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Amazon cancelling books and Dr Seuss books being removed and “banned”

As an avid reader and book lover I’d never thought I’d see the day that literature would be removed from print and more or less banned. Ray Bradbury is probably rolling in his grave........”It was a pleasure to burn” 😢

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soar2newhighs

We’re living on very dangerous times.
I heard about the Dr.Seuss issue and my mind immediately went to the Movie Fahrenheit 451.
There are some very powerful and very Fascist and Communist minded thinkers who have and will continue to come to the forefront to attempt to strip our freedoms and rights from us and lord over us.
Time to rise up and revolt!

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Pfuzylogic · M

@soar2newhighs
He will handle it!
I am addressing your previous question.
[quote]Why do you think the Capitol is fenced off and NG are still there? Where’s the need, the on going emergency?[/quote]

soar2newhighs

@Pfuzylogic yes they fear the “people”
and that can mean anyone in our country., ergo the fence, the guard. Again tomorrow will be telling.

Pfuzylogic · M

@soar2newhighs
If the “people” have any intelligence whatsoever they will back off and repent of what they attempted in January 6 and let those who have been charged of federal crimes face the music all by themselves in the courts that truly represent our country.

Northwest · M

These books are being removed from print, at the request of the organization that looks after the late author's trust.

[quote]Six Dr. Seuss books — including “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” and “If I Ran the Zoo” — will stop being published because of racist and insensitive imagery, the business that preserves and protects the author’s legacy said Tuesday.

“These books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong,” Dr. Seuss Enterprises told The Associated Press in a statement that coincided with the late author and illustrator’s birthday.

“Ceasing sales of these books is only part of our commitment and our broader plan to ensure Dr. Seuss Enterprises’ catalog represents and supports all communities and families,” it said.[/quote]

They are subsequently being removed from the President's reading list. I suppose you would want Angela Merkel to add Mein Kampf to her German children's reading list?

Perhaps these things were acceptable at one point in our past, but they were never accepted by the ethnicities depicted in that fashion.

MarkPaul · 26-30, M

Well, you are mostly wrong on much of what you made up here. Amazon is not cancelling any Dr. Seuss books; they are all for sale even now.

The company that Dr. Suess, himself, set up before his death and now owns the copyrights to his books has decided to stop publishing some of the titles that were written at a time when society was less culturally sensitive. That was their business decision.

Hopefully, even you would readily and heartily admit Amazon can't very well sell books that are no longer being published and they should not violate copyright laws by photocopying books from publishers who have decided to take their books out of print.

In the meantime, you can buy as many copies of Dr. Seuss books from the full library as you wish. Perhaps you can give them out as gifts.

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MarkPaul · 26-30, M

@Cuda6868 Wrong again. The entire Dr. Seuss library of books that are published are still available on Amazon (and other booksellers) including the ones that have been rightly or wrongly called out as culturally insensitive. You seem to have an axe to grind and you don't really care who gets in the way of your axe or grinder.

Cuda6868 · 51-55, M

@MarkPaul 🙄 perhaps re-read my last comment. I am talking about Amazon, not the Dr Seuss books. Their estate can do as they please. Once again, I am talking about Amazon’s list of books they have decided to remove. As far as an axe to grind.....you’re damn right that I take umbrage with anyone who decides for me, what I can and cannot read.

MarkPaul · 26-30, M

@Cuda6868 Including the author and his/her estate? You seem to have an out-of-this-world sense of entitlement. And, again, Amazon is doing the lawful thing of following the intent of the publisher. You do believe in law-and-order, right?

LadyGrace

Yes, yet they'll keep ones like "How to Murder Your Wife". Makes perfect sense. 🙄 smh

windinhishair · 61-69, M

You do know Dr. Seuss books aren't being removed and banned, right? All that happened was that the Seuss estate decided not to keep a few of the least popular books from being reprinted when the current inventory is depleted. As a private entity, isn't it their right to decide what books of theirs are published or not? Isn't that free enterprise?

DarkHeaven ·

From what I understand it’s not really being canceled, though. After months of discussion, Dr. Seuss Enterprises decided to stop printing a few books that “portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong,” It’s books that I had never even heard of and done to protect his legacy.

Pfuzylogic · M

I think it is quite easy to identify these illustrated pages as racist.
Our children don’t need to read them.

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windinhishair · 61-69, M

@Cuda6868 You can and will be able to buy any of these books in the future, at least on the secondary market. The Seuss estate has decided not to print them in the future, which is their right for their own property. There is nothing nefarious to see here.

Cuda6868 · 51-55, M

@windinhishair That is their right of course, doesn’t mean I agree with it.

windinhishair · 61-69, M

@Cuda6868 No one says that you have to agree with it. You are entitled to your own opinion. But those books aren't being removed, or banned, and it isn't part of a "cancel culture". They just aren't going to go through another print run at this time.

curiosi · 61-69, F

People refuse to learn from history and then act surprised when it repeats itself. It's 1930's Germany right out to the play book.

FoolishLuna · 56-60, F

#can you say collector items !

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FoolishLuna · 56-60, F

@Tminus6453 exactly 🙄

Tminus6453 · M

@FoolishLuna I dont get it though, theres hundreds of thousands if not millions of copies of Dr Seuss out there, no need to pay thousands🤷‍♂️

FoolishLuna · 56-60, F

@Tminus6453 it’s Covid times the rich are bored and don’t own Suess🤔.... I bet a Kardashian buys it🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

JeanAnna · F

I never bought any of those books, I thought they were stupid. Good riddance.

Tminus6453 · M

Last week it was the muppets now dr.seuss🤦‍♂️

ImperialAerosolKidFromEP · 46-50, M

@Tminus6453 bizarre seeing all these progressives being called racist

Tminus6453 · M

@ImperialAerosolKidFromEP If the shoe fits

jackson55 · M

The cancellation culture is in charge.

TheOneyouwerewarnedabout · 41-45, MVIP

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Cuda6868 · 51-55, M

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout Bingo 👍🏻

soar2newhighs

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout Another great film,’”Kings go forth”w/ Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis and Natalie Wood may also become a victim
Of this hysterical nonsense.
Ergo, I collect the targeted things such as as this

TheOneyouwerewarnedabout · 41-45, MVIP

After 4 years of calling half the country nazis too no less 😁🕺🍿✂️

Oh the irony .. or is it hypocrisy?
Prolly both

LeopoldBloom · M

How do you feel about this Dr. Seuss cartoon?

SW-User

Books are taken out of print all the time though. Not necessarily for "cancelling" reasons, but not all books stay in print forever. Books get taken out of print because they don't sell, because the author's estates requests it, etc.