I think Seuss would have been in favor of his offensive works being removed
He wrote books about how we're destroying the environment through rampant industry and consumerism.
He wrote books about being kind to people [i]because[/i] of our differences.
He went back and edited his old books to make them less offensive because he felt regret that his work would ever make anyone feel bad about themselves.
You wanna know what shitting on someone's legacy looks like?
Posting that kind of image and thinking Seuss wouldn't be in favor or removing anything offensive from his work is what shitting on someone's legacy looks like.
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Dr. Seuss was definitely no conservative. I just have a problem with anything that seems like censorship of written works. This comes from my own interest in literature and artistic freedom and an ability to read and listen to things by "problematic" individuals. It's hard to say what he would have wanted, but I think it's always better to confront racist imagery than cancel it.
@MalteseFalconPunch This is a fairly minor action in the grand scheme of things, but cynically I see a lot of companies "preemptively canceling" so they won't get called out and shamed and all that. I prefer conversation about things rather than making them disappear.
