I think I have been good about staying out of Seuss Discourse but I gotta say that it is freaking weird watching people immediately coalesce around the narrative that WHO CARES NO ONE HAS HEARD OF THESE BOOKS rather than exhibit an iota of critical curiosity. Seems cultish.
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I think among white liberals, especially, there is such a culture of moral panic now that you need to dive headfirst into the allowed online position (always extreme, always deeply contemptuous of any disagreement) so as to constantly peacock that you're one of the good ones.
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For all I know the other books are deeply offensive but watching people broadcast loudly that they don't care that -- or weren't curious enough to find out that -- Mr. McElligot's Pool *doesn't appear to have any racist content* is very very weird!
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ANYWAY! Just imagine how the journalists and pundits tweeting what they're tweeting about this approach their paid work, especially when it touches on more complex and controversial and important issues. When people tell you who they are, believe them.
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We need to shut down The Discourse until we can figure out what the hell is going on https://theweek.com/articles/969971/why-dr-seuss-cancellation-chilling …pic.twitter.com/GgOcRqcs4W
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Look, I don't want to pull rank here but I've edited 3 scholarly collections on comics (one of which won an academic prize) & also edited or contributed to 50+volumes reprinting old comics (often with racist images discussed). The minstrel stuff in Seuss is indisputable.
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Yep. Read Nel. He's a good, serious scholar
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