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The Wussification of the West: Will We Ban Shakespeare for Othello and Shylock?
[UNZ] The Dr. Seuss book-burning gave a guest on Tucker Carlson’s eponymous show the giggles: "It’s total distraction from the real issues," claimed one Chadwick Moore. So wrong.Come to think of it, our much-loved TV host’s defense of the purged Dr. Seuss books fell short of freedom’s standards: "Dr. Seuss was not a racist" was the gist of it. But before deconstructing Tucker’s defeatist and defensive argument—here is the latest in the saga of Dr. Seuss and the wussification of the West, for lack of a better word. The New York Times reports that, "Six Dr. Seuss books will no longer be published because of their use of offensive imagery." None other than Dr. Seuss Enterprises, "the business that oversees the estate of the children’s author and illustrator," "had decided last year to end publication and licensing of" the following titles: Posted by: Besoeker 2021-03-13 |
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