatives boycotted the Seuss estate's decision by purchasing Dr Seuss books en masse.