1. From a political angle, the culture wars are dispiriting because actual policy debates get sidetracked, but from a cultural angle they are equally dispiriting because actual culture gets reduced to crassly partisan terms. Consider again Seuss & ethnic caricature.
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The most obvious case was Bosko, especially early on. Not sure about Felix and the rest.
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And of course the funny animal genre continue to feature some of the most racist caricatures available, the best example being Lanz and his little 8 ball Character
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No, It should remain available so people can understand history. Is that a hard concept? Of course copyright liberation will also benefit artists and that's great too.
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This is my official origin story for the mouse and his duck friend. I just make Walt and Ub kooky with no bad intentions. Early 20th C Midwesterners. I don't know if that was good, bad, or what. They came with preconceptions and followed in certain traditions, as you point outpic.twitter.com/dusl9yiRTZ
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"official" I may as well have typed "offal" before Autocorrect changed it. I meant "UNofficial."
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