Absolutely amazing that I even have to talk about this, but I can’t seem to shake it. I suppose this is one of those hills I would die on. It is March 3rd, 2021 and Dr. Seuss is NOT cancelled. His books are not banned. No one is boycotting The Cat in the Hat.
If you did not hear, Dr. Seuss Enterprises decided they will stop printing copies of six Dr. Seuss books because they “portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong”. They simply will not be making anymore copies. All the previous copies and editions are still out there, you can still read If I Ran a Zoo to your children if you must (I wouldn’t). No one is burning Dr. Seuss books.
I don’t know much about Dr. Seuss besides his famous books but a simple Google (or DuckDuckGo for my republicans) search showed me that, yeah, Dr. Seuss wrote some pretty racist characters in his early books. There was a bit of propaganda around the war and there were racist stereotypes in his stories. Dr. Seuss’s own publishers agree. Dr. Seuss himself agreed before he passed in 1991.
When a group/company/organization etc tell you that their own product or service is based around hurtful, racist beliefs, believe them, listen to them, and do what it takes to make sure this doesn’t happen again. If you still want to read Hop on Pop to your kids, then so be it, no one is stopping you. But to run around and shout that Dr. Seuss has been canceled when he has not is showing *your* own ignorance. You don’t get to believe what you want when what you’re believing is sensationalism and propaganda.
You don’t get to spread your lies around because they fit your agenda.
I feel like I’ve been on a crusade these last few years, fact checking people’s fear-mongering tactics; I won’t let people fall for this nonsense. The only people “canceling” anything are the republicans who are censuring other republicans for not keeping up with their stolen election lies but I’m not trying to get into that at this moment.
Dr. Seuss has not been canceled. To say otherwise shows just how stupid you really are.
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