• hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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    3 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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      3 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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        3 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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          3 years ago

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

    • Melenkor [he/him,any]
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      3 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.